Bookies: Oxford East a two-horse race

I was interested to find that Bookmakers Ladbrokes have opened a new betting market confirming Oxford East as a knife-edge marginal between the Lib Dems and Labour. Ladbrokes made the Lib Dems narrow favourites at 4/6, with Labour lagging behind on 5/4. Ladbrokes’ odds confirmed the Greens and Tories were clearly out of the race on 20/1 and 33/1 respectively.

We've said for some years now that Oxford East is clearly a two-horse race (good to be able to use that well-worn phrase in such an appropriate context) between Lib Dems and Labour: the Tories have no councillors in the seat - they haven't had for years - and both they and the Greens have chosen candidates based in London, which gives a strong hint how they rate their own chances. But it's still interesting to see it confirmed by the bookies - certainly the people of Oxford East know that if they want to be rid of this fag-end Labour government, voting Lib Dem is the only option.