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The coming general election really is quite extraordinary. I can’t recall a time ever when all the main political parties and their leaders have been viewed with such low esteem and the polls are very tight.
Lack of funds meant I haven't bet this at all, but many were calling it the value at 6/4, and I have never really been able to see how it hasn't been a value bet
I've been publicly backing NOM since 2010 and for most of that time saw it as a 1/2 shot. Oddly, I feel a little less comfortable about that now precisely because both Labour and the Conservatives are polling so badly. Either one of them could streak to the finish line from here on the back of a purple patch leaving the other main party flat-footed (rather more likely Labour than the Conservatives). But I still see 8/11 as value.
I can see a tiny Tory majority, with them largely holding off Labour in the main marginals and taking about 20 seats off the Lib Dems (I'm not really sure I really buy the theory of the Lib Dems holding up better where the Tories are their main opposition).
Labour + the Conservatives' combined share of the vote to probably decline on 2010, which is something no-one saw coming initially after the Lib Dems' meltdown (at one point wasn't it quite a common argument that BOTH the two main parties could increase next time?).
GeoffM • Posts: 1,663 Those who insist on a "minimum wage" must accept that it will become the default wage for the low skilled and low productivity group. An employer has no incentive or need to pay just slightly above
As long as we have mass immigration of economic migrants the amount of people on the minimum wage is bound to increase... any job that is paid £10 ph will soon become a £6.50ph and so on
The bosses wont lower the prices for consumer s though, so everything costs more despite the wage freeze/deflation. Mass immigration just pays for rich peoples profit margin to get bigger
I can see a tiny Tory majority, with them largely holding off Labour in the main marginals and taking about 20 seats off the Lib Dems (I'm not really sure I really buy the theory of the Lib Dems holding up better where the Tories are their main opposition).
Labour + the Conservatives' combined share of the vote to probably decline on 2010, which is something no-one saw coming initially after the Lib Dems' meltdown (at one point wasn't it quite a common argument that BOTH the two main parties could increase next time?).
So you are totally ignoring Lord A's extensive seat polling. Foolish I'd suggest.
GeoffM • Posts: 1,663 Those who insist on a "minimum wage" must accept that it will become the default wage for the low skilled and low productivity group. An employer has no incentive or need to pay just slightly above
As long as we have mass immigration of economic migrants the amount of people on the minimum wage is bound to increase... any job that is paid £10 ph will soon become a £6.50ph and so on
The bosses wont lower the prices for consumer s though, so everything costs more despite the wage freeze/deflation. Mass immigration just pays for rich peoples profit margin to get bigger
I'm only replying because of my epic wins today and Ogh joinging the fray.
Basically-
As I see it-
Every job is 7ph. Polish speak english (not all). Natives speak english. It's a fair enough playing field.
UKIP would be well pleased with NOM. As has been repeatedly stated, we wouldn't win an out referendum against all the other party leaders campaigning to stay in. Some tories on here claim that makes us 'frit'. We'll only get one chance of a referendum; it would be odd if we were not nervous of losing it.
I've been saying NOM resulting in a Lib-Lab coalition for some time. I've seen nothing that would change my mind. If it happens, the result would be fantastic for UKIP's electoral prospects: just a couple of years in there will be huge numbers of disillusioned Lib-Lab voters.
The mixed messages from Fallon and Truss today shows the electorate the conservatives clearly do not have a policy on immigration and Europe beyond sound, fury and the status quo.
Looks as if Tony Benn had some good IHT advisers...Stansgate Abbey also left in a family trust.
"The former Labour Cabinet Minister, who died aged 88 in March, left an estate of £5,085,001, reduced after liabilities to £5,020,389, probate records revealed yesterday."
GeoffM • Posts: 1,663 Those who insist on a "minimum wage" must accept that it will become the default wage for the low skilled and low productivity group. An employer has no incentive or need to pay just slightly above
As long as we have mass immigration of economic migrants the amount of people on the minimum wage is bound to increase... any job that is paid £10 ph will soon become a £6.50ph and so on
The bosses wont lower the prices for consumer s though, so everything costs more despite the wage freeze/deflation. Mass immigration just pays for rich peoples profit margin to get bigger
Yes, agree with that all - including (as an employer and not-yet-but-wannabe rich person) the last bit. .
