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  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204

    Hillary has actually slipped 11 ECVs from her peak today, i.e. from 322-332 to 311-321 currently.

    Incidentally, there's was a riveting 10 minute interview featuring former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani just after the start of Lou Dobbs Tonight on the Fox Business Channel yesterday as linked to below and well worth watching. I can't imagine that anything remotely as strong as this would ever be allowed on our TV networks.

    Not that we'd ever be allowed have a right of centre broadcaster in the first place.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DETe_cEckVA

    Well some of us tried to sell 330 ups at 19.5, but got blocked by SPIN's creeking card systems. I'm not selling at 14 now either !
  • Remarkably similar to a post I've made on pb.com within the past month.

    Just sayin'....
    Of course, people occasionally forget that most of the USA was never a British colony and reversion to 1776 would be a hotchpotch, to put it mildly. It's also the reason why all these scary Hispanics are threatening to influence tomorrow's vote. A lot of "Hispanics", incidentally, are descendants of native Americans christianised by the Spanish. What a tangled web we wove...
  • Hillary's spread slippage -- that wouldn't be punters and even the spread firms following OGH's lead would it?
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642

    Remarkably similar to a post I've made on pb.com within the past month.

    Just sayin'....
    I have noticed similar. Two headlines for articles on a certain online newspaper's website using very similar wording to posts on here.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,336

    On topic, God this is exciting.

    You are referring to your new AV thread, surely? :D
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,673
    RobD said:

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4lhKxf9pMiteE9pZkcwQnZ3TVk/view
    Interesting. It has heavily weighted methodology, among other things asking how the respondents think their neighbors will vote as a way of eliciting secret sympathy (and most people in PA think by a 12-point margin that their neighbors will vote Trump...hmm).
  • I thought that Texas was the only state with a right to leave?
    Nope, it has the right to divide into multiple states within the United States
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,336

    Article 5 of the US Constitution covers the mechanism by which the Constitution can be amended. It specifically prohibits any amendment to the Constitution which deprives a state of equal representation in the Senate without its consent.
    Thanks! So they could amend it if they had consent, or would they need continuing consent after amendment?
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,192

    Actually there are strong legal arguments that no American state can secede from the United States. Once you join, you can never leave.
    Abe Lincoln prosecuted a Civil war that left nearly 1m ppl dead to labour that point.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 38,450

    Because you've blown up our membership of the best trade deal on the planet. And in part you blew up that membership by appealing to the fantastical view there was a queue of better trade deals out there just waiting for us to leave the EU. So poor old May has to go to uber protectionist India and pretend that she's negotiating a trade deal and one that won't entail visa liberalisation. I'd still feel sorry for her if it wasn't for *that* conference speech. Nevertheless she wasn't responsible for the incoherent tissue of lies that was the Leave Campaign that's now decomposing like a Hallowe'en Pumpkin. She has to keep the balls in the air for as long as possible for the national good. I suppose a showy trip to another Anglosphere democracy is as harmless a way of doing that as any in the current circumstances.
    It's not just about trade. I don't like political integration. You do like political integration. For you, EU citizenship is something you love. For me, it's an imposition. That's the difference between us.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 38,450
    tyson said:

    I wouldn't waste your breath Yellow......Sean wants Trump to win, so he's hardly going to be remotely persuaded by the nuances of your points.
    Where do you get the impression I want Trump to win?
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,654

    Nope, it has the right to divide into multiple states within the United States
    Every day is a school day on PB!
  • ToryJim said:

    Abe Lincoln prosecuted a Civil war that left nearly 1m ppl dead to labour that point.
    He did indeed.
  • chestnutchestnut Posts: 7,341
    India has been as stagnant a market for the UK as the EU over much of the last decade.

    The growth - sometimes pretty spectacular - is elsewhere.

    Reducing our import obsession is as important as expanding exports.

  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited November 2016
    I've been taking a look at the 2012 exit polls and most of them were darned accurate. For example, in Kansas the exit poll was Rep 60.0%, Dem 38.00%, and the result was Rep 59.71%, Dem 37.99%.

