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Your support makes all the difference.Punters yesterday staked thousands of pounds on John Redwood becoming the next Tory leader as the former Secretary of State for Wales announced his intention to stand.
Betting was so fierce that Ladbrokes cut Mr Redwood's odds from 8-1 to 6-1 within moments of his announcement, making him third favourite behind Michael Heseltine and the Prime Minister.
Last week Mr Redwood was a 66-1 outsider. Yesterday morning his odds were slashed from 33-1 to 8-1 as Ladbrokes took pounds 10,000 worth of bets.
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