UKIP would be well pleased with NOM. As has been repeatedly stated, we wouldn't win an out referendum against all the other party leaders campaigning to stay in. Some tories on here claim that makes us 'frit'. We'll only get one chance of a referendum; it would be odd if we were not nervous of losing it.
NOM makes Brexit more likely.
Hi David. Good to see you posting again.
How are your plans to become an MP going? Still putting your name forward?
Surely the collapse of the LDs makes another hung parliament less rather than more likely?
The Independent's article on Conservative Party funds being directed towards defence rather than target seats suggests a Labour majority.
That's my view too.
So far, it has been an unprofitable one.
Defence + gains from the Lib Dems could still see the Conservatives on c.300 seats. I can't see anything in current polling or actual election results that points to a Labour majority.
I've been saying NOM resulting in a Lib-Lab coalition for some time. I've seen nothing that would change my mind. If it happens, the result would be fantastic for UKIP's electoral prospects: just a couple of years in there will be huge numbers of disillusioned Lib-Lab voters.
I don't think a rump (sub 20 mps) Libdem party is going to be going into coalition with anyone.
UKIP would be well pleased with NOM. As has been repeatedly stated, we wouldn't win an out referendum against all the other party leaders campaigning to stay in. Some tories on here claim that makes us 'frit'. We'll only get one chance of a referendum; it would be odd if we were not nervous of losing it.
NOM makes Brexit more likely.
Weasel words when it comes to to running cravenly away from the opportunity of a referendum. The tories offer a referendum. NOM makes that less likey and so staying in more likely.
There was some psephologist bod from Oxbridge - and I almost definitely watched on sky news or daily politics - and he stated-
Con Maj - 25 Lab Maj - 25 Lab Min - 25 Con Min - 25
I think I can confidently make a prediction:-
Con Maj - Possibly Lab Maj - Maybe Lab Min - Could be Con Min - Might happen
Are you Oxbridge as well?
Serious question.
Possibly. Why?
Because my source was solid and from Oxbridge - presumably Dr or Prof. You are posting on a serious betting forum. My Stats are solid as fuck and you are taking the piss out of them.
Downing Street has suggested his proposals will either be a points system for EU migration, or, if they're less brave, a proper emergency brake. He claims the UK public are "his boss", not anyone in the EU, so let's see whether his proposals follow through or not. I have a feeling he will buckle to his EU masters, as he did with the veto that wasn't, but let us see.
I've been saying NOM resulting in a Lib-Lab coalition for some time. I've seen nothing that would change my mind. If it happens, the result would be fantastic for UKIP's electoral prospects: just a couple of years in there will be huge numbers of disillusioned Lib-Lab voters.
I think the Conservatives would adopt Brexit and move well to the Right, in Opposition to such a government, and that would shoot UKIP's fox. Like you, my attitude to parties is an instrumental one. Such a Conservative party would regain my support, if I thought they were genuine.
If the Conservatives remained as they are, in Opposition to such a government, then UKIP's prospects would be golden, particularly if Milliband actually implemented his affirmative action proposals for ethnic minorities.
I've been saying NOM resulting in a Lib-Lab coalition for some time. I've seen nothing that would change my mind. If it happens, the result would be fantastic for UKIP's electoral prospects: just a couple of years in there will be huge numbers of disillusioned Lib-Lab voters.
I think the Conservatives would adopt Brexit and move well to the Right, in Opposition to such a government, and that would shoot UKIP's fox. Like you, my attitude to parties is an instrumental one. Such a Conservative party would regain my support, if I thought they were genuine.
If the Conservatives remained as they are, in Opposition to such a government, then UKIP's prospects would be golden, particularly if Milliband actually implemented his affirmative action proposals for ethnic minorities.
If the Tories adopted Brexit as policy in opposition, then they should merge with UKIP. The "Conservatives" brand is so stained as being upper class at the moment that it would be a great chance of a rebranding exercise. They could say they are making a new party to represent all Britons, poor and rich, north and south, with a new name. "The Reform Party" would work.
