I wouldn't be surprised if we got a hung Parliament.
The Tories getting 318 seats really wouldn't surprise. Mind you the Tories getting 380 seats wouldn't surprise me either. I just can't read this election at all. Surprisingly in the town centre over the weekend the only party with a stand was the BXP when previously both Labour and the Tories always have had. Labour did call yesterday and Boris sent me a letter today about my Postal Vote. That really should have arrived last week so I don't know who screwed up there.
So we can borrow a bit more to have a No Deal Brexit and trash our economy, or we can borrow a bit less to have Labour's investment in a green New Deal.
So we can borrow a bit more to have a No Deal Brexit and trash our economy, or we can borrow a bit less to have Labour's investment in a green New Deal.
Question? Once we've spent all that money having trashed the economy how do we pay it back as the economy is still trashed?
In other desperate times calls for desperate lies stories
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Has anyone got any (preferably informed) views on whether the Greens or Labour will come second in Isle of Wight? The YouGov MRP has Labour slightly ahead of the Greens, but the betting is the other way round.
Is it just me or are there vwery few Tory stakeboards out there? I've only seen one Tory-voting field near Wantage so far this election. Lots of LD houses. One or two Labour ones.
So we can borrow a bit more to have a No Deal Brexit and trash our economy, or we can borrow a bit less to have Labour's investment in a green New Deal.
Question? Once we've spent all that money having trashed the economy how do we pay it back as the economy is still trashed?
In other desperate times calls for desperate lies stories
You can get 2/1 on the Labour candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green. Personally I'd want a little longer than that even though the Labour candidate looks impressive.
So we can borrow a bit more to have a No Deal Brexit and trash our economy, or we can borrow a bit less to have Labour's investment in a green New Deal.
Question? Once we've spent all that money having trashed the economy how do we pay it back as the economy is still trashed?
In other desperate times calls for desperate lies stories
You can get 2/1 on the Labour candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green. Personally I'd want a little longer than that even though the Labour candidate looks impressive.
If she can take this seat and hold it I think she is destined for great things.
You can get 2/1 on the Labour candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green. Personally I'd want a little longer than that even though the Labour candidate looks impressive.
I would love to see IDS have a "Portillo moment". I wonder if they are actually expecting Labour to win his seat. I know his majority is not massive, but even so...
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
Is it just me or are there vwery few Tory stakeboards out there? I've only seen one Tory-voting field near Wantage so far this election. Lots of LD houses. One or two Labour ones.
3 posters spotted for me so far this election (North Midlands Brexit central).
Theresa May was never my leader, I abandoned the party when she was elected and unequivocally stated my opposition to her thank you very much. She was as much my leader as Jeremy Corbyn is currently Chuka's leader. Your unsubstantiated bullshit claimed are disproven by the facts. We received over 200k net non-EU immigration last year - do you really believe those are all Russian oligarchs? Muppet. Please try and provide some evidence to substantiate your lies because reality and facts are not on your side.
That’s total non-EU you muppet, including asylum seekers, family members and the like. There is no breakdown by category.
You want a fact? The total number of people admitted under the Innovator Visa in the last three months was 2 (two as in one more than 1)
So the points based system you relentlessly champion has not managed to attract enough “best and brightest” to half fill a decent sized football stadium.
Grow a brain.
Those aren't the only categories though are they? Innovators can get in through other schemes which is perhaps why that visa system is underutilised. As for the chart of the entrepreneur scheme, that YOU chose to highlight, that seems to show increasing numbers in recent years. Thousands of entrepreneurs per year coming here is a good thing not a bad thing in my eyes.
At least you've expanded from just Russian Oligarchs now, but unless you are claiming that 200k "Russian oligarchs, asylum seekers and family members" came last year the evidence does show the points system is working at attracting people - increasing numbers of people in fact. As for family members, not sure why you'd want to exclude or trivialise them? Same for asylum seekers.
42% of immigration is either under 16 or over 65 so obviously family members with more family member immigration from outside of the EU.
Quite. The chart above does nothing to support @Philip_Thompson ’s contention that our points based system is geared towards the “brightest and best”. The number of people it lets in based on their own merits is tiny and getting smaller.
The point would be relevant if I'd said we should permit the best and brightest but tell them to leave their children behind. I would think if someone talented were permitted in they would and should be able to bring their family with them.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Presumably this won't reduce the Tories' running average poll lead, since they have maintained their 7% lead over Labour with that erstwhile Rolls Royce of pollsters, ICM. It's not so much the LibDems who are being squeezed here as the minor parties, suggesting that amongst the big three there's really not much left to be squeezed.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
Yeah, because you Brexiteers are all united in the endgame aren’t you?
