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  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,355
    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    edited October 2017
    It's not daft for PP.

    Bookies do it because they can get away with it.

    During the GE, @shadsy was on twitter, shamelessly promoting taking large bets at crap odds that Lads T&C's meant wouldn't even payout.

    Shitty behaviour.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,336
    I flagged this market up this morning.

    I'm surprised Publicity Shy Paddy Power haven't opened a market up on some of the more outrageous things Jared O'Mara might have said.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 124,609
    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,720
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I flagged this market up this morning.

    I'm surprised Publicity Shy Paddy Power haven't opened a market up on some of the more outrageous things Jared O'Mara might have said.

    What are the odds on his describing Nelson Mandela as a "black c*nt?"
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    It's getting less daft:

    https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/923300015916777472

    At lunchtime, I'd have said it should be about 100/1. Call it 40/1 now. There is time, just, though waiting until January would probably be the better option.
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    Not this bloody crap again. This is really stupid. CON 5.8% increase share in the vote would have been a big deal if labour had not increase their vote by 9.8%. Please stop this rubbish.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 21,763
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    May is Hillary.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    edited October 2017
    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
    PaperClipp is probably referring to the MP for No 10, which I assume is Kensington & Chelsea.

    Edit - I'm clearly talking bollocks there. 1. It's just Kensington anyway, and 2. No 10 must be in Cities of Westminster & London.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,336
    Sean_F said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I flagged this market up this morning.

    I'm surprised Publicity Shy Paddy Power haven't opened a market up on some of the more outrageous things Jared O'Mara might have said.

    What are the odds on his describing Nelson Mandela as a "black c*nt?"
    I'll ask the Politics Desk at Paddy Power in the morning.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,811
    edited October 2017
    david_herdson said:

    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
    PaperClipp is probably referring to the MP for No 10, which I assume is Kensington & Chelsea.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities_of_London_and_Westminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 124,609
    david_herdson said:

    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
    PaperClipp is probably referring to the MP for No 10, which I assume is Kensington & Chelsea.
    No, it is Cities of London and Westminster which still has a Tory MP.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,355
    Jonathan said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    May is Hillary.
    How so? Hillary isn't leader of her country.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 124,609
    edited October 2017
    Jonathan said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    May is Hillary.
    Is Hillary President? No, as she got 77 fewer Electoral College votes than Trump.

    Is May PM? Yes, as she won almost 60 more seats than Corbyn.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,429
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    What if the EU won't sign off the deal until two minutes to midnight in 28th March 2019?
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,355
    MikeSmithson said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    Not this bloody crap again. This is really stupid. CON 5.8% increase share in the vote would have been a big deal if labour had not increase their vote by 9.8%. Please stop this rubbish.
    Tory share 2015: 36.8%
    Tory share 2017: 42.3%

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    And don't forget - Corbyn added only 4 seats to the number won under Gordon's 2010 disaster.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    GIN1138 said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    What if the EU won't sign off the deal until two minutes to midnight in 28th March 2019?
    Then there's no deal. It's not valid unless approved by the European Parliament. And if there's time for them to vote then there's time for Westminster. Not necessarily 3 months' notice though.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,723
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    And when there is no deal? What a twat.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    HYUFD said:

    david_herdson said:

    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
    PaperClipp is probably referring to the MP for No 10, which I assume is Kensington & Chelsea.
    No, it is Cities of London and Westminster which still has a Tory MP.
    Yes, I realised I was talking nonsense as soon as I posted it.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,720
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Sean_F said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I flagged this market up this morning.

    I'm surprised Publicity Shy Paddy Power haven't opened a market up on some of the more outrageous things Jared O'Mara might have said.

    What are the odds on his describing Nelson Mandela as a "black c*nt?"
    I'll ask the Politics Desk at Paddy Power in the morning.
    Or being filmed at a football match singing "There are No Showers at White Hart Lane?"
  • BarnesianBarnesian Posts: 8,746
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Sean_F said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I flagged this market up this morning.

    I'm surprised Publicity Shy Paddy Power haven't opened a market up on some of the more outrageous things Jared O'Mara might have said.

    What are the odds on his describing Nelson Mandela as a "black c*nt?"
    I'll ask the Politics Desk at Paddy Power in the morning.
    :)
  • murali_smurali_s Posts: 3,067
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Jonathan said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    May is Hillary.
    How so? Hillary isn't leader of her country.
    leader and leading are operative words. May is hardly 'leading' this country is she?
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 124,609
    david_herdson said:

    HYUFD said:

    david_herdson said:

    HYUFD said:

    PClipp said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883
    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    ....and ended up with a Labour MP. Stupid woman!
    I believe she held Maidenhead for the Tories unless I am mistaken.
    PaperClipp is probably referring to the MP for No 10, which I assume is Kensington & Chelsea.
    No, it is Cities of London and Westminster which still has a Tory MP.
    Yes, I realised I was talking nonsense as soon as I posted it.
    Forgiven.
  • brendan16brendan16 Posts: 2,315
    david_herdson said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    What if the EU won't sign off the deal until two minutes to midnight in 28th March 2019?
    Then there's no deal. It's not valid unless approved by the European Parliament. And if there's time for them to vote then there's time for Westminster. Not necessarily 3 months' notice though.
    Do we really believe the European Parliament is going to ratify any deal - they are bound to find some issue with it. Even many of our own MEPs don't seem willing to back the UK's interests - perhaps still hoping their gravy train can continue?
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,355
    murali_s said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Jonathan said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    May is Hillary.
    How so? Hillary isn't leader of her country.
    leader and leading are operative words. May is hardly 'leading' this country is she?
    Well, it isn't Corbyn, that's for sure!
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,546
    david_herdson said:

    It's getting less daft:

    twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/923300015916777472

    At lunchtime, I'd have said it should be about 100/1. Call it 40/1 now. There is time, just, though waiting until January would probably be the better option.

