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One of the enduring mysteries of political betting is the continuing strength of David Miliband in the Next Labour Leader market. Despite his not having sat in the Commons for four and a half years, despite his showing no inclination to return, despite there being little opportunity to return in the near term, despite his politics now being completely out of line with a Labour Party whose membership is utterly transformed from the one he left in 2013, and despite his close association with Blair – hardly flavour of the month these days – his odds are no longer than 33/1 anywhere and are ludicrously as short as 14/1 (co-fifth favourite!) with BetStars. In reality, he should be at least 200/1.

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DecrepitJohnL

The politicians can be watched on Youtube. DH is surely right that the betting markets are too busy fighting the last election and the value lies further down the list. Personally though, I'm inclined to wait a year or two until we see who is actually running, and who they are running against.