Bookies tip Blair for big win

The odds against Tony Blair chalking up another three-figure majority were cut by bookies today.

Punters increasingly regard a Labour victory as a foregone conclusion and are not betting on the May 5 poll result.

Instead they are putting money on Mr Blair chalking up a third poll century. Bookmaker Ladbrokes has responded by cutting the odds from 7/4 to 6/4.

The shift was marked by 100 “Tony Blairs” – actors in masks and New Labour suits and ties – on Westminster’s College Green.

Ladbrokes has Labour at 1/33 to triumph next Thursday with the Tories on 10/1 and Liberal Democrats 150/1.