Odds On The Next Conservative Party Leader Freeze Up Tight

Boris Johnson at a Conservative Party Conference – Image source: Flickr

We should now at least entertain the possibility that the Conservative Party in the UK will soon require a new leader. Even if Boris survives this scandal, another will befall him soon enough. They will eventually have to ditch him in favor of someone without all his political baggage. So let’s have a look at the odds on the next Conservative Party leader at online betting sites in the UK like Bet365. They may prove our only real way to peek inside the machinations ahead.

The Conservative Party isn’t happy with Boris Johnson. He looks a complete Charlie, and they don’t mind that, but he’s starting to make them look bad too. They worry they’ll end up with tar from the same brush all over them. Prime Ministers don’t look good when under investigation by the police. So, whilst loyalists rally support, you just know behind the scenes there’s a sense of the end in the air. That’s why the odds on the next Conservative Party leader are so interesting.

Online bookies in the UK like Bet365 give very short odds on the next Conservative Party leader being Rishi Sunak. Suspiciously short odds. Perhaps they think that when push comes to shove the old school on the back benches will go for Truss instead. Sure, you can get much shorter odds on Rishi Sunak than you can for a bet on Liz Truss. Online sportsbook sites in the UK give her barely 5/1 compared to his 5/6. However, there is another more conservative option in the mix.

Rishi & Liz May Find Jeremy Hunt Beats Them To No.10

Rishi Sunak is a very successful Chancellor of the Exchequer, or rather quite a popular one. He’s doled out a lot of cash and that makes people happy. Naturally, he’s done this knowing he’ll not have the same job when it’s time for people to pay it all back. With luck he’ll have No.10 and his own chancellor to blame. Possibly Liz Truss. So, on the face of it, given the odds on the next Conservative Party leader at the moment, it appears a bet on Rishi Sunak is the sensible move. 

Next Conservative Party Leader Odds

• Michael Gove – 20/1
• Sajid Javid – 16/1
• Penny Mordaunt – 12/1
• Tom Tugendhat – 11/1
• Jeremy Hunt – 13/2
• Liz Truss – 5/1
• Rishi Sunak – 6/5

However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should rush out and pick up the odds on Liz Truss instead. Sure, she gets a nod in odds on the next Conservative Party leader, standing in second place. Unfortunately, the backbenches may feel they’ve tried a female leader before, twice, with mixed results. So if Rishi is too young and Liz too woman, where do the crusty old MPs look? Well strange as it may sound perhaps now Jeremy Hunt is a smart bet on politics in the UK.

Bet365 Lists All Odds On The Next Conservative Party Leader

This is quite the turnaround from when Jeremy Hunt was merely a slip of the tongue. However, he didn’t jump on the Boris Johnson bandwagon and is untouched by the new scandals. So you’ll probably find more than a few Tory MPs putting a bet on Jeremy Hunt to prove the better choice. Hence you can find odds on Jeremy Hunt loitering around the 13/2 mark. Very tasty. Fine. You can get shorter odds on the next Conservative Party leader, but these are just the most tempting.

“ Frankly the public have made up their minds. They know he’s not fit for the job. How much damage are the prime minister and his cabinet prepared to do to save his skin?”

• Sir Keir Starmer – Labour Party Leader

Certainly, those of you taking advantage of UK gambling laws to bet on the next Conservative Party leader will think so. After all, you’ll notice the odds on Michael Gove have slid out to 20/1, no one knows who Tom Tugendhat is, and a bet on Penny Mordaunt seems foolish. So when you’re looking over the odds on the next Conservative Party leader let your eye stray past the favorites at Bet365. When they really start hunting around for a new leader, Hunt may get it.  

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We take a look at the odds on the next Conservative Party leader and wonder which of the runners will get to No.10 first.