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  • HaroldOHaroldO Posts: 1,185
    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    He wanted a few years to get his shit together before taking over, now is too soon.
  • Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,782
    So post Brexit what does it all mean for Bosman and the prospect of getting more England qualified players in the Premier League? Might the FA be allowed to bring in quotas on clubs without falling foul of the ECJ?




  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    If only we had the sex.
    Doesn't Cersei Cameron get up to all sorts of stuff?
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    DavidL said:

    AndyJS said:

    Richard Burgon, 35, now Shadow Lord Chancellor.

    I just can't stop laughing at that. Didn't he do the interview that made Blinky in TTOI look like Blair at his smoothest? Is this what Corbyn meant by some surprising names?
    This interview? https://youtu.be/lnU-u89kBVw
  • mattmatt Posts: 3,789
    HYUFD said:

    matt said:

    HYUFD said:

    No mention there that Iceland is also outside the EU
    As politician lines go it's not bad. Would an opinion poll help you reach a judgement?
    No it is pure trolling, much like the only comments you ever post!
    Not really, its just that thoughtful approach isn't worthwhile. Its drowned out amongst the WTFs, breathless reports of Sky News and "I don't normally read Volkischer Beobachter but....". Se e my thoughts on which EU derived rules we'd repeal. Other people are far more skilled than me at betting and ensuring that they have time and effort to stay in control. Their opinions are more than worthwhile.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    I like it - the side that did it had plenty that didn't want it to happen, but couldn't control all its supporters who forced it.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    kle4 said:

    Hodgson not doing a corbyn.

    Come on,you have to admire corbyn,a lesser leader would have Quit.
    Sheer stubborness can be impressive and admirable, in its way.
    Self destructive stubborness bringing down the house around him. Shows how in tune with the English public he is!
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 27,589
    Am I the only person delighted to see the Premiership's 'finest' disgraced.

    Well done Iceland - good organisation, hard work, team spirit and making the most of what you have. An example to everyone in all spheres of life.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 55,196
    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    He planned it perfectly. It was the voters who ruined everything by voting for his platform in the referendum.

    Anyone sensible will also surely have concluded that May's 'reluctant remainer' position was the sane one.
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 7,410

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    Which Brexiteer is Joffrey?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786
    AndyJS said:

    Richard Burgon, 35, now Shadow Lord Chancellor.

    How old was Osborne? The man's 45 and has already been chancellor for 6 years!

    Edit - Shadow chancellor at 34. No idea if he seemed a crazier choice, I know little of Burgon
  • Moses_Moses_ Posts: 4,865
    Scott_P said:

    @SDMumford: Boris Johnson: we can still have access to the quarter-final without having to win our way there.

    Or.... Alternatively

    "We know we lost but we can always start again at kick off to ensure we get the right result the second time around.... Or third if that is required"

    ScottP you really are just embarrassing yourself now,
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,436
    kle4 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Richard Burgon, 35, now Shadow Lord Chancellor.

    How old was Osborne? The man's 45 and has already been chancellor for 6 years!

    Edit - Shadow chancellor at 34. No idea if he seemed a crazier choice, I know little of Burgon
    Well, shadow chancellor is more senior than shadow lord chancellor.
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    edited June 2016

    So post Brexit what does it all mean for Bosman and the prospect of getting more England qualified players in the Premier League? Might the FA be allowed to bring in quotas on clubs without falling foul of the ECJ?

    Ending Bosman could benefit the England team.

    It could also result in the Bundesliga or Serie A becoming the moneyspinner league, worldwide. My bet would be on the Bundesliga.

    Out of interest, when English teams were banned from Europe and the Scottish League was chock full of English and European players, the Scottish team was doing MUCH better than now.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    Which Brexiteer is Joffrey?
    Farage - he won't swing the blade (trigger article 50), but he's got the influence to ensure the more timid voices do not back down now.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    kle4 said:

    Hodgson not doing a corbyn.

    Come on,you have to admire corbyn,a lesser leader would have Quit.
    Sheer stubborness can be impressive and admirable, in its way.
    Self destructive stubborness bringing down the house around him. Shows how in tune with the English public he is!
    Indeed. The guy is a deluded narcissist, as well as a convenient metaphor.
  • YellowSubmarineYellowSubmarine Posts: 2,740
    kle4 said:

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    I like it - the side that did it had plenty that didn't want it to happen, but couldn't control all its supporters who forced it.
    I've not seen any of the TV show. Only read the books !
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786
    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,305
    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,832
    Osborne not running - may endorse Boris (Newsnight)
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 24,545

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    Which Brexiteer is Joffrey?
    Gove.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.


