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Ladbrokes suspends betting on next archbishop of Canterbury
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Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 06, 2012 01:42pm |
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Category | News |
Author | Lizzy Davies |
Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
News Date | Tuesday, November 6, 2012 07:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Leading bookmaker Ladbrokes has suspended betting on the next archbishop of Canterbury, saying that a "very significant move" in favour of the bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, suggested Rowan Williams could be succeeded by the former oil executive and Old Etonian.
After weeks of uncertainty surrounding the appointment, which has resulted in the Church of England being criticised for persisting with a secretive method of choosing its next head, a spokesman for Ladbrokes said it had stopped taking bets on Tuesday after a sudden run of bets on Welby – two of them from new accounts – had raised speculation that he had been chosen.
Messages posted on Twitter by the bookmakers' account read: "Very significant move for Justin Welby to be next Archbishop of Canterbury... #holygamble...Money suggests that @Bishopofdurham has got the job." |
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