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
They are going to be down seats at this rate, certainly down from what they had at the end of the Parliament. @Richard_Nabavi is going to be exceptionally smug.
Also, based on the last few weeks am I right in thinking the polls just before the election (apart from Yougov) are like to be the ones that tend to have shown the closest race? Will affect the narrative, and the markets, if so.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
They are going to be down seats at this rate, certainly down from what they had at the end of the Parliament. @Richard_Nabavi is going to be exceptionally smug.
Boris Johnson's tweets about London Bridge 'copied and pasted' from blog "the Secret Barrister tweeted: "The Prime Minister has basically copied and pasted my blogpost into a thread and passed it off as his own explanation. "A blogpost which I had to write to rebut the lies he spent yesterday spouting. This is weapons grade s***housery." https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-tweets-about-london-bridge-copied-and-pasted-from-blog-11876300
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A small side bet on LibDems does limit my winnings to £5.52 on a £24.48 satke, but I refuse to write the LibDems off anywhere! Great free money tip.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
Well done, that is the most stupid thing you have said on this forum to date, and you certainly set that bar high. Brexit is something that you support; a policy for the economically illiterate. Any job losses are at the door, not of those that voted for it in good faith, but the lying weasels that promoted in the first place, and the politically brain dead who continue to make excuses for them.
I am not completely confident that a 7% lead or 2.5% swing is enough for a comfortable majority but ICM have been pretty consistently at the bottom end of the band throughout this election for the Tories. Doesn't mean that they are wrong of course.
I am not completely confident that a 7% lead or 2.5% swing is enough for a comfortable majority but ICM have been pretty consistently at the bottom end of the band throughout this election for the Tories. Doesn't mean that they are wrong of course.
Hopefully it is no longer the gold standard. Makes me nervous.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
Well done, that is the most stupid thing you have said on this forum to date, and you certainly set that bar high. Brexit is something that you support; a policy for the economically illiterate. Any job losses are at the door, not of those that voted for it in good faith, but the lying weasels that promoted in the first place, and the politically brain dead who continue to make excuses for them.
I think this is a tad unfair: I think most people who voted to leave did so for non-economic reasons. I know a few - "sovereignty" and "bringing back control" comes up a lot. They would have voted leave even if they thought that UK would suffer economically.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
I see that Brexiteers have moved on from saying that the sorry state of the economy is nothing to do with Brexit. It is now down to Brexit uncertainty but is somehow the fault of Remainers. If you actually look at the business surveys (eg the composite PMI) you will note that the UK surveys have basically traced the ups and downs of the euro area surveys, except that some time between 2015 and 2017 they went from being consistently stronger than the euro area to consistently weaker. I wonder what might have caused that step down?
Those aren't the only categories though are they? Innovators can get in through other schemes which is perhaps why that visa system is underutilised. As for the chart of the entrepreneur scheme, that YOU chose to highlight, that seems to show increasing numbers in recent years. Thousands of entrepreneurs per year coming here is a good thing not a bad thing in my eyes.
At least you've expanded from just Russian Oligarchs now, but unless you are claiming that 200k "Russian oligarchs, asylum seekers and family members" came last year the evidence does show the points system is working at attracting people - increasing numbers of people in fact. As for family members, not sure why you'd want to exclude or trivialise them? Same for asylum seekers.
42% of immigration is either under 16 or over 65 so obviously family members with more family member immigration from outside of the EU.
Quite. The chart above does nothing to support @Philip_Thompson ’s contention that our points based system is geared towards the “brightest and best”. The number of people it lets in based on their own merits is tiny and getting smaller.
The point would be relevant if I'd said we should permit the best and brightest but tell them to leave their children behind. I would think if someone talented were permitted in they would and should be able to bring their family with them.
They can normally only bring dependents. Roughly 2,000 people on average have settled every year on an entrepreneur visa since the scheme began. How many young kids do they each have to bring the total up to between 100,000 and 200,000 per year? Are these all highly skilled rabbits? Many of these family members are, admittedly, those of Tier 2 migrants - but that is a sponsored category that has a labour market test not a skills test. Many more are people Brits like me who married someone from outside the EEA.
Also, I’m still waiting for you to enlighten me on these “other schemes” for innovators you confidently asserted on the previous thread.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
If you Remainers had just let us continue shooting at our feet we'd have started crawling earlier.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
That's useful, as there was a suspicion that the previous finding was an outlier, and/or that the London Bridge attacks might have some unpredictable effect. (For what it's worth, my opinion is that people are right not to change their votes either way because of a single terrorist incident, horrible though it was.)
