My logic for bailing out of the spread betting markets on this year’s White House Race – politicalbetting.com
?? Calling Florida voters! We’re seeing high levels of rejected mail-in ballots. Make sure your vote is counted by tracking your ballot and curing any issues if necessary. https://t.co/WBq3od6cjW pic.twitter.com/Yqskvm4lam
"Calling Florida voters! We’re seeing high levels of rejected mail-in ballots. Make sure your vote is counted by tracking your ballot and curing any issues if necessary."
This tweet by Thurgood Marshall Institute to Florida voters is EXCELLENT advice. Most US jurisdictions have some sort of on-line tracking system; I used the King Co Elections ballot tracker yesterday to confirm that MY ballot has been received, verified and accepted for counting.
Personally think "high levels" means that the NUMBERS of ballots with issues that will prevent them from being counted UNLESS voters take required action to correct them, such as supplying missing signatures or other info. Which is natural given the fact that early voting totals in FL are up by over 2 million compared to 2016.
Note that this August my own primary ballot was "challenged" by election workers, for the good reason that I forgot to sign the envelope. BUT they notified me AND told me how to fix the problem, which I did and my vote was counted.
One key fact about early voting is, the sooner you do it, the more time you (and your elections office) have to fix any problems with your ballot, thus increasing the odds that it will be accepted and included in the final results.
Letting politicians micromanage the process of the election itself is really not a good idea.
Who'd have guessed that they act in partisan ways with all sorts of shenanagins to try and ensure their party wins the elections? Somewhere the UK system works well, run mostly by civil servants.
Lou Dobbs Calls for Vote Against Lindsey Graham: “He Has Betrayed the American People” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/lou-dobbs-slams-lindsey-graham-betrayed-trump.html ...“Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn,” Dobbs said. “He has betrayed the American people and his oath of office. He’s done absolutely nothing to investigate Obamagate except to tell everyone, ‘Stay tuned.’ Time and time again, ‘Stay tuned.’ Sen. Graham needs to be tuned out in South Carolina.”
In what was likely a particularly hurtful dig for the senator, Dobbs dug up the archives and reminded viewers that Trump wasn’t a fan of Graham back in the 2016 campaign. He even put a Trump quote up on the screen: “I think Lindsey Graham is a disgrace, and I think you have one of the worst representatives of any representative in the United States … He’s one of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever seen.”
Dobbs’ words reflect how Trump and his fans had been hoping there would be “some last-minute Jim Comey-like intervention in this election,” noted the New York Times’ Peter Baker on MSNBC. “This frustration that Lou Dobbs is expressing at Lindsey Graham you would think perhaps reflects something that the president himself feels or people around the president feel, that there should have been something to have derailed Biden by now.”...
Like with Texas, we're seeing a lot of early voting. In 2016, you were seeing about 150k early votes per day; this year, you're seeing 250-300k.
To put it in context for a second, between Trump and Clinton there were about 4.55 million votes cast in 2016. We're already basically at 3 million, and rising at 250k per day.
Like with Texas, we're seeing a lot of early voting. In 2016, you were seeing about 150k early votes per day; this year, you're seeing 250-300k.
To put it in context for a second, between Trump and Clinton there were about 4.55 million votes cast in 2016. We're already basically at 3 million, and rising at 250k per day.
President Trump will be pleased that African American turnout is at 2016 levels (21% of total ballots cast) and not at 2012 levels (27%). But he'll be displeased by how few men have turned out so far: there's a 12 point gap between male and female turnout.
Now, I would expect more Republicans to turn out on the day than Democrats. But still the numbers so far look - on balance - reasonably good for the Democrats.
Let me put this in context for a second. If you assume that the Democrats get 100% of registered Democrats (they won't) and 50% of Unaffiliated voters (they might get more), then they will pass their 2016 vote total off early voting alone by the end of Thursday. And there will still, one would think, be a reasonable number of Democrats who vote on the day.
I'll stick my neck out a bit further on this. The signs are there for everyone to read. Put away your 2016 glasses and have 2020 vision.
This isn't going to be close. Joe Biden is going to win handsomely. A number of senate races will flip giving the Democrats full control of both houses.
The markets are skewed by normalcy bias with a fair few punters who just assume things will happen like last time. My biggest ever betting error derived from the same mistake: I assumed Corbyn would perform in 2019 as he had in 2015. This is a human failing. We are conditioned to normalcy. The circumstances this time are completely different from 2016 and Joe Biden is not Hillary Clinton.
The polls are not lying. They're not mistaken. They are not even simply 'opinion' polls anymore. Many of them are effectively exit polls: actual reports on how people have voted constitute well over 1/3rd of the figures and, in some cases, well over half.
When you get a disparity between the markets and polls like this is offers a fantastic betting opportunity. Sure, in two horse races you're not going to get eye-popping odds but there's money to be made here if you have the courage.
On a related topic to what's happening in the biggest betting event over the next 3 or 4 years, the Observer is carrying an interesting report that Johnson is awaiting the US result to determine whether he goes for a No Deal Brexit.
Ah, just realised it's extra-hour-in-bed day. Hope you all enjoyed it!
The winter difference between 3 and 4 hours' time difference (we don't change the clocks this far south) is much bigger that it ought to be - when people in London start work at 1pm rather than midday, and at the other end of the day there's a huge difference between an evening football match that finishes at 12:45am and one that finishes at 1:45am!
Mr. Sandpit, I have two chronological sources of information by my bed. One of them automatically updated with the right time. The other did not.
Mildly amused to be up at just after 5am on a Sunday.
Edited extra bit: maybe that should be chronographic.