    Anyone sensible will also surely have concluded that May's 'reluctant remainer' position was the sane one.
    You mean like Corbyn
  • Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,782
    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Aren't Conservative Party members a bit older than the average Tory voter?
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    He planned it perfectly. It was the voters who ruined everything by voting for his platform in the referendum.

    Anyone sensible will also surely have concluded that May's 'reluctant remainer' position was the sane one.
    Indeed. Boris' great failure was winning the bloody referendum. If he had stopped the Nazi sabre rattling over Turks and "the immigrants" he would never have won the Red BNPers over, and would have lost comfortably, and therefore won easily.
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    kle4 said:

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    Which Brexiteer is Joffrey?
    Farage - he won't swing the blade (trigger article 50), but he's got the influence to ensure the more timid voices do not back down now.
    Salmond as Littlefinger
    Nicola as Sansa
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786

    kle4 said:

    It's saying something when the politics of Game of Thrones is looking more stable and settled than the politics of the U.K....

    The Referendum result does seem a bit like the death of Robert Baratheon. Triggering Article 50 will be the beheading of Ned Stark.
    I like it - the side that did it had plenty that didn't want it to happen, but couldn't control all its supporters who forced it.
    I've not seen any of the TV show. Only read the books !
    Went the same way in both, IIRC - executing Ned not the plan.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 127,536
    matt said:

    HYUFD said:

    matt said:

    HYUFD said:

    No mention there that Iceland is also outside the EU
    As politician lines go it's not bad. Would an opinion poll help you reach a judgement?
    No it is pure trolling, much like the only comments you ever post!
    Not really, its just that thoughtful approach isn't worthwhile. Its drowned out amongst the WTFs, breathless reports of Sky News and "I don't normally read Volkischer Beobachter but....". Se e my thoughts on which EU derived rules we'd repeal. Other people are far more skilled than me at betting and ensuring that they have time and effort to stay in control. Their opinions are more than worthwhile.
    There is plenty of discussion on this site beyond betting odds
  • eekeek Posts: 29,996
    Right wing propaganda sheet... Heck even if the morning Star said it, it would be a Trotsky plot...
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    surbiton said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.


    Anyone sensible will also surely have concluded that May's 'reluctant remainer' position was the sane one.
    You mean like Corbyn
    Corbyn is no May
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Hodgson not doing a corbyn.

    Come on,you have to admire corbyn,a lesser leader would have Quit.
    Sheer stubborness can be impressive and admirable, in its way.
    Self destructive stubborness bringing down the house around him. Shows how in tune with the English public he is!
    Indeed. The guy is a deluded narcissist, as well as a convenient metaphor.
    With Roy Hodgson as Walder Fray.
  • Moses_Moses_ Posts: 4,865
    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    Ha! Mmm...,

    Any advice on ground game here? :smile:
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 55,315
    Wanderer said:

    DavidL said:

    AndyJS said:

    Richard Burgon, 35, now Shadow Lord Chancellor.

    I just can't stop laughing at that. Didn't he do the interview that made Blinky in TTOI look like Blair at his smoothest? Is this what Corbyn meant by some surprising names?
    This interview? https://youtu.be/lnU-u89kBVw
    That's the one. Shadow Lord Chancellor ? As unbelievable as England losing to Iceland.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 55,196
    TudorRose said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    I'm not giving up hope yet.

    Merkel is clearly happy to bide her time and see if Britain will reconsider. It's quite likely that Juncker will be forced out which could pave the way for a new negotiation to take place.
    Interesting point. So far no-one in the EU seems to think that Brexit is in any way their responsibility. Typical but telling.
    Solving Britain's concerns was one of his top 5 priorities as President of the Commission. He can't put all of the blame on Cameron for things not turning out the right way.

    He should have been a high-profile figure in the UK since his appointment, listening to different voices and playing an active part in solving things instead of just being a go-between in Brussels.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Aren't Conservative Party members a bit older than the average Tory voter?
    And probabaly more wealthy...
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 27,589
    SeanT said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    May is 60 though. Quite old. But she could be a kind of British Merkel, I guess. Then groom Ruth Davidson to take over. GROOM in the nice sense, thanks.