The question is now what methodological differences ICM has to other polls, so we can assess their relative claims. Can anyone provide a helpful summary?
Boris Johnson's tweets about London Bridge 'copied and pasted' from blog "the Secret Barrister tweeted: "The Prime Minister has basically copied and pasted my blogpost into a thread and passed it off as his own explanation. "A blogpost which I had to write to rebut the lies he spent yesterday spouting. This is weapons grade s***housery." https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-tweets-about-london-bridge-copied-and-pasted-from-blog-11876300
Yes, that was egregious. I suppose he did this sort of thing all the time as a hack but he is now our PM, for heaven's sake. People really should be turned off by such 'low' behaviour, regardless of their politics. In fact, this tightening in the polls, I'm hoping this is the main reason. That people are now starting to get turned off by him.
Boris Johnson's tweets about London Bridge 'copied and pasted' from blog "the Secret Barrister tweeted: "The Prime Minister has basically copied and pasted my blogpost into a thread and passed it off as his own explanation. "A blogpost which I had to write to rebut the lies he spent yesterday spouting. This is weapons grade s***housery." https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-tweets-about-london-bridge-copied-and-pasted-from-blog-11876300
Yes, that was egregious. I suppose he did this sort of thing all the time as a hack but he is now our PM, for heaven's sake. People really should be turned off by such 'low' behaviour, regardless of their politics. In fact, this tightening in the polls, I'm hoping this is the main reason. That people are now starting to get turned off by him.
Total non story. PM stated facts as posted by someone else. The story is that the someone else is a Guardian contributor crying foul when there has been no foul.
I think this is a tad unfair: I think most people who voted to leave did so for non-economic reasons. I know a few - "sovereignty" and "bringing back control" comes up a lot. They would have voted leave even if they thought that UK would suffer economically.
Absolutely. Brexit is an Identity Project. Hence it's power. People don't get all worked up about "X points off GDP over 15 years". They DO get worked up about feeling 'dissed' and disrespected.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
Darlington is the Basildon/Nuneaton of 2019
it is likely to be the first of the 'key LAB leave' eats to declare. If we don't win this then Boris is up the road, we can then only hope to get enough to stop LAB/SNP but without Darlington we are sub 320 and possibly sub 305
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
As I said - sat here in the constituency I'm not so sure it was the surefire Tory gain, I thought it was last week. Javid offered a lot here without realising that the things they have offered actually hurt and annoy their core voters more than the ones they are trying to attract.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
I see that Brexiteers have moved on from saying that the sorry state of the economy is nothing to do with Brexit. It is now down to Brexit uncertainty but is somehow the fault of Remainers...
The Brexit believers have much in common with socialists. The imperfection of their plans is always owing to sabotage, or deviation from the true belief, and nothing to do with any inherent flaws in the project...
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
Darlington is pretty much where I think a definite Tory majority occurs. It's the 25th seat Con would take off Labour based upon majority, and even allowing for the Tories to lose 20 seats to Lib Dems/Lab/SNP (my top end estimate), this would ensure a net gain of 5 and a nominal majority.
The Brexit (unemployment) benefits continue to roll in....
So, you want to take a bow do you Remainers, for fucking up the ability of business to plan? Because those job losses should be on your consciences - and not something to gloat about....
I see that Brexiteers have moved on from saying that the sorry state of the economy is nothing to do with Brexit. It is now down to Brexit uncertainty but is somehow the fault of Remainers...
The Brexit believers have much in common with socialists. The imperfection of their plans is always owing to sabotage, or deviation from the true belief, and nothing to do with any inherent flaws in the project...
Except whilst successful socialist economies are like hens teeth, the vast majority of the world is outside the EU and growing much faster than it.
Boris Johnson's tweets about London Bridge 'copied and pasted' from blog "the Secret Barrister tweeted: "The Prime Minister has basically copied and pasted my blogpost into a thread and passed it off as his own explanation. "A blogpost which I had to write to rebut the lies he spent yesterday spouting. This is weapons grade s***housery." https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-tweets-about-london-bridge-copied-and-pasted-from-blog-11876300
Yes, that was egregious. I suppose he did this sort of thing all the time as a hack but he is now our PM, for heaven's sake. People really should be turned off by such 'low' behaviour, regardless of their politics. In fact, this tightening in the polls, I'm hoping this is the main reason. That people are now starting to get turned off by him.
