Bookies close betting on election date
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said on a TV programme voters “will wake up and rue the day if they wind up with a Conservative government in charge of this country after May 6”.
A spokesman for Coral Bookmakers said: “It seems he’s given the game away”, but a spokesman for Mr Ainsworth said he had simply been “speculating”.
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Hide AdA Coral spokesman said: “Bob Ainsworth’s comments on Sky News, and his mention of May 6 as the crucial date, was enough for us to close the book.”
Labour are 13-2 outsiders with Coral to win the election, with the Tories 1-12 favourites.