    The one advatange Boris has is that this is such an apocalyptic juncture, and he does have a Churchillian quality. Not a managerial leader for quieter moments, not a Cameron or a Macmillan, but these are not ordinary days. Churchill was a poor peacetime leader but ideal for war.

    And we're in an economic and political war. And the country might like cheering up and inspiring - and a few good jokes - as we battle through the headwinds into EEA (or wherever). Right man for bad times.

    After what Charles revealed yesterday Cameron wasn't a 'managerial leader' either.
  • numbertwelvenumbertwelve Posts: 7,410

    I wouldn't believe any UK poll right now. They have been hilariously wrong on two massive occasions in the last year now. I would love May to be our next PM though - she's by far the best option out of an underwhelming bunch. Boris and Osborne shouldn't be anywhere near the Conservative leadership.

    On the game, I called it regarding this England team months ago. Qualifiers and friendlies cannot be used as a measurement of this team - they simply don't have a tournament mentality in the way teams like Germany and Italy do. Even the Welsh have been mentally stronger this year than us FFS. Rooney and Kane were totally dire tonight, and Kane has been terrible throughout this entire tournament. Roy should have started Rashford.

    I admit May seems like the best choice given where the country is at the moment. No matter what you think of her otherwise, she does give off an air of unflappability and seriousness which is exactly what we need at the moment. A steady hand on the tiller.

    Backed remain, but kept her head down (some might say tactically) and is widely considered eurosceptic. A fair compromise for the membership, I'd have thought.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    The attitude of Remainers since friday has me licking my lips at the prospect of a re-run. The same old faces will trot out the same old rubbish and once again ordinary people will vote, but this time with even more determination to shove it up them.

    Something is becoming increasingly puzzling to me, some people on here claim to hold down important jobs, they don't spend much time doing them.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    I didn't ask you Richard :smiley:
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 127,536
    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    I think we need a tough, capable woman in charge to steer us through. May or Leadsom would be fine by me. After tonight's joke of a football team I don't think I want a joke of a PM too especially in the present turbulent climate!
  • YellowSubmarineYellowSubmarine Posts: 2,740
    SeanT said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    May is 60 though. Quite old. But she could be a kind of British Merkel, I guess. Then groom Ruth Davidson to take over. GROOM in the nice sense, thanks.

    The one advatange Boris has is that this is such an apocalyptic juncture, and he does have a Churchillian quality. Not a managerial leader for quieter moments, not a Cameron or a Macmillan, but these are not ordinary days. Churchill was a poor peacetime leader but ideal for war.

    And we're in an economic and political war. And the country might like cheering up and inspiring - and a few good jokes - as we battle through the headwinds into EEA (or wherever). Right man for bad times.





    Churchill became PM after the Norway Debate. He didn't accidentally win a referendum on having a military debacle in Norway.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,908
    edited June 2016
    SeanT said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.

    The one advatange Boris has is that this is such an apocalyptic juncture, and he does have a Churchillian quality. Not a managerial leader for quieter moments, not a Cameron or a Macmillan, but these are not ordinary days. Churchill was a poor peacetime leader but ideal for war.

    And we're in an economic and political war. And the country might like cheering up and inspiring - and a few good jokes - as we battle through the headwinds into EEA (or wherever). Right man for bad times.






    That's true. But I'm just not sure exactly how committed Boris really is to any of this... Was it all just a newspaper column that got out of control? Or does he really, passionately believe in seeing through the Brexit trauma he in large part created?

    I guess we'll find out.;
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,204
    Burgon has cheered me up no end.

    How on earth did he win a nomination as Labour candidate, let alone get appointed to the shad cab?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786
    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    I often struggle to see what is plain in front of my face, as I'm sure you will agree.
  • another_richardanother_richard Posts: 27,589

    The attitude of Remainers since friday has me licking my lips at the prospect of a re-run. The same old faces will trot out the same old rubbish and once again ordinary people will vote, but this time with even more determination to shove it up them.

    Something is becoming increasingly puzzling to me, some people on here claim to hold down important jobs, they don't spend much time doing them.

