BREAKING NEWS: Betting suspended on next Archbishop of Canterbury

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BOOKMAKERS have suspended betting on who will be the next Archbishop of Canterbury after a flood of betting on the Bishop of Durham.

William Hill said this evening there had been "a sustained gamble" on Justin Welby, to get the job.

His odds were slashed from 13/8 second favourite to 4/6 red hot favourite.

"In the space of less than an hour we had to cut the odds three times, so took the decision to close the book as we know a decision is already overdue and it seems word may have leaked out," said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.

Hills say most of the bets were placed in South West London and resulted in former favourite Graham James, the Bishop of Norwich, drifting out from 4/5 to 13/8, with Bishop of Liverpool James Jones 9/2 third favourite ahead of the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Sentamu at 6/1 and the Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Cocksworth at 14/1.

Naughty   Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Cocksworth

saw him yesterday in korals in durham he said he was only in to play the fobt machine the lying git!!

they can pay for the roof repair now !

AD

Barney must have been in on it seen as he's well in on the religion front. He probably told them,  Do what i do, wait till they take the eye off the ball and then wham!. Wait for the day of the USA elections they wont be watching the sneaky bets on the Bishop of Durham until it's too late"

Now THAT is a conspiracy theory!

I heard the pope has had his account closed.

isn't Welby an OE

Lots of punters been bashing the Bishop

Vatican ? Shirley not. Reformation and all that.

Any form for these runners.

Whats pricewise tipped.

They take thruppece happeny on these novelty bets.

Reminds me of the double the Popes aid had AD.........remember that one?

Welby worked for 11 years in the oil industry for the French oil company Elf Aquitaine, in 1984 becoming treasurer of the oil exploration group Enterprise Oil PLC. He retired from his executive position in 1987, when he said he heard a calling from God to be ordained.[4] After the Libor scandal came to light, he was asked to join the parliamentary inquiry investigating the banks and executives involved in this scandal. Welby's dissertation, an exploration into whether companies can sin, marks his point that the structure of a system can "make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice."[5]

Interesting background for an Archbishop of Canterbury

Two London gamblers were on holiday in Italy and visited the Vatican. They
were the last to leave the Cistene Chapel on a friday afternoon and happened to see a white robed
figure fall down some stairs. They recognised him as the Pope and he was
stone dead.
The first Vatican authorities on the scene begged them not to say anything
for 24 hours. There were worldwide implications. The two gamblers agreed.
After all, they were flying home that night.
On the plane one of them had a brilliant idea. "As soon as we land I am
going straight to Ladbrokes and getting great odds on the life of the
Pope. Back the Pope to be dead by Sunday."
"Sounds like a great idea," said Jack, his mate.
On sunday night the Pope's death was announced and the first gambler
cleaned up.
He met his mate in the pub Monday night "And what about you, Jack?" he asked.
"Nothing at all," admitted Jack. "I done the Pope in a double with the
Archbishop of Canterbury to both die by Sunday."

Thats the one AD.........one of the best betting jokes ever imvho..............the downside is since you posted the news Sooty1,Jesterpiglet and some twit called Tim Sawgull and Stephan Palmher have destroyed the price for the Pope to pop his clogs by Sunday.