The last time I placed a bet in a betting shop (or elsewhere) was 18 July 1986, over 31 years ago. The next day there was a much-heralded fight between Britain’s Frank Bruno and the American Tim Witherspoon. It seemed to me that the odds were heavily influenced by British sentiment, so I placed a small sum on Tim Witherspoon to win, which he duly did, with a technical KO in the 11th of 15 scheduled rounds. I recall feeling uncomfortable collecting my winnings, and haven’t been into a betting shop since.
Until an hour ago, that is. I placed a bet of £10.00, at odds of 6/1, on Jacob Rees-Mogg becoming the next Conservative party leader. The slip is here. I look forward to collecting my winnings in due course, and small-c conservatism starting its long-overdue return to British politics.
I asked the young man at the desk about other favourites for the Conservative party leadership. David Davis is currently #1, The Mogg #2. We then had the following exchange:
Me: What are the odds on Philip Davies becoming the next leader? He’s a Tory MP.
He: Sorry, we only give odds for future leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties.
I blame the feminised education system…
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I wish you luck on that one. Hope it doesn’t go the direction of our Conservative leadership race here in Canada. Max Bernier looked like he was going to take it and then the true wimps in the party got weak knees and voted for someone less confrontational and controversial and we ended up with Scheer who is less likely to depose the biggest wimp in the country, our pm.
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Jolly decent chap Rees-Mogg. Grand nephew of Sir Alex Douglas Hume, who also stepped up to the mark when a former embattled Tory Prime Minster was forced to step down. If Rees-Mogg gets the leadership, Corbyn will be the PM from the following General Election. Will history repeat Itself?
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In fairness to the bookie, if Philip Davies ever becomes PM it will be because the party is in dire straits and Philip is strapped to a chair, gun to his temple. He is a brilliant parliamentarian (as shown by his opposition party recently holding a specific weekend to unseat him) and cares not a jot for the status quo .. hardly the kind of man to head up a party.
Can you just imagine Philip as PM? I mean, he is actually interested in nonsense like equality before the law, diversity of thought over diversity of genes, and he even reads the small print of proposed legislation to understand the true impact! No, no, far too strange to lead a party.
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