My Stats are solid as fuck and you are taking the piss out of them.
Is that one of these new-fanged metric measurements? Or is it one of the really useful ones like 'size of Wales' which is the industry standard SI unit for icebergs? Or the Nelson's Column which is invaluable for skyscraper visualisation?
There was some psephologist bod from Oxbridge - and I almost definitely watched on sky news or daily politics - and he stated-
Con Maj - 25 Lab Maj - 25 Lab Min - 25 Con Min - 25
I think I can confidently make a prediction:-
Con Maj - Possibly Lab Maj - Maybe Lab Min - Could be Con Min - Might happen
Are you Oxbridge as well?
Serious question.
Possibly. Why?
Because my source was solid and from Oxbridge - presumably Dr or Prof. You are posting on a serious betting forum. My Stats are solid as fuck and you are taking the piss out of them.
The Ken Clarke-style liberal prison policy needs to end. It's a risk to the general public. Violent robbers should be in six square foot cells in maximum security prisons, not in holiday camps.
My Stats are solid as fuck and you are taking the piss out of them.
Is that one of these new-fanged metric measurements? Or is it one of the really useful ones like 'size of Wales' which is the industry standard SI unit for icebergs? Or the Nelson's Column which is invaluable for skyscraper visualisation?
I didn't italicise.
You did.
However, since I probably improve on misquotation, har har har...
In this case, I shall reaffirm because of my relative faith in them - And because I'm pro-lurker and pro-PB, that an Oxbridge Dr or Prof, stated that the odds were-
Con Maj - 25 Lab Maj - 25 Con Min - 25 Lab Min - 25
There was some psephologist bod from Oxbridge - and I almost definitely watched on sky news or daily politics - and he stated-
Con Maj - 25 Lab Maj - 25 Lab Min - 25 Con Min - 25
I think I can confidently make a prediction:-
Con Maj - Possibly Lab Maj - Maybe Lab Min - Could be Con Min - Might happen
Are you Oxbridge as well?
Serious question.
Possibly. Why?
Because my source was solid and from Oxbridge - presumably Dr or Prof. You are posting on a serious betting forum. My Stats are solid as fuck and you are taking the piss out of them.
Mr. F, not fond of the term 'affirmative action'. It's just bigotry which someone who's 'right on' has decided is acceptable. We should judge men by the content of their character, not the colour of their skin.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
I think it would be fair to hand all Lib Dem targets down to Berwick Upon Tweed (Not Norwich South or Bradford East though) and not Sutton and Cheam.
I make that 12 gains.
Looking at Labour's list I make it 11 gains for them.
UKIP Gain 10 seats say - 8 Tory 2 Labour
SNP gain 3 Labour perhaps ? (The Lib Dem seats surely drop more easily than the Labour targets)
So Con + 12 Lab + 11 Con -8 Lab -2 Lab -3
Yields a start point of Con +4; Lab -6 from the 2010 totals.
The main contradiction in my mind at the moment is the local Lib Dem strength in in particular the SW which made these gains TRICKY for the Tories, and the appalling Lib Dem national numbers.
I think @David Herdson of this parish said that in order for the Lib Dems to hold some seats they'd need to lose 6 out of 7 votes elsewhere, which he thought inconceivable. Perhaps it isn't.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
I've been saying NOM resulting in a Lib-Lab coalition for some time. I've seen nothing that would change my mind. If it happens, the result would be fantastic for UKIP's electoral prospects: just a couple of years in there will be huge numbers of disillusioned Lib-Lab voters.
I don't think a rump (sub 20 mps) Libdem party is going to be going into coalition with anyone.
Norman Lamb made in very clear at L/D conference that partnering up with Labour was not going to happen and for Labour there is still the presence of Clegg to overcome. L/D M ,especially Lamb's fellow Orange book neo-cons,didn't argue with him whatever L/D members might say.The only game in town for the L/Ds is another coalition with the Tories.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
This is, as before, very similar to the crosstab aggregation method, which suggests that the weighting bias is quite small. Full details including comparison and charts here:
Also, if anyone is following Brazil tonight, I've had a look at Brazilian polling. There is a clear 'shy PSDB factor' in first round voting, but the second round can be all over the place:
I think it would be fair to hand all Lib Dem targets down to Berwick Upon Tweed (Not Norwich South or Bradford East though) and not Sutton and Cheam.
