Liberal Democrats chances of winning the most seats at General Election come a cropper after Nick Clegg's appearance on Good Morning Britain.
Normally anybody willing to give Piers Morgan a taste of his own medicine would win the hearts of the British public, however an early morning confrontation between the marmite presenter and Nick Clegg has seen the Lib Dem’s General Election odds drift further in the betting markets.
Former leader Clegg, appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss what his party is calling the ‘Brexit squeeze’ on households. However, Morgan had other ideas and instead was keen to remind Clegg about the promise he made to lower tuition fees ahead of the 2010 election, which he famously then failed to deliver as part of the coalition government, instead seeing uni fees triple. Following Morgan’s jibes, Nick Clegg called the presenter a “pompous man” and stated his comments were “extraordinary”.
Clegg’s appearance on the popular morning show seems to have backfired for the Liberal Democrats with five different bookmakers on Oddschecker all lengthening the odds of the party winning the most seats at the upcoming election following this morning’s show. The odds of the Lib Dems occupying the most seats at the next election now range from 25/1 all the way out to 100/1.
The former Deputy Prime Minister was a busy man following the bank holiday weekend, telling the media there would be “no remote chance” that the Lib Dems would go into coalition with either Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn.
Tim Farron’s party had appeared to be playing the right cards following Theresa May’s call for a snap election last month. Farron and his party’s stance on a ‘hard brexit’ had initially won favour, appealing to many remain voters. His party were installed as short as 10/1 to win the most seats hours after May made her shock announcement, but various mishaps have caused their odds to drift rapidly.
Oddschecker spokesman said “The Lib Dems appeared to have the right strategy in place for the General Election in attempting to appeal to the masses who were left with a sour taste following the EU Referendum. However, Farron’s party are making the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late. Over the bank holiday weekend only 1% of bets on the Next Prime Minister market were on Farron, this is less than Boris Johnson. Jeremy Corybn has been the popular pick with punters, accounting for 54% of bets during the long weekend”.
