Peter Hoskin

SNP favourites to win in Glasgow East

Ladbrokes have released their odds for the Glasgow East by-election. They’ve chalked the SNP up as favourites to win:

SNP — 8/13
Labour — 6/5
Conservatives — 100/1
Liberal Democrats — 100/1

Remember, Labour currently hold the seat with a 13,500 majority – that’s almost double the majority they enjoyed in Crewe and Nantwich before the Tories won there recently.  Yet still the bookies – as well as Politics Home’s panel of Westminster insiders – are predicting victory for Alex Salmond’s nationalists.  It’s almost getting to the point at which no seat can be considered safe for Labour.

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