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SystemSystem Posts: 11,687
edited July 2014 in General

politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Results: July 24th 2014

Clifton on Blackpool (Lab Defence)
Result: Labour 501 (41%), UKIP 362 (30%), Conservatives 283 (23%), Liberal Democrats 33 (3%), Greens 25 (2%), TUSC 10 (1%)
Labour HOLD with a majority of 139 (11%)
Turnout: 23%

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    stodgestodge Posts: 12,864
    Evening all :)

    Couple of good results for the LDs but what wins the King George tomorrow ?
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,987
    Good electoral news for the Lib Dems.

    There's a rare thing.

    Oh, and ebola appears to have reached the capital of Nigeria. One confirmed case at the moment:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28485041
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,929
    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    Couple of good results for the LDs but what wins the King George tomorrow ?

    Its a tough one for sure to work out.
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    MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    FTP: May be more important than local elections however interesting:

    Looks like Putin and Russia is sticking up more that two fingers to the EU and the US.
    "Fu*k you", He seems to be saying.

    I bet Kerry never ventures there even though the Ukrainian government is in a shambles this evening after the resignation of the prime minister, yesterday.

    AJELive ‏@AJELive 6m
    US says Russian troops massing near #Ukraine; Warns of "imminent" deployment of heavy artillery: http://aje.me/UyFFTu

    Andrew Neil ‏@afneil 3m
    Nato, Washington, even EU capitals know much of East Ukraine now under Russian control -- and will not be won back. Just won't admit it.
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    MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    FTP

    Must be enough genuine pics of Israel/Gaza victims without this poor woman, who managed to get hit in Syria and Gaza pic.twitter.com/9YlyZ5MyOn

    — Archbishop Cranmer (@His_Grace) July 23, 2014
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    volcanopetevolcanopete Posts: 2,078
    stodge said:

    Evening all :)

    Couple of good results for the LDs but what wins the King George tomorrow ?

    2pts win Telescope 5-2
    1pt ew Romsdal.22-1

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    MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053

    Greekstudent ‏@Greekstudent12 12m
    1min of silence 4 the 1000s of #Christians who were #rape, burned alive, shot@, kicked out of their homes in #Iraq #Kenya #Somalia #Syria
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    MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    i24news_EN ‏@i24news_EN 4m
    LiveBlog: Expansion of #Gaza ground operation 'imminent,' says #Israel's defense minister ►► http://i24ne.ws/zAYcv

    I think Israel just got tired of pussy-footing around. Bet you now see a mass exodus of western journalists from Gaza before the weekend is up.
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    HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    @Morris_Dancer

    "Oh, and ebola appears to have reached the capital of Nigeria. One confirmed case at the moment:"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28485041

    As I said on the last thread that puts Ebola less than seven hours away from London and the current outbreak has been handled very badly. One infected person gets on a plane and we have rather a big problem. Scary stuff.
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    SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    edited July 2014
    IMHO polls for the next six weeks are pointless, everyone is on holiday. Sept polling more interesting
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,969
    SquareRoot said:

    IMHO polls for the next six weeks are pointless, everyone is on holiday. Sept polling more interesting

    We all know all polls are pointless, there is only one that matters ;-)
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,969
    RobD said:

    SquareRoot said:

    IMHO polls for the next six weeks are pointless, everyone is on holiday. Sept polling more interesting

    We all know all polls are pointless, there is only one that matters ;-)
    And for clarification, I of course mean the poll which shows team blue ahead :')
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    peter_from_putneypeter_from_putney Posts: 6,875
    RobD said:

    RobD said:

    SquareRoot said:

    IMHO polls for the next six weeks are pointless, everyone is on holiday. Sept polling more interesting

    We all know all polls are pointless, there is only one that matters ;-)
    And for clarification, I of course mean the poll which shows team blue ahead :')
    We shouldn't have long to wait then.
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    Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @JGForsyth: When I saw @WikiGuido tweet thought it must be a joke, but Lib Dems really have apologised to Lord Rennard. @rowenamason has the scoop
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,987
    Incidentally, fully intending to put up the three usual pieces over the F1 weekend. If I remember, I'll also see how early posts (made at the start of a race week with general vague musing and early betting ideas) go, after the summer break.

    Right now, Hamilton looks very strong, and it'll be interesting to see if Williams can cement their position as best of the rest.

    Anyway, off for the night.
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,313
    MikeK said:

    i24news_EN ‏@i24news_EN 4m
    LiveBlog: Expansion of #Gaza ground operation 'imminent,' says #Israel's defense minister ►► http://i24ne.ws/zAYcv

    I think Israel just got tired of pussy-footing around. Bet you now see a mass exodus of western journalists from Gaza before the weekend is up.