And not by Corbyn with his history of terrorist bootlicking?
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
Darlington is the Basildon/Nuneaton of 2019
it is likely to be the first of the 'key LAB leave' eats to declare. If we don't win this then Boris is up the road, we can then only hope to get enough to stop LAB/SNP but without Darlington we are sub 320 and possibly sub 305
Based upon 2017 Darlington was the second of the 2019 Tory challenge seats to declare with Workington being the first. This happened at 12:43 and 12:53am respectively.
If both of these go Blue I suspect a decent Tory majority is in store, if only one does then a small Con majority and if neither than it'll be a hung parliament.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
Darlington is the Basildon/Nuneaton of 2019
it is likely to be the first of the 'key LAB leave' eats to declare. If we don't win this then Boris is up the road, we can then only hope to get enough to stop LAB/SNP but without Darlington we are sub 320 and possibly sub 305
Darlington - best prices Nasty Party One 5/6 Nasty Party Two EVS Nasty Party Three 66/1 Jo Swinson’s Candidate 100/1 Nasty Party Four 150/1 Greens 300/1
Wife went to a small U3a group this morning. One of the members, former Tory councillor, told everyone what a wonderful party they'd had on Saturday, and how Priti Patel had made a fuss of her. Then "I really hope that dreadful Corbyn doesn't get in!" At which my wife, not normally noted for coming forward on these occasions said "I hope that dreadful Boris doesn't get in!' Shock, horror, then another lady said "Hear hear." After which the Tory lady shut up.
Johnson was definitely all over the show on the extended sentences/automatic release thing. A snapshot does it for me - Brandon Lewis appeared on Pienaar at 9am yesterday and explained clearly the various law changes by whom and when, including the Cons' change in late 2012. BoJo was grilled by Marr an hour later who said the Cons didn't make any changes to the law they said was so lacking and Boris just sat there and waffled like a stunned twat. He did not explain that the Cons had indeed made a change to the law to address the issue. (Chris Philp I think did very well today on PL making the same point as Lewis made and Johnson failed to make.) But it's obvious Johnson's handlers understand and hence the long twitter thread. And now what? The Secret Barrister is complaining both that Johnson told a pack of lies about it all and at the same time that Johnson used his own (the Secret Barrister's) twitter thread to clarify the situation.
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec. Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
Big two disappearing away over the horizon from the LibDems......
7 points - are you getting worried Marquee_Mark?
The key is the midlands and the north leave seats
And I'm finding it hard to read. Last week Darlington was probably a clear Tory win - I'm not so sure now...
Darlington is a nailed on blue gain. Labours extra votes arent leavers, they are southern soft lib dems who have realised Swinson is a dud
Darlington is the Basildon/Nuneaton of 2019
it is likely to be the first of the 'key LAB leave' eats to declare. If we don't win this then Boris is up the road, we can then only hope to get enough to stop LAB/SNP but without Darlington we are sub 320 and possibly sub 305
Darlington - best prices Nasty Party One 5/6 Nasty Party Two EVS Nasty Party Three 66/1 Jo Swinson’s Candidate 100/1 Nasty Party Four 150/1 Greens 300/1
Having just gone through all the campaign leaflets we've received (and it's a fair few already as I have a postal vote) the only party to have ever mentioned Brexit is the Tories. And even that is to get it done so we can move on to other things.
Boris is still promising 20,000 police officers (anywhere in the UK) while Labour are promising to return the 471 who have left since 2010. And Durham isn't a big police force.
Johnson was definitely all over the show on the extended sentences/automatic release thing. A snapshot does it for me - Brandon Lewis appeared on Pienaar at 9am yesterday and explained clearly the various law changes by whom and when, including the Cons' change in late 2012. BoJo was grilled by Marr an hour later who said the Cons didn't make any changes to the law they said was so lacking and Boris just sat there and waffled like a stunned twat. He did not explain that the Cons had indeed made a change to the law to address the issue. (Chris Philp I think did very well today on PL making the same point as Lewis made and Johnson failed to make.) But it's obvious Johnson's handlers understand and hence the long twitter thread. And now what? The Secret Barrister is complaining both that Johnson told a pack of lies about it all and at the same time that Johnson used his own (the Secret Barrister's) twitter thread to clarify the situation.
FCO officials used to complain bitterly that Boris never read his briefs, IIRC.
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(Well, I can always hope )
I wouldn't be surprised if we got a hung Parliament.
https://twitter.com/willgoring/status/1201058101790687233?s=20
Perhaps HYUFD can confirm if 'Vote Labour & lose your house' is an actual doorstep strategy?
https://twitter.com/FT/status/1201503314560659457?s=20
Mind you the Tories getting 380 seats wouldn't surprise me either.