    I think a lot of the answer to Britain's 'productivity puzzle' can be explained by PB.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,305
    Jobabob said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    I didn't ask you Richard :smiley:
    Fair enough :)
  • PAWPAW Posts: 1,074
    It looks as though Corbyn is no longer useful to the middle class.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 98,786


    Something is becoming increasingly puzzling to me, some people on here claim to hold down important jobs, they don't spend much time doing them.

    Delegating to the teams, no doubt.
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941

    SeanT said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    May is 60 though. Quite old. But she could be a kind of British Merkel, I guess. Then groom Ruth Davidson to take over. GROOM in the nice sense, thanks.

    The one advatange Boris has is that this is such an apocalyptic juncture, and he does have a Churchillian quality. Not a managerial leader for quieter moments, not a Cameron or a Macmillan, but these are not ordinary days. Churchill was a poor peacetime leader but ideal for war.

    And we're in an economic and political war. And the country might like cheering up and inspiring - and a few good jokes - as we battle through the headwinds into EEA (or wherever). Right man for bad times.





    Churchill became PM after the Norway Debate. He didn't accidentally win a referendum on having a military debacle in Norway.
    Maybe the English should think more like Churchill.

    After all he invaded and subjugated Iceland.
  • LucyJonesLucyJones Posts: 651
    You guys are so unfair!

    The England team are simply carrying out the democratic will of the electorate who have just voted to leave Europe.
    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    No it isn't. That would be Bojabob. :)

  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    Mortimer said:

    Burgon has cheered me up no end.

    How on earth did he win a nomination as Labour candidate, let alone get appointed to the shad cab?

    Joining the Shadow Cabinet is some orders of magnitude easier than winning a candidate nomination for Labour right now.
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    Isn't the Government banning hard encryption?
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    kle4 said:


    Something is becoming increasingly puzzling to me, some people on here claim to hold down important jobs, they don't spend much time doing them.

    Delegating to the teams, no doubt.
    Probably.

    Do what you have to do lads, I'm busy on pb.com calling people xenophobic nutjobs.
  • PAWPAW Posts: 1,074
    blackburn63 - I am still working!
  • FenmanFenman Posts: 1,047

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    A few days? You've got to be kidding. We're about five years off getting food parcels from Zimbabwe. The pound will be at parity with the euro by Christmas.
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    I think this one is definitely happening

    https://twitter.com/IanLMcKenzie/status/747547192429252608
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    eek said:

    Right wing propaganda sheet... Heck even if the morning Star said it, it would be a Trotsky plot...
    Nothing to see here :smiley:
  • FenmanFenman Posts: 1,047
    A few hundred on May, I think.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    test
  • alex.alex. Posts: 4,658
    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    I often struggle to see what is plain in front of my face, as I'm sure you will agree.
    My definition of "backwards" obviously isn't a universal one.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    What will be really funny is if Iceland beat France.

  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    LucyJones said:

    You guys are so unfair!

    The England team are simply carrying out the democratic will of the electorate who have just voted to leave Europe.

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    No it isn't. That would be Bojabob. :)

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    I often struggle to see what is plain in front of my face, as I'm sure you will agree.
    As Lucy points out below it isn't. An anagram yes, but not a reverse :smiley:
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,844
    edited June 2016
    LucyJones said:

    You guys are so unfair!

    The England team are simply carrying out the democratic will of the electorate who have just voted to leave Europe.

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    No it isn't. That would be Bojabob. :)

    Bodger-Bob? Surely not....
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,305
    Fenman said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    A few days? You've got to be kidding. We're about five years off getting food parcels from Zimbabwe. The pound will be at parity with the euro by Christmas.
    Another one gleefully hoping things go wrong. You lost. Live with it.
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    PAW said:

    blackburn63 - I am still working!

    Good for you, 1 or 2 office based posters don't seem to get much work done or leave their PC for more than 5 minutes. Then when the general public speak their mouths fall open in wonderment.

    Sad bastards is what I call them.
  • YellowSubmarineYellowSubmarine Posts: 2,740
    There is also a considerable circumstantial evidence Boris was trying to throw the referendum through out. The Obama Dog Whistle, the Canada model, the Nike Tick, Straight Bananas , the Top Gear driving stunt, the amnesty for illegal immigrants a few days before polling day. Just a few of those would sink a General Election campaign. They can't all of been gaffes if any. He just made the same mistake I did and hadn't spotted the shift to post Reality politics.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    Mortimer said:

    Burgon has cheered me up no end.