I make that 12 gains.
Looking at Labour's list I make it 11 gains for them.
UKIP Gain 10 seats say - 8 Tory 2 Labour
SNP gain 3 Labour perhaps ? (The Lib Dem seats surely drop more easily than the Labour targets)
So Con + 12 Lab + 11 Con -8 Lab -2 Lab -3
Yields a start point of Con +4; Lab -6 from the 2010 totals.
The main contradiction in my mind at the moment is the local Lib Dem strength in in particular the SW which made these gains TRICKY for the Tories, and the appalling Lib Dem national numbers.
I think @David Herdson of this parish said that in order for the Lib Dems to hold some seats they'd need to lose 6 out of 7 votes elsewhere, which he thought inconceivable. Perhaps it isn't.
Any seat that Lord A had the LDs within 5% will probably go yellow. Lord A doesn't mention candidates' names and the polling I've seen oes shows this is a major factor.
Against LAB Simon Hughes and possibly Lynne Featherstone will hold on as will Cambridge.
Watford is an LD gain and there's an outside chance of Oxwab.
Incumbents standing again against the Tories will do okay. Where there's new candidate it will be different.
Finally watch Burnley. Individuals matter enormously and the incumbent is very strong.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
Have fun
Well you have to start somewhere.If you all find it so pathetic I don't think I'll bother - I thought this site wanted to encourage new participants or is it an old lags only affair?
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
I think Anna Soubry has already given up. Nick P will be back with reasonable margin. Lord A had 45% 2010 LDs switching to him and he's done a huge amount on the ground.
Like Nick the candidates in 10 of LAB's top 40 targets are retreads. It'll be interesting to see if they still have an incumbency benefit.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
Have fun
Well you have to start somewhere.If you all find it so pathetic I don't think I'll bother - I thought this site wanted to encourage new participants or is it an old lags only affair?
I just broke Channel 4 with a 2 quid 7/1 min bet. You may or may not know that. I can type for a bit more.
May I ask you -
Does Taranto refer to Tarantino or Toronoto or both??
Prince of Taranto, not sure what Briskin's meaning was there. I also wouldn't necessarily take any one individual (except Ave It, of course) as indicative or representative of the site as a whole.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
I think Anna Soubry has already given up. Nick P will be back with reasonable margin. Lord A had 45% 2010 LDs switching to him and he's done a huge amount on the ground.
Like Nick the candidates in 10 of LAB's top 40 targets are retreads. It'll be interesting to see if they still have an incumbency benefit.
I think it would be fair to hand all Lib Dem targets down to Berwick Upon Tweed (Not Norwich South or Bradford East though) and not Sutton and Cheam.
I make that 12 gains.
Looking at Labour's list I make it 11 gains for them.
UKIP Gain 10 seats say - 8 Tory 2 Labour
SNP gain 3 Labour perhaps ? (The Lib Dem seats surely drop more easily than the Labour targets)
So Con + 12 Lab + 11 Con -8 Lab -2 Lab -3
Yields a start point of Con +4; Lab -6 from the 2010 totals.
The main contradiction in my mind at the moment is the local Lib Dem strength in in particular the SW which made these gains TRICKY for the Tories, and the appalling Lib Dem national numbers.
I think @David Herdson of this parish said that in order for the Lib Dems to hold some seats they'd need to lose 6 out of 7 votes elsewhere, which he thought inconceivable. Perhaps it isn't.
Any seat that Lord A had the LDs within 5% will probably go yellow. Lord A doesn't mention candidates' names and the polling I've seen oes shows this is a major factor.
Against LAB Simon Hughes and possibly Lynne Featherstone will hold on as will Cambridge.
Watford is an LD gain and there's an outside chance of Oxwab.
Incumbents standing again against the Tories will do okay. Where there's new candidate it will be different.
Finally watch Burnley. Individuals matter enormously and the incumbent is very strong.
Sounds like you're predicting a bit more than the 20 seats your son has gone for !