The F1 race starts when one of them says 1pm and the other 2pm
Today could be the day that your long-held bet on LH becoming the all-time wins leader pays out!
I'm likely betting on a safety car (nature of the track, and limited marshal posts), and Leclerc for the podium (he starts on the medium tyres, as do the Mercs but not the Red Bulls).
Mr. Sandpit, ha that's quite a coincidence (or not) as two of the four bets I have marked up to check for odds are a safety car and Leclerc for the podium. The others are a low number of classified finishers, and Leclerc to be top 6.
Mr. Sandpit, ha that's quite a coincidence (or not) as two of the four bets I have marked up to check for odds are a safety car and Leclerc for the podium. The others are a low number of classified finishers, and Leclerc to be top 6.
Great minds!
Yes, a low number of finishers does seem likely here, rather as at Mugello there's a good chance of half the midfield running into each other on the first lap or after a restart.
Conversely, LH for a points finish is usually around 1.15, he's got 45 of them consecutively so far, and there doesn't seem any reason why his otherwise reliable car will choose today to let him down.
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
It is satire (in this case), rather than reality.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
It is satire (in this case), rather than reality.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
The comment may be satire, but the picture is real. That's the worrying bit.
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
It is satire (in this case), rather than reality.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
It's for real i think
This is racial segregation in 2020. The @KingCountyWA library system is holding "separate but equal" training sessions for its employees—all in the name of social justice.
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
It is satire (in this case), rather than reality.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
It's for real i think
This is racial segregation in 2020. The @KingCountyWA library system is holding "separate but equal" training sessions for its employees—all in the name of social justice.
Digging it at Johnson's behest for Sunak to fall into, is my take.
The reason I blamed Gove and Cummings is they have form on school meals ten years back with Jamie Oliver, and I am still inclined to blame Cummings. While I can see Boris dismissing Rashford as an irritant, does Boris really care about free school meals one way or the other? It might be a trap for Sunak but it seems unlikely.
From a politician's point of view, where's the upside? For a Stalinist control freak, on the other hand...
Mr. Sandpit, because the BLM cult thinks segregation is the way to fight racism.
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
It is satire (in this case), rather than reality.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
It's for real i think
This is racial segregation in 2020. The @KingCountyWA library system is holding "separate but equal" training sessions for its employees—all in the name of social justice.
Digging it at Johnson's behest for Sunak to fall into, is my take.
The reason I blamed Gove and Cummings is they have form on school meals ten years back with Jamie Oliver, and I am still inclined to blame Cummings. While I can see Boris dismissing Rashford as an irritant, does Boris really care about free school meals one way or the other? It might be a trap for Sunak but it seems unlikely.
From a politician's point of view, where's the upside? For a spectacularly stupid Stalinist control freak who wrongly believes himself to be a master strategist, on the other hand...
Like with Texas, we're seeing a lot of early voting. In 2016, you were seeing about 150k early votes per day; this year, you're seeing 250-300k.
To put it in context for a second, between Trump and Clinton there were about 4.55 million votes cast in 2016. We're already basically at 3 million, and rising at 250k per day.
Please rcs, looking at the aggregates? That's amateur hour.
Download the 4 gig csv file from the site and get exactly who voted in every election since 2008. Getting aggregate counts of 2012 voted, 2016 DNV, 2020 voted split by party registration? Basic. I will give you every single one of their names and addresses and the exact date they voted.
What a hero! And it’s sad indictment of our benighted times that he has to acclaim himself, rather then the acclamation of his valour coming from a suitably impressed witness.
I am enjoying the "Mail on Sunday's" hatchet job on Mark Drakeford. Not only is he a close friend of Corbyn, a Republican and an Atheist but he is a keen player of the ukulele. (And I bet he eats pizza with pineapple as well).
I don't want to shock anyone here but perusing the NC early voting data I see that no less than Four Hundred and Twelve people of the age 120 years old have cast their early vote.
I ran some errands in town yesterday, in the main shopping centre (Highcross) mask adherence was close to 100%. Indeed it looked like a normal Saturday otherwise, despite being Tier 2. At Tesco in Hamilton it was poor indeed, lots without masks, poor social distancing, and shop staff not challenging customers. It seems that they have been told not to do so. I am not going there again.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Baroness Harding, the Tory peer who leads the government’s much-criticised test-and-trace programme, should be removed and replaced, a senior Conservative MP has said. Sir Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and chair of the powerful parliamentary liaison committee, called for her to be given a “well-earned rest” and moved on to focus on “lessons learned”.
He warned of a “vacuum of leadership in test and trace, which is destroying public confidence and compliance”, it was reported on Saturday evening. He went on to criticise the handling of calls and data in a “spaghetti of command and control” at the top of the organisation.
I don't want to shock anyone here but perusing the NC early voting data I see that no less than Four Hundred and Twelve people of the age 120 years old have cast their early vote.
Lots born in 1900? Is that from default date of birth? In Leicester, people of unknown date of birth are registered as 1 Jan, which does make for some anomalies.
I am enjoying the "Mail on Sunday's" hatchet job on Mark Drakeford. Not only is he a close friend of Corbyn, a Republican and an Atheist but he is a keen player of the ukulele. (And I bet he eats pizza with pineapple as well).
Not sure that playing the ukulele is a 'down' for Mail readers. Ukulele playing is quite popular among 'u3a' members and that age group includes, I fear, quite a few Mail readers. Otherwise, of course, we'll shortly be told which brand of cloven hoof polish he uses, and that won't be 'acceptable', either!
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
With Congress controlled by the Dems, that seems rather foolhardy. BoZo is a fool though not a particularly hardy one.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Johnson trusts Trump? I knew he was bonkers, but .......
