Fraser has a cracking piece in tomorrow’s magazine on who’d take over if something happened to Dave. As Fraser reports, there’s no clear alternative—something that Cameron has reason to be thankful for considering the feeding frenzy currently going on in the Westminster village.
I called William Hills earlier and asked them for the odds on who would be the next Tory leader and they make for interesting reading.
William Hague 9/4 fav. David Davis 5/1 George Osborne and Andrew Lansley 10/1 Liam Fox and Alan Duncan 12/1 Nick Herbert 14/1 Theresa Villiers 16/1
Some other interesting odds: Ed Vaizey 20/1, Malcolm Rifkind, Ken Clarke and Julie Kirkbride 25/1, Michael Gove 33/1 and Boris Johnson 50/1.
To my mind, the value bet is Michael Gove—to put things in perspective the other people at 33/1 are Oliver Letwin and David Willets. Who would your money be on?
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