By Lou Barnes | inman
Bookies first: Oddsmakers in the United Kingdom have consistently posted very long odds for U.K. exit from the European Union. Until early June, opinion polls had forecast a narrow victory for Remain, then suddenly flipped to a substantial lead for Leave.
Polls there struggle as here in the age of cell phones to canvass representative slices of voters likely to vote — long gone the reliable days of home landlines. The bookies still have Remain ahead.