William Hill have cut their odds about David Blunkett standing down as Home Secretary on or before January 1, 2005 from 7/2 to 5/2, but make him 2/7 still to be in office on that date. ‘All the money we have taken so far – including the largest bet struck of �200 – has been for Blunkett to go’ said a Hill’s spokesman.

Given the publicity there has been and he is still there we wonder whether the lower price offers good value.