The official campaign Day 1: The line-up for Thursday night and an interesting betting market for the 7 sided event
Via @montie The line up for Thursday night's debate pic.twitter.com/ttXLBB3ktU
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 30, 2015
How do you create interesting betting market for 7 way debate? This from @SportingIndex http://t.co/rSKroIPwt1 pic.twitter.com/wl6zvGgjFM
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 30, 2015
The line up on the stage was decided by lots being drawn this morning. It is hard to work out who has come out best. Farage has Clegg on his left and Miliband on his right though he’s some way along from Cameron.
My guess is that Farage would have preferred to be closer, if not next to, Cameron. Sturgeon has done well – directly next to Dave.
Ed is centre stage – that might be good and it might be bad. Cameron will be please to be some places away from Farage. My betting tip, Leanne, is in a good poistion given her main opponent in Wales is Labour.
The SportingIndex betting market is intriguing.
Polling: Populus had LAB & CON level pegging and this afternoon at 4pm we’ll get the weekly Ashcroft poll. There’ll be a round up later.
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