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Much as Trump digging his heels in and setting legal and militia dogs on the system to stay in power would be horrific, watching BJ in a quandary about how to play it would be small silver lining.
Like with Texas, we're seeing a lot of early voting. In 2016, you were seeing about 150k early votes per day; this year, you're seeing 250-300k.
To put it in context for a second, between Trump and Clinton there were about 4.55 million votes cast in 2016. We're already basically at 3 million, and rising at 250k per day.
President Trump will be pleased that African American turnout is at 2016 levels (21% of total ballots cast) and not at 2012 levels (27%). But he'll be displeased by how few men have turned out so far: there's a 12 point gap between male and female turnout.
Now, I would expect more Republicans to turn out on the day than Democrats. But still the numbers so far look - on balance - reasonably good for the Democrats.
Let me put this in context for a second. If you assume that the Democrats get 100% of registered Democrats (they won't) and 50% of Unaffiliated voters (they might get more), then they will pass their 2016 vote total off early voting alone by the end of Thursday. And there will still, one would think, be a reasonable number of Democrats who vote on the day.
This isn’t however a ‘normal’ election where we can simply analyse the changes in postal voting and consider what it might mean for the result.
We know why so many more people are voting early by mail - because of the virus and the risks of voting on the day. Given the politicisation of the crisis in the US, you’d expect more Dems to be worried about the virus than Reps. It also seems credible that more women are worried (giving the greater likelihood of spreading it through the family) than men.
The virus is the principal driver of these changing patterns of voting, rather than VI.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
With Congress controlled by the Dems, that seems rather foolhardy. BoZo is a fool though not a particularly hardy one.
I guess he’s now too lazy to be writing two letters?
On a related topic to what's happening in the biggest betting event over the next 3 or 4 years, the Observer is carrying an interesting report that Johnson is awaiting the US result to determine whether he goes for a No Deal Brexit.
If Biden wins (he will) it leaves Johnson, and England, weaker and more isolated than ever.
I remember reading in 'Campaign' shortly before the referendum that Brexit would leave us like 'a quaint theme park in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean' .
Cut out the word 'quaint' and they got it spot on.
If Biden wins (he will) it leaves Johnson, and England, weaker and more isolated than ever.
On the plus side there will be a functioning WTO...
Really? The USA hasnt followed the 2003 ruling that they owe Antigua $21m per year, over $300m by now under any of their presidencies. If the big powers simply ignore rulings against them the court is pretty much worthless. Not sure why you think Biden will change that?
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Much as Trump digging his heels in and setting legal and militia dogs on the system to stay in power would be horrific, watching BJ in a quandary about how to play it would be small silver lining.
9 weeks to go and no one knows what paperwork needs to be sent with exports (or imports) on Jan 1st.
And HMRC'S new export system's aren't even scheduled to enter testing until 1st July next year.
Glad you enjoyed the Beach Boys songs. The beautiful genius behind the group is anti Trump, the less talented cousin who owns the rights to the name... is
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Ideal scenario ..... Biden wins tells UK to go to hell in a handcart.... the economy nosedives... Johnson deposed.... general election ...PM Starmer promises another Referendum..... re-enter wins..... EU agrees subject to joining Schengen and the euro....
I don't want to shock anyone here but perusing the NC early voting data I see that no less than Four Hundred and Twelve people of the age 120 years old have cast their early vote.
What do you mean? There are 412 people who are 120 years old that have voted?
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
I don't want to shock anyone here but perusing the NC early voting data I see that no less than Four Hundred and Twelve people of the age 120 years old have cast their early vote.
What do you mean? There are 412 people who are 120 years old that have voted?
Global infections still increasing will hit 500k/day shortly, the National focus on minutiae is laughable when looked at in the larger picture, socks in Wales for f**** sake. Even if controlled in the UK it will be back six weeks latter, let’s get all focus on effective treatment prior to icu admission, the vaccine and providing an environment for those who wish to shelter that is tolerable. Limiting family gatherings is cruel, Christmas is going to be a mental health disaster if things don’t change. But we worry about socks!
On a topic to what's happening in the biggest betting event over the next 3 or 4 years, the Observer is carrying an interesting report that Johnson is awaiting the US result to determine whether he goes for a No Deal Brexit.
If Biden wins (he will) it leaves Johnson, and England, weaker and more isolated than ever.
Neither Trump nor Biden give a fuck about a UK/USA trade deal. Trump might cheer on NDB as it's the sort of lunacy he likes but wouldn't actually do himself but he certainly wouldn't do anything to help out the UK as the Farage Garage fills up and we're reduced to burning copies of 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑰𝑪𝑬 𝑻𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑺 for fuel.
We have tended to mirror France, with a lag. The Government needs to get a grip on this now - but I fear yet again they will do nothing and in three weeks we'll be in another hole.
How’s old Drakeford going then? He has the power to be a shining example. If whatever you want.
Reality - He’s done bugger all different for months till Friday when he had a total brain fart and is currently just about public enemy no 1 here.
Drakeford has done something decisive, whether you agree with it or not the reality is that the only thing that got cases down in the UK was a full lockdown.
BoJo is doing nothing - and cases are still going on. He needs to implement a lockdown to stop us turning into France.
I assume you live in a tier 1 location? Otherwise I don’t understand how you think the government is doing nothing. You may think we need to do more. That’s your right, but to categorise the restrictions on a huge swath of England as doing nothing is just ridiculous. I was lucky enough to meet with 3 of my extended family today for a nice lunch at my parents house Many in England can’t do that.
What CHB means when he says the Government is doing nothing is that they are not doing what he thinks they should.
And what he means when he says Drakeford is decisive is that he has decided to do something that CHB approves of.