I've only placed 1 decent bet for Tory vs Lib Dem (Solihull)
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
I think Anna Soubry has already given up. Nick P will be back with reasonable margin. Lord A had 45% 2010 LDs switching to him and he's done a huge amount on the ground.
Like Nick the candidates in 10 of LAB's top 40 targets are retreads. It'll be interesting to see if they still have an incumbency benefit.
From a UKIP point of view Anna Soubry I believe is public enemy number one after the Farage QT affair. What I am not sure is what they will do to help get her out but if they have anything to do with it I also think she will be a goner .
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
I think Anna Soubry has already given up. Nick P will be back with reasonable margin. Lord A had 45% 2010 LDs switching to him and he's done a huge amount on the ground.
Like Nick the candidates in 10 of LAB's top 40 targets are retreads. It'll be interesting to see if they still have an incumbency benefit.
Have you any evidence, I mean any evidence at all, that Anna Soubry has "given up"?
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
I think it would be fair to hand all Lib Dem targets down to Berwick Upon Tweed (Not Norwich South or Bradford East though) and not Sutton and Cheam.
I make that 12 gains.
Looking at Labour's list I make it 11 gains for them.
UKIP Gain 10 seats say - 8 Tory 2 Labour
SNP gain 3 Labour perhaps ? (The Lib Dem seats surely drop more easily than the Labour targets)
So Con + 12 Lab + 11 Con -8 Lab -2 Lab -3
Yields a start point of Con +4; Lab -6 from the 2010 totals.
The main contradiction in my mind at the moment is the local Lib Dem strength in in particular the SW which made these gains TRICKY for the Tories, and the appalling Lib Dem national numbers.
I think @David Herdson of this parish said that in order for the Lib Dems to hold some seats they'd need to lose 6 out of 7 votes elsewhere, which he thought inconceivable. Perhaps it isn't.
Any seat that Lord A had the LDs within 5% will probably go yellow. Lord A doesn't mention candidates' names and the polling I've seen oes shows this is a major factor.
Against LAB Simon Hughes and possibly Lynne Featherstone will hold on as will Cambridge.
Watford is an LD gain and there's an outside chance of Oxwab.
Incumbents standing again against the Tories will do okay. Where there's new candidate it will be different.
Finally watch Burnley. Individuals matter enormously and the incumbent is very strong.
Sounds like you're predicting a bit more than the 20 seats your son has gone for !
I've only placed 1 decent bet for Tory vs Lib Dem (Solihull)
I don't think my son has access to the same data that I have.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
Have fun
Well you have to start somewhere.If you all find it so pathetic I don't think I'll bother - I thought this site wanted to encourage new participants or is it an old lags only affair?
I just broke Channel 4 with a 2 quid 7/1 min bet. You may or may not know that. I can type for a bit more.
May I ask you -
Does Taranto refer to Tarantino or Toronoto or both??
No it is a city and province in Southern Italy in Apulia
Equally possible as I see it is a pathetically small Conservative majority due to the Labour vote being split 1983 style by UKIP.
And UKIP is not going to spit the CON vote as is shown very sharply in Lord A's extensive poll. Ignore at your peril my friend.
Agree that his what his polls indicate. However, I think that Labour will collapse once the election nears and people have to make a decision, just as in 1992, look at Ed and decide "Not you mate", a lot of those will go to UKIP.
The tories have a "hold on to nurse for fear of something worse" advantage as a lot of people will allow their wallet to vote for them (those with assets/money to lose if Labour come in and implode the economy or implement a hard left economic agenda with wealth taxes etc, or just if they fear whether they are economically competent.
In such a situation UKIP will start picking up more Labour than tory voters in marginals and will produce a 1983 situation, handing the tories a disproportionate number of seats.
If the Tories do get a majority though, be afraid be very afraid. Once they implement things like Beecroft they will be exceptionally unpopular.
So apparently Anna Soubry was at the anti- Indian Kashmir rally at Trafalgar Square today. Any idea how many Indian voters there are in Broxtowe she has just lost?
I would say to this - SHITE
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Sorry what is very poor? The fact she was there or that I have asked a question?
