It seems that William Hill don’t share my pessimism at the current polling. Labour have been installed by the bookmakers as the favourites to win the next general election. The odds are:
Labour 6/4
Hung Parliament 13/8
Conservative 9/4
Lib Dems 100/1
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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