    In Pennsylvania the exit poll was Dem 52.16%, Rep 46.84% and the result was Dem 51.97%, Rep 46.59%.
  • ToryJimToryJim Posts: 4,192

    Interesting. It has heavily weighted methodology, among other things asking how the respondents think their neighbors will vote as a way of eliciting secret sympathy (and most people in PA think by a 12-point margin that their neighbors will vote Trump...hmm).
    Yes it also has Trump winning nearly 30% of blacks, 40% of Hispanic voters and 3/5 of Asians and with only a 3 point deficit among women. Not sure that's 100% plausible.
  • Every day is a school day on PB!
    I help educate PBers on all matters, not just classical history.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 24,182



    I thought that Texas was the only state with a right to leave?

    If memory serves, the Republic of Texas entered the Union with something in writing saying it could leave (or convert itself to up to four states) if it wanted. However, post-Civil War the legal status is that it just can't, tough titty.

  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    RobD said:

    FPT:

    Interesting, how is it entrenched?

    The article that defines the amendment process says that no state may be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate without its consent. So, the only way for that to happen is either for that article to itself be amended first, or for all the states to consent to an amendment that ends their equal representation.
  • RobD said:

    You are referring to your new AV thread, surely? :D
    No AV thread until 2017 now.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    edited November 2016

    Interesting. It has heavily weighted methodology, among other things asking how the respondents think their neighbors will vote as a way of eliciting secret sympathy (and most people in PA think by a 12-point margin that their neighbors will vote Trump...hmm).
    Isn't this the old "My friend" when people are actually referring to themselves (in polling terms) ?

    Might be a good way to work out what is going on if so..
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,856
    God! I'm fed up with Brexit. I knew it was going to be a huge mess. But still! Today we have our mediocrity of a prime minister on a completely pointless "trade mission" to India with her infantile trade minister pretending to map out a post Brexit future.. Meanwhile her other minister tells Parliament it can't dictate anything because that would reveal the government's negotiating hand. When in fact Theresa May doesn't have negotiating hand, or at least not one she is willing to own up to.

    This stuff is tricky. Why can't she treat us - the Indians, her EU partners and the people of Britain as grown ups?
  • If RCS is about, then he should know I've written to Mike with a possible thread header tipping....


    wait for it....


    Nicolas Sarkozy.
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    RobD said:

    Thanks! So they could amend it if they had consent, or would they need continuing consent after amendment?
    It needs 66% support in the Senate AND House to enact a change - and 75% ratification (38 States) before the amendment becomes part of the Constitution. Since at the moment the Senate is about to split 50-50 this seems unlikely. (There is often a time limit imposed as well, but that is not mandatory).
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    AndyJS said:

    I've been taking a look at the 2012 exit polls and most of them were darned accurate. For example, in Kansas the exit poll was Rep 60.0%, Dem 38.00%, and the result was Rep 59.71%, Dem 37.99%.

    In Pennsylvania the exit poll was Dem 52.16%, Rep 46.84% and the result was Dem 51.97%, Rep 46.59%.

    The choice that time was between "Rich and respectable" Romney or Barry "Clearly a decent chap" Obama. I expect people might struggle a bit more to admit they voted for either of this pair.
  • I'm revising my opinion on the election now because of the below tweet.

    If we're getting a real boost in turnout, it's going to be a landslide, just not sure which way at the moment

    https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/795694782387486720?ref_src=twsrc^tfw
  • Interesting. It has heavily weighted methodology, among other things asking how the respondents think their neighbors will vote as a way of eliciting secret sympathy (and most people in PA think by a 12-point margin that their neighbors will vote Trump...hmm).
    The neighbours question is interesting but I'd want to see more evidence that it really does pick up shy Trumpsters among respondents or is it that they live next door to shy Hillary supporters?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204

    I'm revising my opinion on the election now because of the below tweet.

