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Johnson gets his worst English approval ratings in the Midlands – politicalbetting.com
Johnson gets his worst English approval ratings in the Midlands – politicalbetting.com
The above chart is a regional breakdown of the Opinium approval ratings that came out in the poll Saturday night. This had a stark decline of 42% in the PM’s ratings with London at one end showing the best for the PM but with Scotland, the North and the Midlands showing big negatives.
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The Red Wall seats know they've been lied to and it's hard to see how the Tories will retain those seats in 2023 /24.
Wait 6 months and I suspect we will see a similar game with Mastercard as Amazon tries to knock another 0.001% off the fees charged.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calls on the PM to "resign" over the Downing St parties, adding that he has "not been honest and truthful".
https://news.sky.com/
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1483023954377953282/video/1
BoZo clings on and opposition politicians call him a liar in every TV interview until he does go
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Split opening up between those Tory MPs who have local elections in their patch in May, who tend to favour moving sooner, and those who don’t, who are more inclined to wait and see how those contests go
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Split opening up between those Tory MPs who have local elections in their patch in May, who tend to favour moving sooner, and those who don’t, who are more inclined to wait and see how those contests go
If EPL decide to take the rights in house or their is the massive elephant in the room of Disney, who already own ESPN, and they already set up their offering in US, get ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+ as a package. That's sports, kids and grown ups content and can easily afford sports rights. Much sleaker offering than traditional cable or sky here.
It still needs to be the BBC's money though - if it comes from Government coffers a future Nadine could just take the money away one day due to "austerity" or a presenter not being polite enough to her an interview.
The Tory majorities on Walsall and especially Dudley councils still look secure to me although the Tories could lose some seats in Birmingham and Coventry and control of Solihull council.
Sky (and ESPN in the States) are screwed, if sporting bodies decide to run their own broadcast service and cut out the middlemen.
https://twitter.com/bbcnickrobinson/status/1483026986570297346
https://twitter.com/smithbarryc/status/1482991367936692226
One problem with streaming though is that what is live to you may not be as live as it elsewhere. I remember being sat in Paris during the 2018 World Cup final watching a stream 5 seconds behind a nearby pub. A discovery made just "before" the first goal was scored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_local_elections
Now, I know the bidding has to be fair and if Sky get ousted, that is that. Apparently, BT did outbid them for most of the packages for 2013-16, but not by 10% so it went to a second round in which Sky blew them out of the water. So, it would take quite a lot to remove Sky. I am fairly confident that PL would never bring it in-house when they can sell the rights for such huge amounts.
If something is on terrestrial and satellite TV, the satellite is always a few seconds behind.
My internet-based commentary of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, was half a lap behind what was actually in front of me!
As the world moves to streaming, one positive might be more opportunity for courtsiding with bookies.
Round here it was get Brexit done and give us the improvements* you've promised us that Brexit will deliver
* improvements were unicorn dreams and so both imaginary and impossible to deliver - but hey that is Boris / his replacements problem in 2023/4.
By the end of the week it was 20.
Today it's 35.
It requires 54, and if the trend continues we'll hit that inside 48 hours.
y = letters, x = days.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mps-calling-boris-johnson-25950457 https://twitter.com/fleetstreetfox/status/1483028920907841537/photo/1
I approve of omnicom; far better name.
Is they guy even capable of independent thought?
Reminds me I’m behind on Emmerdale 🤭
It's worth saying that anything that is digital is slower than an old analogue channel - you need to wait for the next X frames before you can encode it correctly and send the picture out. DAB radio is a prime example where there is a 1-2 second delay simply because of how things need to be encoded.
All countries famous for just waving anyone in, and never being annoyingly obtuse or pedantic about immigration. < / sarcasm >
He’s not getting the Slams record if he won’t be vaccinated.
Point to lack of bombshell Sunday revelations, and tearoom chitchat this morn around "disappointment not white heat" on the doorsteps.. "1.5% have gone public"
But place is still a tinderbox were more to come...
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/1483030262577565699
The big thing thay stops EPL is they don't have the tech and all the the filler content (especially if you went global as need multi-language). Sky fills several channels day in day out with EPL related material. The EPL would have to setup an operation to fill this void.
But as we keep saying making your own content gets easier every year and all the clubs have their own output now already. Its the streaming tech platform they need for mass viewership.
