David Cameron subject of "Biggest Ever Political Bet"

A punter has staked the biggest political bet ever placed - £200,000 on David Cameron - in a William Hill http://www.willhill.com/ betting shop in Windsor . The man, in his forties and apparently with an Irish accent, walked into the William Hill shop, and asked staff what odds Cameron was to win the race to be become Tory Leader. said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe: 'The staff had to refer the bet to Head Office for acceptance, which was duly agreed and the man, who they had seen in the shop once or twice before, but who had never previously staked more than £100 on any one bet, paid on Monday morning by banker's draft. He stands to win a profit of £8000 if the bet is successful. There is no record of any bookmaker ever accepting a political bet of this size before.'

'I am reasonably confident that the bet was not placed on David Davis' behalf and that although it could be described as a right royal wager, the location of the betting shop, in the shadow of Windsor Castle is not significant in terms of the identity of the customer, who has asked to remain anonymous' added Sharpe.

David Cameron's latest (and lowest ever) price on www.betfair .com is now 1.03/1.04 - perhaps reflecting only the chances of a last-minute skeleton in Cameron's cupboard ahead of his pending coronation.. a glance over at Guido Fawkes' http://5thnovember.blogspot.com/ excellent blog suggest those skeletons may lie elsewhere...

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