    If we're getting a real boost in turnout, it's going to be a landslide, just not sure which way at the moment

    https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/795694782387486720?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

    So long as it doesn't go over 66%...
  • @Tyson The other thing we need to know about Brexit ( and the biggest piece of info comes tomorrow ) is whether there has been contagion. The West is in trouble. What we don't know yet is whether Brexit is Sui Generis or part of a new normal. We've always had these kinds of anti intellectual populist movements ( from Lib Dem By Election wins to the FN. ) They perform a role in democracies. What we don't yet know is if this has now spead to " illiberal Democracy " where these movements win power ( Hungry, Brexit, Philippines ) via democratic means. If in 10 months time it's Clinton, Juppe and a centrist German Chancellor Brexit will look very different to if it's Trump, Sarkozy and the CDU beholden to the AfD and CSU.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,336

    No AV thread until 2017 now.
    :o
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 76,486
    The weather gods may not smile on Hamilton's slim championship hopes this weekend, which seems likely to be a dry oasis in a wet week:
    https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=interlagos+brazil
  • weejonnie said:

    It needs 66% support in the Senate AND House to enact a change - and 75% ratification (38 States) before the amendment becomes part of the Constitution. Since at the moment the Senate is about to split 50-50 this seems unlikely. (There is often a time limit imposed as well, but that is not mandatory).
    Could a new state accept less representation?
  • I'm revising my opinion on the election now because of the below tweet.

    If we're getting a real boost in turnout, it's going to be a landslide, just not sure which way at the moment

    https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/795694782387486720?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

    Population, Florida, 2000: 16m
    Population, Florida, 2016: 20m.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    No AV thread until 2017 now.
    AndyJS said:

    I've been taking a look at the 2012 exit polls and most of them were darned accurate. For example, in Kansas the exit poll was Rep 60.0%, Dem 38.00%, and the result was Rep 59.71%, Dem 37.99%.

    In Pennsylvania the exit poll was Dem 52.16%, Rep 46.84% and the result was Dem 51.97%, Rep 46.59%.

    Quite right, the exit polling and indeed the networks' live decision desks are usually absolutely superb. You have to go back 16 years to find a critical error, and even then in bizarre chad-hung circumstances in Florida.
  • Pulpstar said:

    So long as it doesn't go over 66%...
    I'm just glad I haven't bet much on turnout on this election.
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    Pulpstar said:

    The choice that time was between "Rich and respectable" Romney or Barry "Clearly a decent chap" Obama. I expect people might struggle a bit more to admit they voted for either of this pair.
    When/ how do we get the actual values of the exit polls. It is fine that "CNN calls Kentucky for Trump" - but a margin would be very useful.
  • Sean_F said:

    Where do you get the impression I want Trump to win?
    Tyson is a leftie, so therefore he is on the side of righteousness, goodness, decency, and everything that is right and proper and a perfect human being. You're just rightwing scum, so you're bound to want Trump to win.
  • Population, Florida, 2000: 16m
    Population, Florida, 2016: 20m.
    Ah, that puts a different perspective on it.
  • FF43 said:

    God! I'm fed up with Brexit. I knew it was going to be a huge mess. But still! Today we have our mediocrity of a prime minister on a completely pointless "trade mission" to India with her infantile trade minister pretending to map out a post Brexit future.. Meanwhile her other minister tells Parliament it can't dictate anything because that would reveal the government's negotiating hand. When in fact Theresa May doesn't have negotiating hand, or at least not one she is willing to own up to.

    This stuff is tricky. Why can't she treat us - the Indians, her EU partners and the people of Britain as grown ups?

    Sadly this won't end anytime soon. We're going to have years of grinding discussions on trade deals - probably a whole parasitic industry will spring up around them - many of which will collapse in stalemate and disappointment.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    Population, Florida, 2000: 16m
    Population, Florida, 2016: 20m.
    So:

    2016 – 6,424,595 of 20,000,000 = 32.1%
    2000 - 5,861,223 of 16,000,000 = 36.6%



  • I'm just glad I haven't bet much on turnout on this election.
    I'm +6 (up to 62%) -13 (62% up)

    those are in pounds, not thousands...
  • nunununu Posts: 6,024

    Ana Navarro – Verified account ‏@ananavarro

    FL is too close for me to cast a symbolic protest vote. I voted AGAINST Trump, and FOR Hillary. Here I explain why: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/opinions/navarro-republican-voting-for-clinton/index.html
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    edited November 2016

    So:

    2016 – 6,424,595 of 20,000,000 = 32.1%
    2000 - 5,861,223 of 16,000,000 = 36.6%



    I mean, turnout is still likely to be up, but not necessarily hugely so.