YOU HAVE 10 POSTS AND HAVE MANAGED TO PATHETICALLY REFERENCE NPXNP AS WELL AS CONFIRMED TEAM CASIO MEMBER SUNIL IN ONE POST
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
Have fun
Well you have to start somewhere.If you all find it so pathetic I don't think I'll bother - I thought this site wanted to encourage new participants or is it an old lags only affair?
I just broke Channel 4 with a 2 quid 7/1 min bet. You may or may not know that. I can type for a bit more.
May I ask you -
Does Taranto refer to Tarantino or Toronoto or both??
Probably neither. The city is famous to military historians though:
"Taranto, and the night of November 11–12, 1940, should be remembered for ever as having shown once and for all that in the Fleet Air Arm the Navy has its most devastating weapon." Admiral Cunningham
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FTR...
It was 43...
BRISKY 100
50p e/w BETS ON THE GRAND NATIONAL WILL ALWAYS BE ALLOWED
Fuck you Channel4!
Labour + the Conservatives' combined share of the vote to probably decline on 2010, which is something no-one saw coming initially after the Lib Dems' meltdown (at one point wasn't it quite a common argument that BOTH the two main parties could increase next time?).
http://newstonoone.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/environmentally-unfriendly-who-loses.html
Though I say it myself, I found this subject interesting.
GeoffM • Posts: 1,663
Those who insist on a "minimum wage" must accept that it will become the default wage for the low skilled and low productivity group. An employer has no incentive or need to pay just slightly above
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As long as we have mass immigration of economic migrants the amount of people on the minimum wage is bound to increase... any job that is paid £10 ph will soon become a £6.50ph and so on
The bosses wont lower the prices for consumer s though, so everything costs more despite the wage freeze/deflation. Mass immigration just pays for rich peoples profit margin to get bigger
The Independent's article on Conservative Party funds being directed towards defence rather than target seats suggests a Labour majority.
Basically-
As I see it-
Every job is 7ph. Polish speak english (not all). Natives speak english. It's a fair enough playing field.
That's my analysis.
NOM makes Brexit more likely.
At least milliband is honest about his policy.
Ballot begins on Nov 17
"The former Labour Cabinet Minister, who died aged 88 in March, left an estate of £5,085,001, reduced after liabilities to £5,020,389, probate records revealed yesterday."
Read more: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Tony-Benn-s-reveals-did-leave-penny-Labour-Party/story-23553362-detail/story.html#ixzz3HGydNFD6
Laptop totally hacked - one presumes by MI6.
However - we do have a 7.8 to celebrate-
http://youtu.be/4aIp7ZbXZDw
The Greens should in with a shout in Norwich South.
There was some psephologist bod from Oxbridge - and I almost definitely watched on sky news or daily politics - and he stated-
Con Maj - 25
Lab Maj - 25
Lab Min - 25
Con Min - 25
I was looking for something else on Twitter but came across a politically relevant tweet that is mildly amusing, on expenditure for US/UK elections:
https://twitter.com/meetthepress/status/526391823213035520
Apparently 80 General Elections in the UK could be paid for with the money spent on the US mid-terms in 2014.
So far, it has been an unprofitable one.
How are your plans to become an MP going? Still putting your name forward?
Edit - actually, probably not fairer, given that the legislature is up for election in the mid-terms.
Tories:millionaires
Labour: unions
Lib Dems: we don't really know but a fair few hundred quids from door knocking.
Brisky Memo Over
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11187602/The-wealth-tax-a-tax-on-the-rich-that-cripples-the-poor.html
Ukip: EU expenses (please don't sue me Farrrage)
I think I can confidently make a prediction:-
Con Maj - Possibly
Lab Maj - Maybe
Lab Min - Could be
Con Min - Might happen
Serious question.
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Possibly. Why?
The tories offer a referendum. NOM makes that less likey and so staying in more likely.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/26/angela-merkel-opposes-cameron-eu-renegotiation-plan
Downing Street has suggested his proposals will either be a points system for EU migration, or, if they're less brave, a proper emergency brake. He claims the UK public are "his boss", not anyone in the EU, so let's see whether his proposals follow through or not. I have a feeling he will buckle to his EU masters, as he did with the veto that wasn't, but let us see.
