If I were a betting man...
It is very frustrating. I have a rule against political bets, but could have got 40-1 on John Bercow five weeks ago, when I first found that lots of Labour MPs were backing him and had a hunch he might win.
Indeed, I remember querying with Mr Bercow why his name was not even in the betting lists - the 40-1 was for the "others" category.
"If I were you I'd do something about that," I joked to Mr Bercow.
His name appeared in the lists the very next day, at around 6-1.
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At 24th Jun 2009, bookhimdano wrote:that is what the bbc needs. an investment [casino] arm. if you had put the 3 billion licence fee on that could have made 120 billion. or at least 18 billion.
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At 2nd Jul 2009, Peter Doran wrote:A case of insider trading, no?
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