    About 8.3m votes last time.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,856

    Population, Florida, 2000: 16m
    Population, Florida, 2016: 20m.
    The other question is, are they the same kind of people? Is the increase in older Republican voting people or Democrat leaning Hispanics?
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    Another useful source of information, the New York Times has now lifted its paywall until Wednesday night.
    http://www.nytimes.com
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    edited November 2016

    I'm +6 (up to 62%) -13 (62% up)

    those are in pounds, not thousands...
    -102 66+
    +2 62-66
    +86 58-62
    +4 54-57
    -102 54-
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121
    Sean_F said:

    Where do you get the impression I want Trump to win?
    Perhaps a post I read some time ago that you would love it if Trump wins to see the impact on the Guardianistas...or words to those effect.

    It pissed me off at the time because I couldn't understand the mentality that you would rather someone with the pathological issues as Trump to become POTUs just to annoy people like me...

    It would be like me saying I wish Stalin had invaded the UK just to see the faces of the Tories...ho, ho, ho...Very funny....


  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820

    Ah, that puts a different perspective on it.
    Not really - do you think only 5% Floridians will vote Tomorrow?
  • eekeek Posts: 29,696

    No AV thread until 2017 now.
    January 1st to coincide with the traditional Sherlock episode I take it...
  • Sean_F said:

    It's not just about trade. I don't like political integration. You do like political integration. For you, EU citizenship is something you love. For me, it's an imposition. That's the difference between us.
    Well yes that is a difference between us. And as it happens I find your position on the Sean coherent, principled and honourable. I just happen to disagree with you but I have completed and utter respect for your point of view. However it's a minority view. To get it's self over the line Leave went with Labour red posters promising more money for the national religion. It blames foreigners for everything. It's like the Lib Dems defending Human Rights by going on about Dog Poo or opposing House Building or pretending to be X, Y or Z in individual seats. It's a great strategy unless you win as Nick Clegg and one part of the Leave coalition are about to find out.
  • I'm +6 (up to 62%) -13 (62% up)

    those are in pounds, not thousands...
    I win £120 ish if turnout is 49.99% or below
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,780

    Sadly this won't end anytime soon. We're going to have years of grinding discussions on trade deals - probably a whole parasitic industry will spring up around them - many of which will collapse in stalemate and disappointment.
    weve already had that, it's called financial services
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,654
    tyson said:

    Perhaps a post I read some time ago that you would love it if Trump wins to see the impact on the Guardianistas...or words to those effect.

    It pissed me off at the time because I couldn't understand the mentality that you would rather someone with the pathological issues as Trump to become POTUs just to annoy people like me...

    It would be like me saying I wish Stalin had invaded the UK just to see the faces of the Tories...ho, ho, ho...Very funny....


    However, the Labour Leave campaign message to vote Leave in order to 'wipe the smiles' from Cam and Ozzie's faces did help to persuade a tranche of Labourites to vote Leave.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807
    tyson said:

    Perhaps a post I read some time ago that you would love it if Trump wins to see the impact on the Guardianistas...or words to those effect.

    It pissed me off at the time because I couldn't understand the mentality that you would rather someone with the pathological issues as Trump to become POTUs just to annoy people like me...

    It would be like me saying I wish Stalin had invaded the UK just to see the faces of the Tories...ho, ho, ho...Very funny....


    Yes, that's quite a common sentiment on here. It is, as you say, utterly bizarre that anyone could hold that view – especially someone as demonstrably intelligent as Sean Fear.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    Ah Yougov,

    How is PM Ed doing in EU Britain ?
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    Actually there are strong legal arguments that no American state can secede from the United States. Once you join, you can never leave.
    The Civil War settled that no state can unilaterally secede, but there's nothing in the constitution to say that states can't secede by mutual consent. It's very hard to consider a scenario where that would happen though.
  • Huzzah for Michael Gove

    1/after a fascinating four days in US it's great to be back home - and have the chance to reflect on our constitutional debate

    2/ The first thing to note is that judicial independence is critical to the rule of law and any proper democracy

    3/the high court judges who've ruled on Article 50 are brilliant, thoughtful, wise and decent men - their judgment deserves respect

    4/ Good people can differ on their reasoning and conclusion - but I find much of it persuasive

    5/ however, even if I didn't agree with elements of their reasoning I'd personally treat the judgement of 3 brilliant men with respect


    6/BUT the freedom of the press is also important- some of us may object to judgements - others to headlines - but let's remember Voltaire

    7/a raucous, vigorous, press is just as much a guarantor of freedom as our independent judiciary - we are the land of Wilkes and Edward Coke
  • However, the Labour Leave campaign message to vote Leave in order to 'wipe the smiles' from Cam and Ozzie's faces did help to persuade a tranche of Labourites to vote Leave.
    Didn't really work though did it? Osborne in particular seems like a man reborn.