Even if he wants to continue to frame the Government as doing nothing, then he can’t also say that is indecisive. It is clearly a decision to do nothing.
In summary the Government has decisively decided on a three tier approach, which is both something and decisive.
This week the R number has started to move back down for the country as a whole, which was before any impact of Starmer's politicking, Burnham's self-promotion, or Drakeford's petty-authoritarian flappery.
Can't comment on chippy Nicky - I've been ignoring her.
16 October - 1.3-1.5 range. 23 October - 1.2-1.4 range,
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Much as Trump digging his heels in and setting legal and militia dogs on the system to stay in power would be horrific, watching BJ in a quandary about how to play it would be small silver lining.
9 weeks to go and no one knows what paperwork needs to be sent with exports (or imports) on Jan 1st.
And HMRC'S new export system's aren't even scheduled to enter testing until 1st July next year.
Currently NI still has 2 conflicting sets of drug regulations come 1/1/21 and 2 different authorities to enforce them.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
With Congress controlled by the Dems, that seems rather foolhardy. BoZo is a fool though not a particularly hardy one.
We have tended to mirror France, with a lag. The Government needs to get a grip on this now - but I fear yet again they will do nothing and in three weeks we'll be in another hole.
How’s old Drakeford going then? He has the power to be a shining example. If whatever you want.
Reality - He’s done bugger all different for months till Friday when he had a total brain fart and is currently just about public enemy no 1 here.
Drakeford has done something decisive, whether you agree with it or not the reality is that the only thing that got cases down in the UK was a full lockdown.
BoJo is doing nothing - and cases are still going on. He needs to implement a lockdown to stop us turning into France.
I assume you live in a tier 1 location? Otherwise I don’t understand how you think the government is doing nothing. You may think we need to do more. That’s your right, but to categorise the restrictions on a huge swath of England as doing nothing is just ridiculous. I was lucky enough to meet with 3 of my extended family today for a nice lunch at my parents house Many in England can’t do that.
What CHB means when he says the Government is doing nothing is that they are not doing what he thinks they should.
And what he means when he says Drakeford is decisive is that he has decided to do something that CHB approves of.
Even if he wants to continue to frame the Government as doing nothing, then he can’t also say that is indecisive. It is clearly a decision to do nothing.
In summary the Government has decisively decided on a three tier approach, which is both something and decisive.
This week the R number has started to move back down for the country as a whole, which was before any impact of Starmer's politicking, Burnham's self-promotion, or Drakeford's petty-authoritarian flappery.
Can't comment on chippy Nicky - I've been ignoring her.
16 October - 1.3-1.5 range. 23 October - 1.2-1.4 range,
Isn’t the argument, not that Johnson thinks that he will get a trade deal if Trump wins, but just that it will show that the “Trumplike” approach to politics/Govt (which is the nodeal option) will continue to be electorally successful?
Even though many GOP will vote on Election Day the Dems have a huge advantage as their turn out operation on the day doesn’t need to be contacting as many people . They can direct their resources more effectively .
We have tended to mirror France, with a lag. The Government needs to get a grip on this now - but I fear yet again they will do nothing and in three weeks we'll be in another hole.
How’s old Drakeford going then? He has the power to be a shining example. If whatever you want.
Reality - He’s done bugger all different for months till Friday when he had a total brain fart and is currently just about public enemy no 1 here.
Drakeford has done something decisive, whether you agree with it or not the reality is that the only thing that got cases down in the UK was a full lockdown.
BoJo is doing nothing - and cases are still going on. He needs to implement a lockdown to stop us turning into France.
I assume you live in a tier 1 location? Otherwise I don’t understand how you think the government is doing nothing. You may think we need to do more. That’s your right, but to categorise the restrictions on a huge swath of England as doing nothing is just ridiculous. I was lucky enough to meet with 3 of my extended family today for a nice lunch at my parents house Many in England can’t do that.
What CHB means when he says the Government is doing nothing is that they are not doing what he thinks they should.
And what he means when he says Drakeford is decisive is that he has decided to do something that CHB approves of.
Even if he wants to continue to frame the Government as doing nothing, then he can’t also say that is indecisive. It is clearly a decision to do nothing.
In summary the Government has decisively decided on a three tier approach, which is both something and decisive.
This week the R number has started to move back down for the country as a whole, which was before any impact of Starmer's politicking, Burnham's self-promotion, or Drakeford's petty-authoritarian flappery.
Can't comment on chippy Nicky - I've been ignoring her.
16 October - 1.3-1.5 range. 23 October - 1.2-1.4 range,
Which would seem to indicate that the existing - much maligned by those who gain by such maligning - measures are actually having an impact.
Let's not mistake politics for something that is actually needed.
Isn't there a two week lag? Did the government do anything two weeks ago? Wasn't that eat out to stay stout...which measures have brought the R numbers down?
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
I'm surprised there hasn't been one already. Quite often pressure to u turn builds so quickly it happens in a couple of days, but this story has been rumbling for a week at least.
I am enjoying the "Mail on Sunday's" hatchet job on Mark Drakeford. Not only is he a close friend of Corbyn, a Republican and an Atheist but he is a keen player of the ukulele. (And I bet he eats pizza with pineapple as well).
He'll be tossed in the Severn by Monday then, the dastard.
Isn’t the argument, not that Johnson thinks that he will get a trade deal if Trump wins, but just that it will show that the “Trumplike” approach to politics/Govt (which is the nodeal option) will continue to be electorally successful?
Trying to draw that analogy between UK and USA would be insane, surely? So that might be the answer.
