Budget 2012: Bookies give evens on QE mention in Budget

Ladbrokes has given even odds at 1/1 on the words ‘motorways' and ‘quantitative easing' cropping up in Chancellor George Osborne's 2012 Budget statement, with the word ‘toll' featuring at 2/1. For those who like a more esoteric flutter, bookies are giving odds on the colour of the Chancellor's tie, the number of sips of water he will take during the statement and whether justice secretary Ken Clarke will fall asleep. A purple or a blue tie are currently odds on favourite at 2/1 with zero sips of water the favourite on the drinking front at 2/1. Clarke falling asleep is at 3/1. At l...