    How on earth did he win a nomination as Labour candidate, let alone get appointed to the shad cab?

    In all fairness you would have stood a good chance of an appointment to the Shadow Cabinet, were you passing by today Mortimer
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    HYUFD said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    I think we need a tough, capable woman in charge to steer us through. May or Leadsom would be fine by me. After tonight's joke of a football team I don't think I want a joke of a PM too especially in the present turbulent climate!
    Agreed.
  • alex.alex. Posts: 4,658
    Just for the record, are there still Labour frontbenchers resigning or are they going round for a second go?
  • blackburn63blackburn63 Posts: 4,492
    Fenman said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    A few days? You've got to be kidding. We're about five years off getting food parcels from Zimbabwe. The pound will be at parity with the euro by Christmas.
    And you'll need a thousand of either to buy a loaf of bread.
  • LowlanderLowlander Posts: 941
    edited June 2016
    Nicola Sturgeon taking forward a bill - including a second referendum - tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.

    Will give her full rights to back any course of action, including Indyref 2 to retain Scotland's membership. Greens and Labour will back. Liberals too possible. Tories will try to ammend to remove Independence option but will get voted down by SNP and Greens at least, possibly others.

    Almost certain Nicola will get full mandate for second referendum.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited June 2016
    Fenman said:

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    dr_spyn said:
    He isn't suggesting what you think...
    The red lines that are emerging are being in the single market and restrictions on free movement. EEA/EFTA won't wash following a campaign based on immigration.

    What if the easiest way to achieve that is a new deal within the EU?
    Then we're screwed, since they won't want us now at any price. Will just have to work hard at the outside options.
    Why the fuck did you vote Leave? You know full well that it's been the wrong outcome. Just admit it now.
    Of course its not the wrong outcome. A few days of market reaction to an unexpected outcome proves sweet FA.

    A few days? You've got to be kidding. We're about five years off getting food parcels from Zimbabwe. The pound will be at parity with the euro by Christmas.
    The only thing that really matters is whether ordinary people are affected by any of these so-called crises. If it's just a case of a few members of the 1% losing some millions it's not especially important, except for them of course. We'll see if it all ends with riots outside Lidl in Kettering. Seems unlikely.
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,204
    Jobabob said:

    Mortimer said:

    Burgon has cheered me up no end.

    How on earth did he win a nomination as Labour candidate, let alone get appointed to the shad cab?

    In all fairness you would have stood a good chance of an appointment to the Shadow Cabinet, were you passing by today Mortimer
    Knew I should have got the Chairman's train up....
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,921

    NEW THREAD NEW THREAD

  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    edited June 2016
    Disappointing poll for Leadsom.

    Fingers crossed that MPs, and Conservative Party members are too tricky for pollsters!
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 127,536
    edited June 2016
    Fenman said:

    A few hundred on May, I think.

    Indeed, May may be ideal, neither a rabid Brexiteer like Boris or Gove who will get the EU's backs up when renegotiating, nor a Europhile like Osborne or Hunt who have just lost and do not have the stomach for the fight.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121
    Anecdote alert...just come back from the Iceland match, watched the whole match in a quiet pub sat behind Ed Sheeran. I even returned 20 Euros to him that fell under his stool.

    As much as I really wanted England to lose, I was as much a hardcore supporter willing that ball over the line as any other headbanger English fan. We cannot so much change our country as our family as much as they disappoint us, wind the shit out of us, annoy us.

    Brexit has really pissed me off. But I am still British and want to be part of our country's future.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    There is also a considerable circumstantial evidence Boris was trying to throw the referendum through out. The Obama Dog Whistle, the Canada model, the Nike Tick, Straight Bananas , the Top Gear driving stunt, the amnesty for illegal immigrants a few days before polling day. Just a few of those would sink a General Election campaign. They can't all of been gaffes if any. He just made the same mistake I did and hadn't spotted the shift to post Reality politics.

    Fair points.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Project Reality

    @mattholehouse: US trade analysts are telling clients to switch away now from UK products inc oil, gas, machinery. https://t.co/KijIxjxZxe
  • ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133

    LucyJones said:

    You guys are so unfair!

    The England team are simply carrying out the democratic will of the electorate who have just voted to leave Europe.

