PADDY POWER NEXT HOUSE OF COMMONS SPEAKER BETTING TIPS

Paddy Power has listed John Bercow as the most likely nominee to be the permanent House of Commons speaker after Michael Martin. Carrying odds of 2/1, the conservative MP (and son of a taxi driver) is nearly odds-on to secure the coveted appointment. Following up on Bercow is Sir George Young who sits at 4/1 with stiff competition from Alan Beith (5/1), Frank Field (6/1) and Vince Cable (8/1). Alan Haselhurst sits at 10/1 alongside Menzies Campbell. Richard Shepherd is at 12/1 sharing a price with the lowest-priced female Ann Widdecombe. Other highlights include Sir Malcolm Rifkind at 18/1, Roger Gale at 20/1 and the extreme longshot Elliott Morley at 500/1? But we kind of get the feeling that nomination may not be too popular.Paddy Power also has a betting market for where Michael Martin's next move will be. If he winds up presenting his own Sky News political show you're looking at 8/1, to become speaker of the Scottish Assembly by 2014 pays 16/1. If he winds up receiving a Daily Telegraph column you're looking at 25/1 and if he's given a ministerial position in the next cabinet shuffle (not bloody likely) you're looking at 100/1. If you're looking to just back which party the next Speaker of the House of Commons comes from, you'll find Labour and the Conservative Party deadlocked at 11/10 contrasted with the LibDems at 4/1 and any other party of Independent priced at 25/1.