More likely, Johnson has finally realised that his choice is No Deal or basically the deal the EU had in mind all along, neither of which is pleasant to him. No Deal will be chaos, and the Deal is a pig, with a voucher to buy lipstick in a Welsh supermarket.
Johnson is hopeless in "least bad option" decisions, presumably because he has ducked them all his life. Hence his rubbish response to the virus.
Letting the US electorate take control of Brexit is totally in character for the PM.
Global infections still increasing will hit 500k/day shortly, the National focus on minutiae is laughable when looked at in the larger picture, socks in Wales for f**** sake. Even if controlled in the UK it will be back six weeks latter, let’s get all focus on effective treatment prior to icu admission, the vaccine and providing an environment for those who wish to shelter that is tolerable. Limiting family gatherings is cruel, Christmas is going to be a mental health disaster if things don’t change. But we worry about socks!
Actually, there are many people in Wales who don't have much money, who live pay-check to pay-check & who don't have spare coats/clothes for their children in the case of an emergency.
The media have found plenty of examples.
It is easy to bear the privations of others, especially if you have wandered out of the moneyed affluence of a PG Wodehouse novel -- like a large fraction of the commentators on pb.com.
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Johnson trusts Trump? I knew he was bonkers, but .......
The claims actually were beliefs in foreign EU capitals amongst diplomats and so on that this was why Johnson was hanging around over the No Deal/Deal. Not quite the same as an actual fact.
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
Russell George was trying to support local shopkeepers who didn't want to be ordered to close.
I'm not sure he expected Drakeford's 'solution' to be keeping the small shops closed, sealing off half the supermarket shelves and sending everyone to Amazon.
Bernard Jenkins on Sophy Ridge talking sound sense wanting Dido Harding to stand down and saying HMG have misjudged the mood of the country on Marcus Rashford's campaign and he will wait to see if HMG changes it's mind
I understand Labour are to arrange a second vote on free school meals after the recess and it is inconceivable to me that conservative mps will not back the amendment, especially as it will be framed that it is over the Christmas holidays.
I really hope HMG do another u turn but I would say this last week with the interventions of Andy Burnham and Marcus Rashford who have dialled into the public mood must have seen conservative mps, especially in the red wall seats, start to rebel against the leadership
And in Wales the supermarket non essential sales ban petition has now reached 47,007 by some margin the highest vote ever recorded by a Senedd petition
BBC reporting that the Sunday Times claims that Bozo is going to wait and let US voters decide our Brexit fate; Trump re-election means no deal, Biden means compromise deal.
Ideal scenario ..... Biden wins tells UK to go to hell in a handcart.... the economy nosedives... Johnson deposed.... general election ...PM Starmer promises another Referendum..... re-enter wins..... EU agrees subject to joining Schengen and the euro....
and we all live happily ever after
Even in an idealised scenario you cannot imagine everyone would happily or even sullenly live with that. Brexit didn't get to be such a huge deal because no one cares much about it except on one side.
If Biden wins (he will) it leaves Johnson, and England, weaker and more isolated than ever.
On the plus side there will be a functioning WTO...
Really? The USA hasnt followed the 2003 ruling that they owe Antigua $21m per year, over $300m by now under any of their presidencies. If the big powers simply ignore rulings against them the court is pretty much worthless. Not sure why you think Biden will change that?
Before Trump it at least had a functioning arbitration court even if it couldn't make big countries enforce its rulings, it no longer has that because Trump denied it a quorum.
Global infections still increasing will hit 500k/day shortly, the National focus on minutiae is laughable when looked at in the larger picture, socks in Wales for f**** sake. Even if controlled in the UK it will be back six weeks latter, let’s get all focus on effective treatment prior to icu admission, the vaccine and providing an environment for those who wish to shelter that is tolerable. Limiting family gatherings is cruel, Christmas is going to be a mental health disaster if things don’t change. But we worry about socks!
Actually, there are many people in Wales who don't have much money, who live pay-check to pay-check & who don't have spare coats/clothes for their children in the case of an emergency.
The media have found plenty of examples.
It is easy to bear the privations of others, especially if you have wandered out of the moneyed affluence of a PG Wodehouse novel -- like a large fraction of the commentators on pb.com.
Maybe a poor example, I wasn’t belittling the need for some items just the whole approach to introducing rules that will solve nothing, there is as yet no solution on a national scale except treatment, vaccines and shielding of those who choose to shield, the rest is becoming obvious bollocks you can’t turn a world tide back by closing pubs etc
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
I don't think Russell George is smart enough to have realised the magnificence of the stunt he pulled off.
Furious backpedaling on Monday from Drakeford no doubt. My take is George's point is fundamentally correct, but by over reacting the WG have brought the whole fire break idea crashing down around them, which is a shame. When Drakeford does U turn, every man and his dog will be queuing to browse for tat at Tesco.
It is a big win for Russell George, the Welsh Tories, Boris and the English based media.
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
Yes, a fair summary. Other "solutions" would have been changing the decision regarding closing some or all of the smaller shops, or defending the then status quo by pointing out that people would otherwise just buy online and the object is to reduce the number of locations visited.
"Dan Jarvis, the mayor of Sheffield City, said the Government must "define precisely what the exit criteria is" from Tier 3."
(Telegraph)
No local leaders should accept going into Tier 3 until Johnson spells this out. It looks to me like once an area is in, it will not come out again until a vaccine. That could be late spring.
I love the "Shagger waiting to see who wins the election" story. In other words his entire future plan post Brexit is to shackle ourselves to the US. Except that the US don't want to play. "Cripes!" says Shagger, "best to wait and see".
Don't worry, industry would be in a horrendous mess by now with nothing decided and just weeks to go. Would be had industry not already concluded that we will remain on the same terms as we have now as capitulation is the only way forward.