  • Personally, I regard myself as patriotic rather than nationalist. I do not take a "my country, right or wrong" attitude and nor do I consider it to be inherently superior to all others, but I do reserve the right to regard it as both special and worth preserving. Make of that what you will.

    If only we nasty, vitriolic Nats could aspire to the special patriotism of 'death to traitors, freedom for Britain', 'Breaking Point', 'Enemies of the People' and ''We won! Now send them back'. We'll just have to comfort ourselves by reflecting on the no doubt minor achievement of managing not to murder or assault anyone.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121

    I'm +6 (up to 62%) -13 (62% up)

    those are in pounds, not thousands...
    I spent a week in Las Vegas and came out a full 2 dollars up. I don't do that kind of gambling...it makes me too nervous. I met an American at the bar at the airport, I told him I made 2 bucks...he bought me a drink and I told me I was lucky not to come out at least three grand out of pocket. He said 90% of punters at Vegas lose in gambling just as much as they pay for hotels, food and entertainment.
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    edited November 2016
    You can't have your final call with 7 toss ups! That's like saying Leave would get 45 to 55% in the referendum!

    I see strictly they have Trump winning Nevada and Clinton Iowa. And a shock Dem gain in Georgia.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 38,450
    tyson said:

    Perhaps a post I read some time ago that you would love it if Trump wins to see the impact on the Guardianistas...or words to those effect.

    It pissed me off at the time because I couldn't understand the mentality that you would rather someone with the pathological issues as Trump to become POTUs just to annoy people like me...

    It would be like me saying I wish Stalin had invaded the UK just to see the faces of the Tories...ho, ho, ho...Very funny....


    Having seen the campaign unfold, and Trump's character flaws exposed, I've concluded that winding up Lefties is not sufficient reason to wish him to win. I've no liking for Clinton, but would sooner entrust her with the world's biggest nuclear arsenal. I've posted plenty of critical comments about Trump on this site.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Pulpstar said:
    Better than George Osborne on Strictly...
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    FF43 said:

    The other question is, are they the same kind of people? Is the increase in older Republican voting people or Democrat leaning Hispanics?
    Beware of percentages my friend, the politicians' best method of hiding things.

    Someone said earlier today 900,000 whites, 500,000 Hispanics. But of course %ge wise the increase in Hispanics >> increase in whites.
  • TheWhiteRabbitTheWhiteRabbit Posts: 12,454
    edited November 2016
    tyson said:

    I spent a week in Las Vegas and came out a full 2 dollars up. I don't do that kind of gambling...it makes me too nervous. I met an American at the bar at the airport, I told him I made 2 bucks...he bought me a drink and I told me I was lucky not to come out at least three grand out of pocket. He said 90% of punters at Vegas lose in gambling just as much as they pay for hotels, food and entertainment.
    I lost money in a dozen casinos. I was a whole $30 down by the end... (all slots)

    Once you have $0.14 left you get the little cash out slip which I think is worth more as a momento.
  • <54% -411
    54-58% -1
    58-62% +551
    62-66% -3
    >66% -411

    Personally I still see the 58-62% band as value.
  • DadgeDadge Posts: 2,052
    Enjoying Rich Hall's guide to the US presidency on BBC4
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121
    weejonnie said:
    Hasn't Jimmy Young been dead for a long time....how old...he must be at least 109?

    There are some people that die...and you are simply amazed that were still breathing in the first place.
  • No AV thread until 2017 now.
    Disappointed of Hertsmere
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    Didn't really work though did it? Osborne in particular seems like a man reborn.
    No it didn't work, and in fact backfired on the sinister left-nationalists of Labour Leave by engendering sympathy for the Tories' Remainer wing among moderate europhile Labourites. Rentool's rabble have reaped what they have sewn in so many ways.