I just can't read this election at all. Surprisingly in the town centre over the weekend the only party with a stand was the BXP when previously both Labour and the Tories always have had.
Labour did call yesterday and Boris sent me a letter today about my Postal Vote. That really should have arrived last week so I don't know who screwed up there.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50628644
So we can borrow a bit more to have a No Deal Brexit and trash our economy, or we can borrow a bit less to have Labour's investment in a green New Deal.
more bribes - that should do it
Conservatives 42%. That is +1% from a week ago
Labour 35%. Also +1% from a week ago
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/uk-pm-johnsons-conservatives-maintain-7-point-lead-over-labour-icm-poll
In other desperate times calls for desperate lies stories
https://twitter.com/nicktolhurst/status/1201405441537970181
Stake 57.14% on Labour to win Reading East at 2.25 (5/4) with SkyBet or Laddies and the remaining 42.86% of your stake on the Tories to win the same seat at 3.0 (2/1) with Paddy Power or Betfair Sportsbook, to earn a profit margin of 28.57% in 11 days' time on your total stake, irrespective of whichever of these parties wins the seat.
Has to beat working for a living!
As ever, DYOR
Personally I'd want a little longer than that even though the Labour candidate looks impressive.
CON: 42% (+1)
LAB: 35% (+1)
LDM: 13% (=)
BXP: 3% (-1)
Via @ICMResearch, 29 Nov-2 Dec.
Changes w/ 22-25 Nov.
- no one votes LAB in Scotland now
- everyone votes LAB in London and SE now!
1 Brexit Party Bassetlaw
2 Tory N E Derbyshire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrg_VCPgAQ
Or maybe it will have to be SuperLayla.
And APNI. And PC (our new special friends)
"the Secret Barrister tweeted: "The Prime Minister has basically copied and pasted my blogpost into a thread and passed it off as his own explanation.
"A blogpost which I had to write to rebut the lies he spent yesterday spouting. This is weapons grade s***housery."
https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnsons-tweets-about-london-bridge-copied-and-pasted-from-blog-11876300
Great free money tip.
Something Labour does not want to spend money on
If you actually look at the business surveys (eg the composite PMI) you will note that the UK surveys have basically traced the ups and downs of the euro area surveys, except that some time between 2015 and 2017 they went from being consistently stronger than the euro area to consistently weaker. I wonder what might have caused that step down?
Also, I’m still waiting for you to enlighten me on these “other schemes” for innovators you confidently asserted on the previous thread.
The question is now what methodological differences ICM has to other polls, so we can assess their relative claims. Can anyone provide a helpful summary?
it is likely to be the first of the 'key LAB leave' eats to declare. If we don't win this then Boris is up the road, we can then only hope to get enough to stop LAB/SNP but without Darlington we are sub 320 and possibly sub 305
Javid offered a lot here without realising that the things they have offered actually hurt and annoy their core voters more than the ones they are trying to attract.
The imperfection of their plans is always owing to sabotage, or deviation from the true belief, and nothing to do with any inherent flaws in the project...
If both of these go Blue I suspect a decent Tory majority is in store, if only one does then a small Con majority and if neither than it'll be a hung parliament.
Nasty Party One 5/6
Nasty Party Two EVS
Nasty Party Three 66/1
Jo Swinson’s Candidate 100/1
Nasty Party Four 150/1
Greens 300/1
So basically 1-20 they'll come third or worse there. Sold for £40 a point. They've revised it to 0.1 now.
At which my wife, not normally noted for coming forward on these occasions said "I hope that dreadful Boris doesn't get in!'
Shock, horror, then another lady said "Hear hear."
After which the Tory lady shut up.
BoJo was grilled by Marr an hour later who said the Cons didn't make any changes to the law they said was so lacking and Boris just sat there and waffled like a stunned twat. He did not explain that the Cons had indeed made a change to the law to address the issue.
(Chris Philp I think did very well today on PL making the same point as Lewis made and Johnson failed to make.)
But it's obvious Johnson's handlers understand and hence the long twitter thread. And now what? The Secret Barrister is complaining both that Johnson told a pack of lies about it all and at the same time that Johnson used his own (the Secret Barrister's) twitter thread to clarify the situation.
Boris is still promising 20,000 police officers (anywhere in the UK) while Labour are promising to return the 471 who have left since 2010. And Durham isn't a big police force.