Michael Meacher may well have announced that he will contest the Labour leadership but William Hill rate him as a 50/1 outsider with Gordon Brown the overwhelming favourite at 1/12. David Miliband is the 10/1 second favourite with John Reid offered at 11/1. "The race to become the next Labour leader looks like a three horse race with Gordon Brown some way ahead of both Miliband and Reid, Michael Meacher has not ever cleared the first fence," said Hill's spokesman Rupert Adams.
William Hill Next Permanent Labour Leader: 1/12 G Brown, 10/1 D Miliband, 11/1 J Reid, 33/1 P Hain, 33/1 H Benn, 33/1 A Milburn, 50/1 M Beckett, 50/1 J Straw, 50/1 J Prescott, 50/1 D Browne, 50/1 E Balls, 50/1 M Meacher, 66/1 C Clarke, 100/1 T Jowell, 100/1 G Hoon, 100/1 A Darling.
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