    Jobabob said:

    kle4 said:

    Jobabob said:

    Moses_ said:

    Jobabob said:

    Scott_P said:
    The Telegraph which was egging on this embarrassing clusterfuck. Ho fucking ho
    Are you bobajob on by the way that frequented these premises during election 2015 ? Just wondering?
    Yes of course!
    I'm embarrassed to say I did not make the connection. Shows my judgement.
    Jobabob is Bobajob backwards
    No it isn't. That would be Bojabob. :)

    Bodger-Bob? Surely not....
    If he's Bodger, who is Badger?
  • YellowSubmarineYellowSubmarine Posts: 2,740
    Then there was Amber Rudd's pre scripted but fairly extraordinary " drive you home " jibe in the first debate. Coming from a female college and the numerous oblique references in the Mail to his private life my reading of it she was trying to tip the tabloids into digging. Or to crack of a wall of silence. May well be nonsense but I wonder.
  • The_ApocalypseThe_Apocalypse Posts: 7,830
    edited June 2016

    I wouldn't believe any UK poll right now. They have been hilariously wrong on two massive occasions in the last year now. I would love May to be our next PM though - she's by far the best option out of an underwhelming bunch. Boris and Osborne shouldn't be anywhere near the Conservative leadership.

    On the game, I called it regarding this England team months ago. Qualifiers and friendlies cannot be used as a measurement of this team - they simply don't have a tournament mentality in the way teams like Germany and Italy do. Even the Welsh have been mentally stronger this year than us FFS. Rooney and Kane were totally dire tonight, and Kane has been terrible throughout this entire tournament. Roy should have started Rashford.

    I admit May seems like the best choice given where the country is at the moment. No matter what you think of her otherwise, she does give off an air of unflappability and seriousness which is exactly what we need at the moment. A steady hand on the tiller.

    Backed remain, but kept her head down (some might say tactically) and is widely considered eurosceptic. A fair compromise for the membership, I'd have thought.
    I definitely think May's absence for much of the campaign was tactical. I think the trouble for Leavers, is that none of their leading lights look like good leadership prospects for the country. Boris would be a total disaster as PM, for example. And I hardly think the country is crying out for Grayling, IDS, or Gove either.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,402
    edited June 2016
    Flat in Redcliffe Square, London
    Flat in Viscount Court, 1 Pembridge Villas, London
    Flat in Carrington House, Hertford Street, London

    3 * property bridging loans pulled on London flats.... Obviously LTV worries ;)

    #Brexit

  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    Lowlander said:

    Nicola Sturgeon taking forward a bill - including a second referendum - tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.

    Will give her full rights to back any course of action, including Indyref 2 to retain Scotland's membership. Greens and Labour will back. Liberals too possible. Tories will try to ammend to remove Independence option but will get voted down by SNP and Greens at least, possibly others.

    Almost certain Nicola will get full mandate for second referendum.

    Sturgeon seems to be several strides ahead of any other leader. The defining politician of her generation.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    alex. said:

    Just for the record, are there still Labour frontbenchers resigning or are they going round for a second go?

    Charlie Falconer has resigned.
  • Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,782

    Am I the only person delighted to see the Premiership's 'finest' disgraced.

    Well done Iceland - good organisation, hard work, team spirit and making the most of what you have. An example to everyone in all spheres of life.

    By the end, yes. It was by then obvious that there wasn't a chance that that England team could have got beyond the quarter finals, regardless of tonight's result, despite all the individual potential within it. So all that is left is to offer congratulations and delight in an international team doing a Leicester. They even wear the same colours.

  • Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,782

    Am I the only person delighted to see the Premiership's 'finest' disgraced.

    Well done Iceland - good organisation, hard work, team spirit and making the most of what you have. An example to everyone in all spheres of life.

    By the end, yes. It was by then obvious that there wasn't a chance that that England team could have got beyond the quarter finals, regardless of tonight's result, despite all the individual potential within it. So all that is left is to offer congratulations and delight in an international team doing a Leicester. They even wear the same colours.

    (I mean, I was delighted too)
  • FrankBoothFrankBooth Posts: 10,022

    There is also a considerable circumstantial evidence Boris was trying to throw the referendum through out. The Obama Dog Whistle, the Canada model, the Nike Tick, Straight Bananas , the Top Gear driving stunt, the amnesty for illegal immigrants a few days before polling day. Just a few of those would sink a General Election campaign. They can't all of been gaffes if any. He just made the same mistake I did and hadn't spotted the shift to post Reality politics.