    But then what do you expect from someone who boasted on here about pushing letters through people's doors telling they'd get £350m a week for the NHS, despite knowing that the bilge he was spreading was a bare-faced, flat lie?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204

    <54% -411
    54-58% -1
    58-62% +551
    62-66% -3
    >66% -411

    Personally I still see the 58-62% band as value.

    Heh snap, you seem to have averaged slightly better odds than me though :)
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    However, the Labour Leave campaign message to vote Leave in order to 'wipe the smiles' from Cam and Ozzie's faces did help to persuade a tranche of Labourites to vote Leave.
    It was also fucking idiotic.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,456
    tyson said:

    Hasn't Jimmy Young been dead for a long time....how old...he must be at least 109?

    There are some people that die...and you are simply amazed that were still breathing in the first place.
    Sounds like Brucie might not be far behind him too....
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    viewcode said:

    If memory serves, the Republic of Texas entered the Union with something in writing saying it could leave (or convert itself to up to four states) if it wanted. However, post-Civil War the legal status is that it just can't, tough titty.

    In practical terms,however, if the people of Texas, California or Florida decided to break away to become independent, could the rest of the USA do much about it? A denial of selfdetermination would hardly look good to the rest of the world.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,456

    Huzzah for Michael Gove

    1/after a fascinating four days in US it's great to be back home - and have the chance to reflect on our constitutional debate

    2/ The first thing to note is that judicial independence is critical to the rule of law and any proper democracy

    3/the high court judges who've ruled on Article 50 are brilliant, thoughtful, wise and decent men - their judgment deserves respect

    4/ Good people can differ on their reasoning and conclusion - but I find much of it persuasive

    5/ however, even if I didn't agree with elements of their reasoning I'd personally treat the judgement of 3 brilliant men with respect


    6/BUT the freedom of the press is also important- some of us may object to judgements - others to headlines - but let's remember Voltaire

    7/a raucous, vigorous, press is just as much a guarantor of freedom as our independent judiciary - we are the land of Wilkes and Edward Coke

    That does rather come across as a man with a plate full of cake and a belly full of cake....
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820

    Sounds like Brucie might not be far behind him too....
    The difference is that Brucie is on the deathlist (https://deathlist.net/) and JY wasn't.

    Morbid, I know, but it is an interesting list of lots of famous people who aren't (yet) dead and you might have thought they were.
  • Jobabob said:

    No it didn't work, and in fact backfired on the sinister left-nationalists of Labour Leave by engendering sympathy for the Tories' Remainer wing among moderate europhile Labourites. Rentool's rabble have reaped what they have sewn in so many ways.

    But then what do you expect from someone who boasted on here about pushing letters through people's doors telling they'd get £350m a week for the NHS, despite knowing that the bilge he was spreading was a bare-faced, flat lie?
    With a 5 year freeze on indexing benefits and Brexit inflation coming due to the Brexit devaluation it will be the very poorest who'll have the smile wiped off their faces. In my view using poor communities you never cared about to win for Leave is less problematic than using poor communities you did care about to win for Leave. Doubtless Sandy Rentool and Rochdale Pioneers will think the ESA claimant struggling to heat more than one room next winter or a family unable to replace a broken washing machine as well as feed the kids will be experiencing false consciousness. After all they will have taken back control.

    There is a special place in Hell in my view , not for genuine 'Kippers , but for the voguish Lexiters. They should have and nearly all of them did know better but did it anyway.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121


    Having seen the campaign unfold, and Trump's character flaws exposed, I've concluded that winding up Lefties is not sufficient reason to wish him to win. I've no liking for Clinton, but would sooner entrust her with the world's biggest nuclear arsenal. I've posted plenty of critical comments about Trump on this site.

    @seanFear

    My apologies. I have seen enough posts though of people who are all invariably right leaning, who have tried to draw equivalence between the two...and I have seen that for what is; namely Clinton haters who put their partisan feeling over and above the wider interests. That is where ideology is dangerous.

    But fair play to you Sean....you haven't done that now.

