Les Republicans. You’ve lost that lovin’ Fillon?
Fillon puts final decision on his continuing running or not to Républicains party, according to his prepared speech.
— Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) March 5, 2017
Fillon to end speech without saying that he is determined to keep running. Sounds like a resigned farewell, just insisting on his platform
— Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) March 5, 2017
Some Républicains leaders about to offer Fillon a sweetener if he gives up: Juppé would run on his platform. Aka the Frankenstein solution?
— Pierre Briançon (@pierrebri) March 5, 2017
Why I’m laying François Fillon and expect the betting to be all shook Juppé very shortly
This was a curious speech by François Fillon, it felt like a politician going through the motions, and those tweets above seem to confirm it, though it would break a few irony meters if Fillon quit the race for alleged financial impropriety and was replaced as Les Republicans candidate by someone with a conviction for misuse of public funds.
I’ve been laying Fillon for a few days and been backing both Juppé and François Baroin, the latter who was over 500 on Betfair, and I still think is value at 44s.
But we saw in America, a candidate that most of the establishment was recoiling from still win the Presidency, albeit not the popular vote, which you’d almost certainly have to do win the final stage of the French Presidency, but from my betting perspective, Fillon is toast.