    Is he really made of teflon as far as Tory members are concerned? I mean he's so obviously a fraud, can't they see it? Apparently he has the support of Rupert Murdoch though, so what else matters?
  • alex.alex. Posts: 4,658
    Jobabob said:

    There is also a considerable circumstantial evidence Boris was trying to throw the referendum through out. The Obama Dog Whistle, the Canada model, the Nike Tick, Straight Bananas , the Top Gear driving stunt, the amnesty for illegal immigrants a few days before polling day. Just a few of those would sink a General Election campaign. They can't all of been gaffes if any. He just made the same mistake I did and hadn't spotted the shift to post Reality politics.

    Fair points.
    He should have taken evidence from Trump. I think he was trying to throw his Presidential run after about two weeks, but just couldn't find any way to do it. Obviously overlooked the silly, but likely best solution. Acting Presidential.
  • NoEasyDayNoEasyDay Posts: 454
    Lowlander said:

    Nicola Sturgeon taking forward a bill - including a second referendum - tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.

    Will give her full rights to back any course of action, including Indyref 2 to retain Scotland's membership. Greens and Labour will back. Liberals too possible. Tories will try to ammend to remove Independence option but will get voted down by SNP and Greens at least, possibly others.

    Almost certain Nicola will get full mandate for second referendum.

    Brilliant bring it on she loses.
    Oil is 54 dollars a Barrel half what it was at thr last sindy. And then the economic case was shite.
    What currency is she gonna use the pound outside the EU.
    And i am guesing Spain will veto....
  • ParistondaParistonda Posts: 1,844
    Lowlander said:

    I think this one is definitely happening

    https://twitter.com/IanLMcKenzie/status/747547192429252608

    Iceland having a 2 for 1 offer on brexits while stocks last
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 55,196
    SeanT said:

    Yeah well they can fuck off. Americans don't begin to understand how the EU works, how it is undemocratic, how it removes voter control, and how it allows unlimited and unchecked immigration, and, most of all, how it imposes an executive that cannot be ejected, something Yanks would never tolerate in six zillion years.

    They literally do not remotely understand, or even try
    It's written by a Brit of European heritage.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    tyson said:

    Anecdote alert...just come back from the Iceland match, watched the whole match in a quiet pub sat behind Ed Sheeran. I even returned 20 Euros to him that fell under his stool.

    As much as I really wanted England to lose, I was as much a hardcore supporter willing that ball over the line as any other headbanger English fan. We cannot so much change our country as our family as much as they disappoint us, wind the shit out of us, annoy us.

    Brexit has really pissed me off. But I am still British and want to be part of our country's future.

    I didn't want England to lose but I f
    Superb analysis. Will someone wake us from the nightmare?
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Jobabob said:

    Lowlander said:

    Nicola Sturgeon taking forward a bill - including a second referendum - tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.

    Will give her full rights to back any course of action, including Indyref 2 to retain Scotland's membership. Greens and Labour will back. Liberals too possible. Tories will try to ammend to remove Independence option but will get voted down by SNP and Greens at least, possibly others.

    Almost certain Nicola will get full mandate for second referendum.

    Sturgeon seems to be several strides ahead of any other leader. The defining politician of her generation.
    Yes.

    I think she'll win Indy2 as well. People raising this and that difficulty are missing the fact that there will be a far weaker No campaign than last time.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 127,536
    Jobabob said:

    HYUFD said:

    Danny565 said:

    Scott_P said:

    @SamCoatesTimes: Exc:Times / YouGov
    Best new PM and Tory leader

    All voters(Tory voters in brackets)

    Theresa May 19 (31)
    Boris Johnson 18 (24)

    Boris may have won the battle but lost the war.
    I think we need a tough, capable woman in charge to steer us through. May or Leadsom would be fine by me. After tonight's joke of a football team I don't think I want a joke of a PM too especially in the present turbulent climate!
    Agreed.
    Indeed and hopefully this new poll is a sign of things to come
  • MontyHallMontyHall Posts: 226
    If you flood the market with immigrants putting the native born out of a job and leaving the youth to kick their heels so you can pay cheaper wages and not train youngsters, the country suffers

    England 1 vs Iceland 2
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