General Election Betting 2010

It's all going off big time at the moment – general election betting 2010 markets that is – what with the public outrage (we bet BBC1's Points of View recorded their biggest postbag in a while) at the well-documented minister's expenses scandal that gripped both Parliament and the nation at large earlier this year, as well as more recently the furore, mass condemnation of the BBC and very public fall-out over the broadcasters' decision to invite BNP leader, Nick Griffin to appear on the Beeb's flagship political debate programme, 'Question Time'. Phew! We almost need to draw breath there, but then a series of whirlwind political events (some pre-meditated, others less so) have left the country gasping during 2009 as all three main political parties gear up for a forthcoming battle on all fronts to contest the next general election which takes place on May 6th.

Brown’s Bigot Gaffe

29/04/2010

In the aftermath of Gordon Brown’s first major blunder of the election campaign, in which he called a Rochdale voter a bigot, Labour’s odds in the General Election Betting 2010 have taken another tumble. And the odds on a hung parliament have also lengthened, perhaps not as a direct result, but certainly this must have had some sort of affect on the opinions of the undecided voter. Is this the final nail in the coffin for Labour and Gordon Brown?

Hung Parliament Likely

27/04/2010

Odds on a hung parliament continue to shorten as ‘No Overall Majority’ is almost 1/2 with the bookmakers. David Cameron in particular is scrambling to try and avoid the situation given the fact that it is looking increasingly likely that the Conservative party will win the most seats and most votes. We are also seeing relatively short odds in the General Election Betting 2010 on there being two elections in this calendar year, a scenario which could be forthcoming in the situation of a hung parliament.

Conservatives Assert Authority

26/04/2010

Betting odds on the Conservative party gaining the most seats in next month’s General Election have shortened once again over the weekend as the excited reaction to Nick Clegg’s performances in the televised debates appears to be subsiding.

Labour’s odds of around 9/2 have lengthened slightly from a previous 4/1, but the 1/6 available on the Conservatives suggests that the bookmakers feel that this is almost a done deal for the Tories.

Cameron Strengthens as Brown Toils

23/04/2010

Reaction to the second televised debate has seen Conservative leader David Cameron reassert his party’s position at the forefront of the polls and the online betting markets. He and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg have taken a share of the polls conducted subsequent to the debate whilst Gordon Brown failed to top any of the polls.

The Conservatives are now short priced favourites in the General Election Betting 2010 whilst big prices on the Liberal Democrats continue to be sniffed at. Labour and Gordon Brown, at odds of around 4/1, are running out of time ahead of the May 6 D-day.

Liberals On The March

19/04/2010

The online bookmakers are running scared of the Liberal Democrats after leader Nick Clegg’s impressive showing in the first of the live television debates. From previously being available to back the Liberal Democrats at around the 150/1 mark (and bigger) in the General Election Betting 2010 markets on which party will get the most seats, they are now as short as 10/1 in some places. This now means that the Conservatives stranglehold on favouritism has loosened slightly and they are now around the 1/3 mark with Labour maintaining odds of 4/1.

Labour Manifesto Released

12/04/2010

The Labour party have released their General Election 2010 manifesto ahead of the May 6th date when the country will go to the polls. It includes plans to tackle anti-social behaviour, proposals to introduce management teams to under-performing schools, hospitals and police forces and also plans to increase the minimum wage.

There are also pledges not to raise income tax, a promise to “use every penny wisely” and paternity leave to be increased to four weeks. Whether all these promises and assurances will be enough to stem the swaying of public opinion remains to be seen but if the General Election Betting 2010 markets are anything to go by then Gordon Brown and his men have a lot of work to do ahead of the May 6 deadline.

Ministerial Expenses Scandal And Economic Slowdown Will Figure Highly In General Election 2010 Voters Minds

Over the coming weeks and months the big hitters within a British political spectrum will be taking their gloves off and trading more than just insults and deft blows as the Labour Party, The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats square up to one another to ascertain who's going to write and set the political rules and agenda for the next term of office, once the small matter of which political beast will be elected by us to govern the nation. A nation that it's fair to say have probably had politicians up to their proverbial necks as members representative of all main parties have lurched from one embarrassing and awkward situation (nine times out of ten due to their own making) to another. Played out against a political landscape of a global economic downturn, an increase in unemployment, the very real threat of the swine flu epidemic and the underlying element that has riled the long-suffering great British public the most - the return of Katie Price to the jungle – the odds on a hung parliament are shorter than at any time previously in this campaign. From an online General Election Betting 2010 perspective that is.

