I don’t know whether there are any rules about this thing but I am surprised that the betting markets on who will win the Nobel Peace Prize have opened Aung San Suu Kyi as the favourite. She, after-all, won the prize back in 1991 and it would be an amazing thing to win again 20 years later. But, in compiling the opening Crikey Nobel Peace Prize Election Indicator, it is not our opinion that counts but the market’s.

Here then the opening Indicator:

Nominations for the prize closed this week and there are 241 entries but their names remain secret for 50 years.