Who said this isn't a betting site any more!
There's a special contempt people have for those whom they once held dear.
If the Conservatives remained as they are, in Opposition to such a government, then UKIP's prospects would be golden, particularly if Milliband actually implemented his affirmative action proposals for ethnic minorities.
Are you drunk?
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/violent-robber-on-the-run-25918/
The Ken Clarke-style liberal prison policy needs to end. It's a risk to the general public. Violent robbers should be in six square foot cells in maximum security prisons, not in holiday camps.
You did.
However, since I probably improve on misquotation, har har har...
In this case, I shall reaffirm because of my relative faith in them - And because I'm pro-lurker and pro-PB, that an Oxbridge Dr or Prof, stated that the odds were-
Con Maj - 25
Lab Maj - 25
Con Min - 25
Lab Min - 25
EDITED - you may choose your own reason
But since we are all aspiring writers here I will merely say-
Very Poor
Tory targets:
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/conservative-targets/
I think it would be fair to hand all Lib Dem targets down to Berwick Upon Tweed (Not Norwich South or Bradford East though) and not Sutton and Cheam.
I make that 12 gains.
Looking at Labour's list I make it 11 gains for them.
UKIP Gain 10 seats say - 8 Tory 2 Labour
SNP gain 3 Labour perhaps ? (The Lib Dem seats surely drop more easily than the Labour targets)
So Con + 12
Lab + 11
Con -8
Lab -2
Lab -3
Yields a start point of Con +4; Lab -6 from the 2010 totals.
The main contradiction in my mind at the moment is the local Lib Dem strength in in particular the SW which made these gains TRICKY for the Tories, and the appalling Lib Dem national numbers.
I think @David Herdson of this parish said that in order for the Lib Dems to hold some seats they'd need to lose 6 out of 7 votes elsewhere, which he thought inconceivable. Perhaps it isn't.
You'll probably manage to wind us all up within a few months and be PB Star.
Have fun
SNP 41 (+2)
LAB 26 (-1)
CON 17 (=)
LIB 5 (-2)
GRN 5 (+1)
UKIP 2 (-1)
OTH 4 (=)
This is, as before, very similar to the crosstab aggregation method, which suggests that the weighting bias is quite small. Full details including comparison and charts here:
http://numbercruncheruk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/scotland-update-snp-41-2-lab-26-1-con.html
Also, if anyone is following Brazil tonight, I've had a look at Brazilian polling. There is a clear 'shy PSDB factor' in first round voting, but the second round can be all over the place:
http://numbercruncheruk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/is-there-shy-tory-factor-in-brazil.html
Against LAB Simon Hughes and possibly Lynne Featherstone will hold on as will Cambridge.
Watford is an LD gain and there's an outside chance of Oxwab.
Incumbents standing again against the Tories will do okay. Where there's new candidate it will be different.
Finally watch Burnley. Individuals matter enormously and the incumbent is very strong.
Good to see Tony Benn took a cue from the Millipedes in their attitude to IHT. Strictly for the proles.
Like Nick the candidates in 10 of LAB's top 40 targets are retreads. It'll be interesting to see if they still have an incumbency benefit.
(belated) Welcome to PB, PrinceofTaranto.
May I ask you -
Does Taranto refer to Tarantino or Toronoto or both??
I've only placed 1 decent bet for Tory vs Lib Dem (Solihull)
The tories have a "hold on to nurse for fear of something worse" advantage as a lot of people will allow their wallet to vote for them (those with assets/money to lose if Labour come in and implode the economy or implement a hard left economic agenda with wealth taxes etc, or just if they fear whether they are economically competent.
In such a situation UKIP will start picking up more Labour than tory voters in marginals and will produce a 1983 situation, handing the tories a disproportionate number of seats.
If the Tories do get a majority though, be afraid be very afraid. Once they implement things like Beecroft they will be exceptionally unpopular.
"Taranto, and the night of November 11–12, 1940, should be remembered for ever as having shown once and for all that in the Fleet Air Arm the Navy has its most devastating weapon." Admiral Cunningham