As my new Romanian overlords put it when I suggested allowing for Brexit contingencies, even if we wanted to no deal we can't impose checks & tariffs as we don't have the people, systems and infrastructure to do so. Which means our "no deal" threat is no threat at all.
"Isn't the PM wearing marvellous new Brexit clothes!" say the handful of remaining Brexit cheerleaders. "What clothes? We can see his cock" says Barnier...
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
I don't think Russell George is smart enough to have realised the magnificence of the stunt he pulled off.
Furious backpedaling on Monday from Drakeford no doubt. My take is George's point is fundamentally correct, but by over reacting the WG have brought the whole fire break idea crashing down around them, which is a shame. When Drakeford does U turn, every man and his dog will be queuing to browse for tat at Tesco.
It is a big win for Russell George, the Welsh Tories, Boris and the English based media.
We have tended to mirror France, with a lag. The Government needs to get a grip on this now - but I fear yet again they will do nothing and in three weeks we'll be in another hole.
How’s old Drakeford going then? He has the power to be a shining example. If whatever you want.
Reality - He’s done bugger all different for months till Friday when he had a total brain fart and is currently just about public enemy no 1 here.
Drakeford has done something decisive, whether you agree with it or not the reality is that the only thing that got cases down in the UK was a full lockdown.
BoJo is doing nothing - and cases are still going on. He needs to implement a lockdown to stop us turning into France.
I assume you live in a tier 1 location? Otherwise I don’t understand how you think the government is doing nothing. You may think we need to do more. That’s your right, but to categorise the restrictions on a huge swath of England as doing nothing is just ridiculous. I was lucky enough to meet with 3 of my extended family today for a nice lunch at my parents house Many in England can’t do that.
What CHB means when he says the Government is doing nothing is that they are not doing what he thinks they should.
And what he means when he says Drakeford is decisive is that he has decided to do something that CHB approves of.
Even if he wants to continue to frame the Government as doing nothing, then he can’t also say that is indecisive. It is clearly a decision to do nothing.
In summary the Government has decisively decided on a three tier approach, which is both something and decisive.
This week the R number has started to move back down for the country as a whole, which was before any impact of Starmer's politicking, Burnham's self-promotion, or Drakeford's petty-authoritarian flappery.
Can't comment on chippy Nicky - I've been ignoring her.
16 October - 1.3-1.5 range. 23 October - 1.2-1.4 range,
Isn’t the argument, not that Johnson thinks that he will get a trade deal if Trump wins, but just that it will show that the “Trumplike” approach to politics/Govt (which is the nodeal option) will continue to be electorally successful?
Trying to draw that analogy between UK and USA would be insane, surely? So that might be the answer.
More likely, Johnson has finally realised that his choice is No Deal or basically the deal the EU had in mind all along, neither of which is pleasant to him. No Deal will be chaos, and the Deal is a pig, with a voucher to buy lipstick in a Welsh supermarket.
Johnson is hopeless in "least bad option" decisions, presumably because he has ducked them all his life. Hence his rubbish response to the virus.
Letting the US electorate take control of Brexit is totally in character for the PM.
Very perceptive. Boris has escaped many a tight spot by simply imagining a good outcome and proceeding regardless. Hence the "fantastic deal" that turned out to be crap and the "oven ready deal" that wasn't.
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
Did he just raise the problem (of unhappy shopkeepers) or did he first float the implemented solution?
Fair point, there is some wiggle room for Russell George AM.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
I don't think Russell George is smart enough to have realised the magnificence of the stunt he pulled off.
Furious backpedaling on Monday from Drakeford no doubt. My take is George's point is fundamentally correct, but by over reacting the WG have brought the whole fire break idea crashing down around them, which is a shame. When Drakeford does U turn, every man and his dog will be queuing to browse for tat at Tesco.
It is a big win for Russell George, the Welsh Tories, Boris and the English based media.
Well I told the cat her cat litter was not essential this morning and asked her to hold on for another 16 days.
The reply I got was wholly more sensible than anything the Welsh Govt is capable of.
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This tweet by Thurgood Marshall Institute to Florida voters is EXCELLENT advice. Most US jurisdictions have some sort of on-line tracking system; I used the King Co Elections ballot tracker yesterday to confirm that MY ballot has been received, verified and accepted for counting.
Personally think "high levels" means that the NUMBERS of ballots with issues that will prevent them from being counted UNLESS voters take required action to correct them, such as supplying missing signatures or other info. Which is natural given the fact that early voting totals in FL are up by over 2 million compared to 2016.
Note that this August my own primary ballot was "challenged" by election workers, for the good reason that I forgot to sign the envelope. BUT they notified me AND told me how to fix the problem, which I did and my vote was counted.
One key fact about early voting is, the sooner you do it, the more time you (and your elections office) have to fix any problems with your ballot, thus increasing the odds that it will be accepted and included in the final results.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8874563/amp/Trump-calls-Sacha-Baron-Cohen-unfunny-creep-new-film-leaves-White-House-red-faced.html
Letting politicians micromanage the process of the election itself is really not a good idea.
Who'd have guessed that they act in partisan ways with all sorts of shenanagins to try and ensure their party wins the elections? Somewhere the UK system works well, run mostly by civil servants.
Lou Dobbs Calls for Vote Against Lindsey Graham: “He Has Betrayed the American People”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/lou-dobbs-slams-lindsey-graham-betrayed-trump.html
...“Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn,” Dobbs said. “He has betrayed the American people and his oath of office. He’s done absolutely nothing to investigate Obamagate except to tell everyone, ‘Stay tuned.’ Time and time again, ‘Stay tuned.’ Sen. Graham needs to be tuned out in South Carolina.”