Conservative Party Victory Under David Cameron Look Popular General Election Betting 2010 Market

Indecisiveness being a very British virtue, William Hill for example reckon that there's a 5/2 (previously 11/4) chance that a hung parliament will be the most likely outcomes as voters struggle to support the policies of any one particular mainstream party, whilst floating voters will probably continue to register their disdain with the whole government-making process by exercising their right to vote for an ever-expansive selection of pseudo-political parties.

Recent by-election successes for Labour has exposed the stark reality that the Tories might not be able to rely on the traditional SNP box-ticking north of the border that systematically counts as a vote against Labour and their stranglehold (when assessing the three main British parties including the Conservatives and the Lib Dems) in Scotland. Again adding accumulative fuel to the chances of a hung parliament. Whilst touching on William Hill's general election betting 2010 markets, the respected online political bookmaker at this point make the Conservatives 1/14 to emerge as the largest party with an overall party within this hung parliament vision, with Labour 12/1 to claim bragging rights with an overall majority should this situation ultimately prove correct. In light of the contentious British National Party finishing just behind the Tories in the Glasgow by-election we're talking about here, William Hill has shortened the BNP's price of winning a seat in the next general election from 7/2 to 3/1.

Gordon Brown's Tenure As British PM Under Threat Ahead Of 2010 General Election

With arguably no clear leadership qualities displayed on a consistent basis by any of the leading contenders, the general election betting 2010 field is perceived to be very wide open; on paper at least. As we all know, however despondent and disenfranchised we feel at the mercy of the big three political parties fighting for our vote, the chances of any of the also-rans making a bid for spectacular glory are greatly exaggerated. Despite the rise in popularity and official membership to a host of parties with credible political aspirations and and well-backed ambition the likelihood is that by voting for these will aid and abet the very real hung parliament scenario. That said, Looking at the other political players bracing themselves to be meaningfully engaged in general election betting 2010 power play, and it's the Green Party who could eventually make the biggest strides, quite plausibly at the expense of the Liberal Democrats themselves. Scaremongering with regards the BNP's negligible chances of causing further controversy should amount to little more alarming than some provincial huffing and puffing. Protest votes that adhere to the right democratic principles means instead that UKIP make useful gains fro an independents viewpoint, a party that quietly goes about its business, shying away from the posturing paths that other patriotic parties choose to follow.

Simultaneous Political Betting markets that are running concurrently with those of the 2010 general election are centred around the next Labour Party leader. Never fully comfortable in the role from day one, current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's position as leader of his party has become increasingly fragile over the past 12 months as his party members and high profile cabinet members have reeled from much publicised and damning allegations purporting to taking advantage of ministerial claims and expenses, and story after story based on the same theme that have ultimately and in some case, irreversibly, distanced themselves from their constituents. Popular choices to replace Brown in terms of online political betting bookmakers' opinions include Harriet Harmann, David Miliband, Jack Straw, Alan Johnson and the still frightening, Lord Mandleson, with money also being taken on Tony Blair turning back time and going for another stint in the highest Labour Party office.

Online Political Betting Bookies Offer Raft Of General Election Betting 2010 Markets

General election betting 2010 markets offer an array of interactive political betting options, with the following just a small cross-section presently available;

Most Seats Won (essentially the party registering the most votes)

Total Conservative Seats (literal number of seats the Tories gain)

Total Labour Seats (as above)

Total Lib Dem Seats (as above)

Next Prime Minister (a cross-party list of candidates the online general election betting 2010 bookies think will become the next British PM, from David Cameron to Nick Clegg)

BNP To Win A Seat

BNP Votes At Next General Election (estimated quantity of actual seats won)

Green Party To Win A Seat

Nick Griffin Exit Date (at what period in time the BNP leader will step down)

Labour Vote Percentage (literal percentage of the vote Labour will secure)

Lib Dems To Beat Labour (yes or no as to whether the Lib Dems will post more votes than Labour)

Month Of Next Election (the actual calendar month that the next general election will be called to take place in)

Overall Majority (which party will accumulate the largest percentage of the electorate's vote and therefore assume majority rule within hung parliament)

Total Female Tory cabinet Members (voted in at next general election)

Total SNP Seats

UKIP To Win A Seat

UKIP Votes (what percentage of the electorate will vote for UKIP)