    I said earlier that all the stuff on messageboards from years ago was a bit here nor there. The real story was the stuff from the past year where he displayed the similar behaviour but in person and showed some real nastiness to specific individuals.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    On the subject of daft bets: this morning, Shadsy offered (and seemingly was accepted at) 7/1 that Boris stands as an independent at the next general election.

    https://twitter.com/LadPolitics/status/923103443811815424
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/mshelicat/status/923306095862362112
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 17,981
    brendan16 said:

    david_herdson said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    What if the EU won't sign off the deal until two minutes to midnight in 28th March 2019?
    Then there's no deal. It's not valid unless approved by the European Parliament. And if there's time for them to vote then there's time for Westminster. Not necessarily 3 months' notice though.
    Do we really believe the European Parliament is going to ratify any deal - they are bound to find some issue with it. Even many of our own MEPs don't seem willing to back the UK's interests - perhaps still hoping their gravy train can continue?
    I would expect them to. It's not some symbolic gesture; if they vote it down, that deal can't go ahead and if there's not time - or not the political space - to renegotiate then it becomes a Crash Brexit. If the Council has agreed a deal, there will be immense pressure placed on the MEPs to see it through.

    That said, it's not by any means 100% guaranteed. I agree that they often live in their own world and while they would be doing immense damage to EU-UK relations voting a deal down, that might not stop them.

    Ironically, given debates elsewhere, all the Treaty requires is the consent of the Parliament; it doesn't say it has to be achieved on the first vote.
  • OchEyeOchEye Posts: 1,469
    david_herdson said:

    brendan16 said:

    david_herdson said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/elashton/status/923249874803609603

    What if the EU won't sign off the deal until two minutes to midnight in 28th March 2019?
    Then there's no deal. It's not valid unless approved by the European Parliament. And if there's time for them to vote then there's time for Westminster. Not necessarily 3 months' notice though.
    Do we really believe the European Parliament is going to ratify any deal - they are bound to find some issue with it. Even many of our own MEPs don't seem willing to back the UK's interests - perhaps still hoping their gravy train can continue?
    I would expect them to. It's not some symbolic gesture; if they vote it down, that deal can't go ahead and if there's not time - or not the political space - to renegotiate then it becomes a Crash Brexit. If the Council has agreed a deal, there will be immense pressure placed on the MEPs to see it through.

    That said, it's not by any means 100% guaranteed. I agree that they often live in their own world and while they would be doing immense damage to EU-UK relations voting a deal down, that might not stop them.

    Ironically, given debates elsewhere, all the Treaty requires is the consent of the Parliament; it doesn't say it has to be achieved on the first vote.
    I think you will find it has first to be ratified by the Council of Ministers (PM's of all the other 27 states) and then it is presented to the EP to vote on. Many of the other countries actually have their MEP's working together with their parliaments in some form or other. The UK government (of both sides) is one of the few who treats their MEP's as beings from another planet.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    MikeSmithson said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    Not this bloody crap again. This is really stupid. CON 5.8% increase share in the vote would have been a big deal if labour had not increase their vote by 9.8%. Please stop this rubbish.
    Why is it stupid to point out one of the highest votes for any party in British political history?
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 124,609
    edited October 2017
    New Fox News 2018 midterms poll.

    Democrats 50%
    GOP 35%

    Trump approval rating at 38%.
    http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/357214-poll-dems-lead-by-15-points-in-generic-congressional-ballot

    If repeated next November that would be the biggest Democratic lead in the House in the midterms since 1974 in the aftermath of Watergate.
  • MortimerMortimer Posts: 14,158
    AndyJS said:

    MikeSmithson said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    Not this bloody crap again. This is really stupid. CON 5.8% increase share in the vote would have been a big deal if labour had not increase their vote by 9.8%. Please stop this rubbish.
    Why is it stupid to point out one of the highest votes for any party in British political history?
    The 2017 election proved Mrs May's Tories are more popular than Cameron's Tories.

    Of course, they're also more unpopular.

    The natural squeezing of oppositional parties like the LDs and UKIP.
  • theakestheakes Posts: 940
    Sheffield Hallam: Not enough time, yes there is, can be second week in December.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 21,763
    AndyJS said:

    MikeSmithson said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Tory votes 2015: 11,334,226
    Tory votes 2017: 13,669,883

    Mrs May won the highest Tory share of the vote since 1983...

    Not this bloody crap again. This is really stupid. CON 5.8% increase share in the vote would have been a big deal if labour had not increase their vote by 9.8%. Please stop this rubbish.
    Why is it stupid to point out one of the highest votes for any party in British political history?
    Bigger electorate and misses the entire point that they lost seats.
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