In what was likely a particularly hurtful dig for the senator, Dobbs dug up the archives and reminded viewers that Trump wasn’t a fan of Graham back in the 2016 campaign. He even put a Trump quote up on the screen: “I think Lindsey Graham is a disgrace, and I think you have one of the worst representatives of any representative in the United States … He’s one of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever seen.”
Dobbs’ words reflect how Trump and his fans had been hoping there would be “some last-minute Jim Comey-like intervention in this election,” noted the New York Times’ Peter Baker on MSNBC. “This frustration that Lou Dobbs is expressing at Lindsey Graham you would think perhaps reflects something that the president himself feels or people around the president feel, that there should have been something to have derailed Biden by now.”...
Remarkable guy, and boss from hell:
http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=298148
https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/north-carolina-early-voting-2016/index.html
I mention this, because this analysis got it spot on then - and therefore similar analysis now might be very useful.
I'm more than ever convinced that Biden is going to win big, therefore rendering redundant worries about the result.
Like with Texas, we're seeing a lot of early voting. In 2016, you were seeing about 150k early votes per day; this year, you're seeing 250-300k.
To put it in context for a second, between Trump and Clinton there were about 4.55 million votes cast in 2016. We're already basically at 3 million, and rising at 250k per day.
https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2020/10/24/the-polling-gets-tighter-and-tighter-in-texas-yet-on-betfair-biden-is-still-a-27-chance/
Note too what Robert says below re. North Carolina.
Great tips by the Smithsons!
President Trump will be pleased that African American turnout is at 2016 levels (21% of total ballots cast) and not at 2012 levels (27%). But he'll be displeased by how few men have turned out so far: there's a 12 point gap between male and female turnout.
Now, I would expect more Republicans to turn out on the day than Democrats. But still the numbers so far look - on balance - reasonably good for the Democrats.
Let me put this in context for a second. If you assume that the Democrats get 100% of registered Democrats (they won't) and 50% of Unaffiliated voters (they might get more), then they will pass their 2016 vote total off early voting alone by the end of Thursday. And there will still, one would think, be a reasonable number of Democrats who vote on the day.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/campaign-chronicles/will-trumps-law-and-order-message-work-in-wisconsins-white-suburbs
This isn't going to be close. Joe Biden is going to win handsomely. A number of senate races will flip giving the Democrats full control of both houses.
The markets are skewed by normalcy bias with a fair few punters who just assume things will happen like last time. My biggest ever betting error derived from the same mistake: I assumed Corbyn would perform in 2019 as he had in 2015. This is a human failing. We are conditioned to normalcy. The circumstances this time are completely different from 2016 and Joe Biden is not Hillary Clinton.
The polls are not lying. They're not mistaken. They are not even simply 'opinion' polls anymore. Many of them are effectively exit polls: actual reports on how people have voted constitute well over 1/3rd of the figures and, in some cases, well over half.
When you get a disparity between the markets and polls like this is offers a fantastic betting opportunity. Sure, in two horse races you're not going to get eye-popping odds but there's money to be made here if you have the courage.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/24/johnson-will-wait-for-us-election-result-before-no-deal-brexit-decision
If Biden wins (he will) it leaves Johnson, and England, weaker and more isolated than ever.
The winter difference between 3 and 4 hours' time difference (we don't change the clocks this far south) is much bigger that it ought to be - when people in London start work at 1pm rather than midday, and at the other end of the day there's a huge difference between an evening football match that finishes at 12:45am and one that finishes at 1:45am!
Mr. Sandpit, I have two chronological sources of information by my bed. One of them automatically updated with the right time. The other did not.
Mildly amused to be up at just after 5am on a Sunday.
Edited extra bit: maybe that should be chronographic.
Today could be the day that your long-held bet on LH becoming the all-time wins leader pays out!
I'm likely betting on a safety car (nature of the track, and limited marshal posts), and Leclerc for the podium (he starts on the medium tyres, as do the Mercs but not the Red Bulls).
Yes, a low number of finishers does seem likely here, rather as at Mugello there's a good chance of half the midfield running into each other on the first lap or after a restart.
Conversely, LH for a points finish is usually around 1.15, he's got 45 of them consecutively so far, and there doesn't seem any reason why his otherwise reliable car will choose today to let him down.
On that note, have a good morning all, some of us have work to do on Sundays!
Not a fan of odds so short, though...
And the top 6 market on Ladbrokes is greyed out. Leclerc's current price is 1.91, which I expect to change but if it stays that's very nice.
Oh, and cheers on the Hamilton tip mention. That was simply mispriced a couple of years ago. He was on about 72 wins or so and winning 10 a season, so odds of 8 or 9 were just wrong.
But @Sandpit is right that if it's hard to tell the difference, then there's something wrong somewhere...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8876311/SARAH-VINE-No10-let-free-school-meals-turn-dogs-dinner.html
From a politician's point of view, where's the upside? For a Stalinist control freak, on the other hand...
Download the 4 gig csv file from the site and get exactly who voted in every election since 2008. Getting aggregate counts of 2012 voted, 2016 DNV, 2020 voted split by party registration? Basic. I will give you every single one of their names and addresses and the exact date they voted.
https://twitter.com/LeeHurstComic/status/1319901736195293185?s=20
I ran some errands in town yesterday, in the main shopping centre (Highcross) mask adherence was close to 100%. Indeed it looked like a normal Saturday otherwise, despite being Tier 2. At Tesco in Hamilton it was poor indeed, lots without masks, poor social distancing, and shop staff not challenging customers. It seems that they have been told not to do so. I am not going there again.