    Maybe they're all going to go to Milan. Much more chic.
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    NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,343
    FTP discussion of how people get news: in Britain, mostly online (as SeanT observes) and much less politics than other countries, but more entertainment (which explains why our newspapers are as they are):

    http://www.brightknowledge.org/knowledge-bank/media/where-do-people-get-their-news-from
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    TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 41,313
    Meanwhile, check out Robert Peston's makeover. He looks much better actually.

    Still sounds the same, though.
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    FalseFlagFalseFlag Posts: 1,801
    MikeK said:

    FTP: May be more important than local elections however interesting:

    Looks like Putin and Russia is sticking up more that two fingers to the EU and the US.
    "Fu*k you", He seems to be saying.

    I bet Kerry never ventures there even though the Ukrainian government is in a shambles this evening after the resignation of the prime minister, yesterday.

    AJELive ‏@AJELive 6m
    US says Russian troops massing near #Ukraine; Warns of "imminent" deployment of heavy artillery: http://aje.me/UyFFTu

    Andrew Neil ‏@afneil 3m
    Nato, Washington, even EU capitals know much of East Ukraine now under Russian control -- and will not be won back. Just won't admit it.

    I am impressed how the West has forced Russia into a corner. From an initial position of ignoring and abandoning the Donbass patriots it is now a question of how much support.

    For the rebels they have cut off and isolated a significant portion of the Ukrainian forces on the Russian border. With Russian support, heavy artillery, they can be finished off in no time and forces transferred to a now two front war and the endless retreat of the Donbass patriots ended.

    Time for my government to end its support of the renegade Kiev government, remember George Bush Senior's slap down of Ukrainian nationalists.


    Another Doncaster Labour loss to UKIP.
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,027
    edited July 2014
    @afneil Isis fighter holds up 2 human heads as spoils of war

    twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/492776407374655488/photo/1
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 117,027
    edited July 2014
    Socialist Worker being waved out of a Lamborghini at a pro Palestine demo

    twitter.com/daphru/status/492696253101539328/photo/1
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    Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820
    Good Lord, I find myself in the curious position of not only agreeing with something Tony Blair has said, but also admiring the elegance of his expression of it:

    'Old ideas dressed in new clothes are still old ideas and are visibly so when undressed by reality.’

    http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/07/david-cameron-still-has-much-to-learn-from-the-master/
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    QuincelQuincel Posts: 3,949
    And we appear to have a 12 hour truce agreed in Gaza. Progress, I guess.
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Richard_Nabavi said:

    Good Lord, I find myself in the curious position of not only agreeing with something Tony Blair has said, but also admiring the elegance of his expression of it:

    'Old ideas dressed in new clothes are still old ideas and are visibly so when undressed by reality.’

    http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2014/07/david-cameron-still-has-much-to-learn-from-the-master/

    Two Tories think alike ?
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    surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Doncaster result: Surely Labour cannot be "unchanged" on 38%. Tories gaining 2%.

    So where did the UKIP 41% come from ?
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    MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    surbiton said:

    Doncaster result: Surely Labour cannot be "unchanged" on 38%. Tories gaining 2%.

    So where did the UKIP 41% come from ?

    UKIP were almost unchanged also
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    AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    surbiton said:

    Doncaster result: Surely Labour cannot be "unchanged" on 38%. Tories gaining 2%.

    So where did the UKIP 41% come from ?

    Probably an independent or Eng Dem stood before but not this time. Something like that, I haven't checked.
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    NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,343
    MarkSenior said:

    surbiton said:

    Doncaster result: Surely Labour cannot be "unchanged" on 38%. Tories gaining 2%.

    So where did the UKIP 41% come from ?

    UKIP were almost unchanged also
    Confusing, but I think the change figures compare with last year and the swing figures are from when the incumbent fought the seat (2012)? Basically there was a big swing in the ward in 2013 and it's unchanged this year.
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    HurstLlama said:

    @Morris_Dancer

    "Oh, and ebola appears to have reached the capital of Nigeria. One confirmed case at the moment:"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28485041

    As I said on the last thread that puts Ebola less than seven hours away from London and the current outbreak has been handled very badly. One infected person gets on a plane and we have rather a big problem. Scary stuff.

    Fortunately the world expert in ebola lives in London

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Piot

    At the expense of getting a slapping from @surbition*, I wonder what this will do to BA's profitability (Lagos-London is their third most profitable route after NYC and HK)...

    * FWIW, I never buy airline stocks because the industry has an incredible track record of destroying capital
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    HYUFD said:

    Socialist Worker being waved out of a Lamborghini at a pro Palestine demo

    twitter.com/daphru/status/492696253101539328/photo/1

    Nah, that's wagamama at the bottom of Millionaire's Row.

    It's be a spoiled rich Arab kid in a car that daddy paid for
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