AIUI the underlying reason for non-discussion non-publciation is to prevent potential prejudice of a jury. But since Judicial Review involves no jury, and judges are high-minded individuals who never get anything wrong (cough), there should be no restrictions in a JR.
Correct?
Do I end up with a bunch of Unilever shares in my account instead ?
Conservative MPs are considering the electoral hit from #partygate on whether they change leader.
Not:
Conservative MPs are considering whether a PM must adhere to rules he set for others during a national crisis.
https://twitter.com/ProfJaneGreen/status/1483031792034754563
In London by contast the Tories are now well behind Labour on 26% with Labour on 47%.
In fact according to Opinium the Midlands is now the Tories best region, with the Tories on 32% in the North, 34% in the South, 16% in Wales and 21% in Scotland
https://www.opinium.com/polling-tables-archive/
PS Can you update us on the Archers. Have they disinterred Nigel Pargeter yet as the next exciting rural storyline?
If Amazon had been serious, they'd have been informing customers (they weren't) and telling them they needed another way to pay. Given many are wedded to their bank and credit cards, it simply would've meant losing nearly half their customer base.
If I was VISA, I'd have simply called their bluff.....
Further restrictions on the vaccinated in terms of closing pubs, restaurants and large events and nightclubs is what I am opposed to
That said, the outright record is still doable. I doubt that he'll have any difficulty getting into this country to defend his Wimbledon title; consequently, given that I think it reasonable to assume that Federer is done, even if Djokovic never played the other three slams again he'd still only need one more win at SW19 than Nadal managed to claim everywhere else - and Nadal is older and more injury prone than he is.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/no-hunga-tonga-eruption-wont-slow-global-warming/MWLPEPNRN4VRRSLRAB6OR6QT7E/
Sounds like MPs are just bottling it and trying to find any excuse - as the majority of PB always expected they would - the only beneficiary of supporting a lame duck are for the opposition who really are going to be listened to and taken seriously now by voters.In other words, Big G is the loser in this delay, MoonRabbit a winner.
For my out in 2022 bet where I double my £50 anytime this year is a winner. 🤑
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/horse-racing-drone
Most of rural and market town England does not have local elections this year, so most Tory MPs will not have local elections in their local authority in May
EPL can still easily partner with somebody for the tech. All the analysis i read about this, its the content filler they worry they can do as well as Sky or BT. They don't want a GB News style amateur hour channel ruining their brand.
Now it seems they don't have the Conservatives either.
Masking is not a small practical measure, it is a) pointless theatre which does little or nothing to stop spread of omicron, and b) economically and societally damaging.
And no matter what polling on the matter says, I don't believe it is popular or beneficial for the government.
When given the choice, most people don't mask. If they genuinely supported masking, voluntary masking would be much more prevalent.
Keep Corbyn out got the Conservatives a minority government and most seats in 2017, only get Brexit done with Boris got the Conservatives a big majority in 2019
BTW, Wiki has an interesting article showing how the volcano and its associated islands have changed over recent years: the weekend's eruption is only the latest of many. Apparently most of both islands have gone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunga_Tonga
It is left to us to hope that the wing of your Parliamentary party that's strongly opposed to the rules continuing tells the Government where to stick them - and the Prime Minister backs down because he's too weak to risk the possibility of more letters being sent in.
Given the latter detail, it's fairly likely that small shareholders would be able to opt for 100% cash should the deal go ahead.
Though of course the offer is not for the whole company - just for their consumer arm.
Current PL international income = about the same in total as the UK according media reports
So total = £3.2 billion a year
That would need around 27 million subscribers at £120 per year to match it, before we even think about increased costs.
I guess there's potential to get more subscribers in the UK and Ireland at a much reduced fee (I'm paying a lot more than £10 a month!), but maybe not many more.
The big question is, how many people around the world who currently don't have to pay to watch the PL would cough up the money to watch it?
Their powerplay appears to have worked.
https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1483033445295136768?s=20
Boris has always had a bit of a personal vote in London, hence he is the only Tory ever to have been elected London Mayor, however while some such voters may have voted for Boris for Mayor they will not vote Tory at a general election
They would stand to lose quite bit of continuing revenue if they hadn't renewed the deal - if nothing else because it would have reminded quite a few people they were paying for stuff they weren't using. People tend not to get around to cancelling subscriptions; they also tend not to get around to renewing if it's made difficult.
Sue Gray is totally independent, so it is entirely up to her whether or not she wants to become Baroness Sue Gray in the near future.
#BorisJohnsonResign