Baroness Harding, the Tory peer who leads the government’s much-criticised test-and-trace programme, should be removed and replaced, a senior Conservative MP has said. Sir Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and chair of the powerful parliamentary liaison committee, called for her to be given a “well-earned rest” and moved on to focus on “lessons learned”.
He warned of a “vacuum of leadership in test and trace, which is destroying public confidence and compliance”, it was reported on Saturday evening. He went on to criticise the handling of calls and data in a “spaghetti of command and control” at the top of the organisation.
Otherwise, of course, we'll shortly be told which brand of cloven hoof polish he uses, and that won't be 'acceptable', either!
Betting Post
F1: backed Leclerc for a podium at 5.9, set up a hedge at 2.5.
https://enormo-haddock.blogspot.com/2020/10/portugal-pre-race-2020.html
We know why so many more people are voting early by mail - because of the virus and the risks of voting on the day. Given the politicisation of the crisis in the US, you’d expect more Dems to be worried about the virus than Reps. It also seems credible that more women are worried (giving the greater likelihood of spreading it through the family) than men.
The virus is the principal driver of these changing patterns of voting, rather than VI.
Cut out the word 'quaint' and they got it spot on.
Russell George, the Tory AM who helpfully suggested to Mark Drakeford his hugely unpopular supermarket policy, now denies it was anything to do with him.
"I don't support the Welsh Government's approach to banning non-essential sales in Welsh shops, I’m the one that got the FM to admit his plans! Retail should be open, the National lockdown is wrong approach "
I love the way Russell describes Drakeford implementing Russell's bad idea as getting "the FM to admit his plans! " Genius.
And HMRC'S new export system's aren't even scheduled to enter testing until 1st July next year.
Glad you enjoyed the Beach Boys songs. The beautiful genius behind the group is anti Trump, the less talented cousin who owns the rights to the name... is
https://globalnews.ca/news/7405198/brian-wilson-beach-boys-donald-trump-fundraiser/
and we all live happily ever after
This week the R number has started to move back down for the country as a whole, which was before any impact of Starmer's politicking, Burnham's self-promotion, or Drakeford's petty-authoritarian flappery.
Can't comment on chippy Nicky - I've been ignoring her.
16 October - 1.3-1.5 range.
23 October - 1.2-1.4 range,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-54567867
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-r-number-in-the-uk
Which would seem to indicate that the existing - much maligned by those who gain by such maligning - measures are actually having an impact.
Let's not mistake politics for something that is actually needed.
He raised the point that it was "unfair" on small shops that supermarkets were open and could sell items while independent clothing and hardware retailers were shut.
Drakeford then said, in response to his question,
"In the first set of restrictions people were reasonably understanding of the fact that supermarkets didn’t close all the things that they may have needed to. I don’t think that people will be as understanding this time and we will be making it clear to supermarkets that they are only able to open those parts of their business that provide essential goods to people and that will not include some of the things that Russell George mentioned which other people are prevented from selling."
So, I think you are right.
Russell George raised the problem, but the solution & its implementation is due to Drakeford.
More likely, Johnson has finally realised that his choice is No Deal or basically the deal the EU had in mind all along, neither of which is pleasant to him. No Deal will be chaos, and the Deal is a pig, with a voucher to buy lipstick in a Welsh supermarket.
Johnson is hopeless in "least bad option" decisions, presumably because he has ducked them all his life. Hence his rubbish response to the virus.
Letting the US electorate take control of Brexit is totally in character for the PM.
The media have found plenty of examples.
It is easy to bear the privations of others, especially if you have wandered out of the moneyed affluence of a PG Wodehouse novel -- like a large fraction of the commentators on pb.com.
Fits what we know of the man though.
I'm not sure he expected Drakeford's 'solution' to be keeping the small shops closed, sealing off half the supermarket shelves and sending everyone to Amazon.
I understand Labour are to arrange a second vote on free school meals after the recess and it is inconceivable to me that conservative mps will not back the amendment, especially as it will be framed that it is over the Christmas holidays.
I really hope HMG do another u turn but I would say this last week with the interventions of Andy Burnham and Marcus Rashford who have dialled into the public mood must have seen conservative mps, especially in the red wall seats, start to rebel against the leadership
And in Wales the supermarket non essential sales ban petition has now reached 47,007 by some margin the highest vote ever recorded by a Senedd petition
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/24/army-drafted-help-covid-response-tier-3-areas-combat-second/
Coming to a locality near you soon folks.
Furious backpedaling on Monday from Drakeford no doubt. My take is George's point is fundamentally correct, but by over reacting the WG have brought the whole fire break idea crashing down around them, which is a shame. When Drakeford does U turn, every man and his dog will be queuing to browse for tat at Tesco.
It is a big win for Russell George, the Welsh Tories, Boris and the English based media.
(Telegraph)
No local leaders should accept going into Tier 3 until Johnson spells this out. It looks to me like once an area is in, it will not come out again until a vaccine. That could be late spring.
We should be told.
https://twitter.com/ruskin147/status/1320268409435836416
Don't worry, industry would be in a horrendous mess by now with nothing decided and just weeks to go. Would be had industry not already concluded that we will remain on the same terms as we have now as capitulation is the only way forward.
As my new Romanian overlords put it when I suggested allowing for Brexit contingencies, even if we wanted to no deal we can't impose checks & tariffs as we don't have the people, systems and infrastructure to do so. Which means our "no deal" threat is no threat at all.
"Isn't the PM wearing marvellous new Brexit clothes!" say the handful of remaining Brexit cheerleaders. "What clothes? We can see his cock" says Barnier...
Eventually, denial has to run out of road.
The reply I got was wholly more sensible than anything the Welsh Govt is capable of.