The Odds On Keir Starmer Staying Labour Leader Lengthen

Starmer in 2020 – Image source: Flickr

Keir Starmer looked such a safe pair of hands after Jeremy Corbyn. The Labour Party needed a different sort of leader after the radical grass-rooter and perhaps over compensated. Online sportsbook sites in the UK like Bet365 are now offering odds on Keir Starmer facing the next election as party leader of around 8/15. He won’t find that particularly reassuring. Especially not now he has to weather the critics within the party who disagree with his handling of Jeremy.

The Labour Party suspended Jeremy Corbyn for statements he made in 2020. He claimed that the accusations of antisemitism within the Labour Party were “dramatically overstated”. Not just by those opposing the Labour Party but also by the media. Whether or not you believe that is moot. Unfortunately, for the odds on Keir Starmer and his survival as leader, what is now at issue is how the party handled the aftermath. Jeremy Corbyn has notably still not regained the party whip.

Indeed Len McCluskey, former Unite General Secretary, has highlighted, and not positively, Keir’s own involvement. Reputedly the Labour Leader personally ordered the suspension. That would breach the party’s rules. Worse still he seems to have done so out of spite. That’s why online betting sites in the UK like Bet365 are offering such parsimonious odds on Keir Starmer sticking around. They know the Labour Party are unlikely to sweep this under the table easily.

Bet365 Has All The Odds On Keir Starmer’s Rivals

The odds on Keir Starmer reflect just how few people bet on the Labour Party keeping him now. He has failed to capitalize on the idiocy of the government, its sleazy behavior or the PM’s personal incompetence. Few see him as having the energy required to win over public support. Sure, he has performed well on planet parliament at times, but never landed a killer blow. Given you can always bet on Boris Johnson to shoot himself in the foot with his mouth, that’s terrible.

Next Labour Leader Odds 

• Anyone Else – 50/1+
• Yvette Cooper – 18/1
• Rachel Reeves – 16/1
• Rosena Allin-Khan – 16/1
• Jess Philips – 16/1
• Sadiq Khan – 14/1
• Lisa Nandy – 7/1
• Angela Rayner – 5/1
• Andy Burnham – 12/5 
• See more at bet365…

Keir Starmer should have the government on the back foot, instead of which it looks like he is. The odds on the Labour Party winning the next election look bleak. They shouldn’t. The odds on the Conservatives remain firm. Clearly, the odds on Keir Starmer being the man Labour need grow longer every day. Now many will take advantage of UK gambling laws to bet on Andy Burnham or Angela Rayner taking over. However, no one saw Jeremy Corbyn coming, did they?

Odds On Keir Starmer Suffer After Revelations

Indeed whilst the odds on Andy Burnham, or even the odds on Angela Rayner, may tempt, front-runners rarely win. So then, perhaps instead of a bet on Angela Rayner, you ought bet on Sadiq Khan or Lisa Nandy. Of course, Jess Phillips is the most fun option, however she’s a 16/1 longshot. The odds on Keir Starmer winning the next election are better than that. Plus, you can never bet on politics in the UK to produce a sensible answer. Just look at the election results.  

Odds On Keir Starmer At The Next Election

• To Be Leader At The Next Election – 8/15
• To Not Be Leader At The Next Election – 11/8

Naturally, if you already regularly bet on sports in the UK at Bet365 and are inclined to bet on the Conservative Party all this will read like comedy. You might not want to bet on the next UK general election seeing a Labour win, but some unintentional laughs? Guaranteed. Indeed, you’ll probably hear some at the TUC where the odds on Keir Starmer getting the reception he’d like are massive. He’s not their sort of man and he knows it. Worse for Keir, so do they only too well.

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We take a look at why the odds on Keir Starmer surviving long as Labour leader keep getting longer and longer.