7 Days To Go Election Betting 2010

The third and final Leaders debate takes place tonight on BBC1 and Gordon Brown will once again be hooked up to a microphone but they’ll be no “bigoted woman” thrust in front of him just David Dimbleby. Yep, this week has been one of extreme pain for the Prime Minister and his party.

In a week when we had scientists proclaiming they had found Noah’s Ark, again, we also had kids tv favourite, Peppa Pig, snubbing a Labour party launch. Believe me, when a cartoon character starts giving you the cold shoulder, you can safely say the writing is on the wall for Labour.

But the best was yet to come for Labour and Brown. In an extraordinary gaffe, the Prime Minister, forgot he was hooked up to a radio microphone and after some tepid questioning by Rochdale pensioner, Gillian Duffy, she fired off the immigration silo, to which Brown batted away expertly, it has to be said. But once Brown took shelter in the comfort of his chauffered car, he went on a mini rant and eventually called Mrs Duffy a “bigoted woman” forgetting he was still miked up.

After that, well, you can tell by today’s headlines in the papers and tv news bulletins the Brown had dropped a bombshell and only a week away from the election day itself.

Add to that, Ex-Labour leader, Neil Kinnock, saying it “doesn’t look like” his party can win the general election and the future isn’t looking too rosy for the Labour party. Does it?

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What has this all done for election betting, you may ask. The Conservatives have seen their odds shorten, Labour’s have obviously drifted and the early support for Nick Clegg and his Lib Dem party is still there as they have once again had their odds cut from 20/1 to 14/1.

Tonight’s debate focuses on the economy. This has to be Brown’s last throw of the dice. It is Brown’s strongest point and he has too rally his supporters to help kick start Labour’s desperate bid to win this Election.