    I am massively partisan....but if you gave me the choice of Corbyn or May, or Corbyn or Hammond....I would go for the Tory. I know Corbyn would be utterly useless, and wouldn't even want to risk the fact that he could be PM.....
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,456
    Jobabob said:

    It was also fucking idiotic.
    I'm sure you find it hugely galling, but Labour Leave played a blinder. The best of any of the Referendum campaigns.

    And ultimately, decisive.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    Florida:
    Right now, registered Democrats are ahead by about 7,200 votes. That pales in comparison to the roughly 146,000-voter edge they saw at this point in 2008. African-Americans were 16% of the early voting electorate that year, but they're only about 13% of the electorate so far in 2016. An overwhelming majority of black voters in Florida are registered with the Democratic Party.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    justin124 said:

    In practical terms,however, if the people of Texas, California or Florida decided to break away to become independent, could the rest of the USA do much about it? A denial of selfdetermination would hardly look good to the rest of the world.
    Florida and Texas did seceede in 1861. It didn't end well.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    edited November 2016
    Clinton lags in N. Carolina compared with 2012
    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/north-carolina-early-voting-2016/index.html

    And this is CNN

    Teehee! The wicked witch of the south is shrivelling in the winds of autumn.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    The only percentage figure that matters is Jill Stein < 1%.

    I am deeply worried this http://votecastr.us is going to let a bunch of west coast hippies vote Stein because the election is locked up for Clinton.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527

    Florida and Texas did seceede in 1861. It didn't end well.
    But I don't recall either state being part of the Civil War!
  • Pulpstar said:

    Florida:
    Right now, registered Democrats are ahead by about 7,200 votes. That pales in comparison to the roughly 146,000-voter edge they saw at this point in 2008. African-Americans were 16% of the early voting electorate that year, but they're only about 13% of the electorate so far in 2016. An overwhelming majority of black voters in Florida are registered with the Democratic Party.

    Obama extended his lead on the day.

    What I think we can say is that it's close.
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    Nope, it has the right to divide into multiple states within the United States
    No, the original treaty between the US and Texas called for Texas to be annexed as territory which from which up to five states could be admitted. The treaty was rejected by the Senate and in the end Texas was admitted by Congressional joint resolution as a state. It has no more or less right to divide itself as any other state, and any such division would have to be approved by Congress.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 54,740
    Alistair said:

    The only percentage figure that matters is Jill Stein < 1%.

    I am deeply worried this http://votecastr.us is going to let a bunch of west coast hippies vote Stein because the election is locked up for Clinton.

    Hoping for some early Trump victories or would that spoil your other bets?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,336
    Alistair said:

    The only percentage figure that matters is Jill Stein < 1%.

    I am deeply worried this http://votecastr.us is going to let a bunch of west coast hippies vote Stein because the election is locked up for Clinton.

    That will have no effect on the EC votes though
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    edited November 2016
    MikeK said:

    Clinton lags in N. Carolina compared with 2012
    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/north-carolina-early-voting-2016/index.html

    And this is CNN

    Teehee! The wicked witch of the south is shrivelling in the winds of autumn.

    Pender, Craven, New Hanover and Onslow are now GOP in the early voting rather than Democrat.
    McDowell, Henderson too (West)

    (Southeast)
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    RobD said:

    That will have no effect on the EC votes though
    Exactly. People voting Stein as they don't need to vote Hillary to make sure she stop Trump. I don't care about EC, I'm on Jill Stein sub 1% vote share @ the ludicrous generous 4/1 Paddy is offering. I have a touch of insurance at 1%-2% but still lose £22.50 if that happens. Nightmare if it goes over 2%.

    I want that conspiracy loon anti-vax-courting nutter to get 0%.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,121

    Obama extended his lead on the day.

    What I think we can say is that it's close.
    I tell you...the amount of posts on pbCOM picking through early voting, ethnic breakdowns, bla, bla, bla.......you are like Shakespeares witches, looking at the tea leaves. I am non the wiser from all this early voting because everyone here has a different opinion and a different evidence source to back them up....
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,336
    Alistair said:

    Exactly. People voting Stein as they don't need to vote Hillary to make sure she stop Trump. I don't care about EC, I'm on Jill Stein sub 1% vote share @ the ludicrous generous 4/1 Paddy is offering. I have a touch of insurance at 1%-2% but still lose £22.50 if that happens. Nightmare if it goes over 2%.

    I want that conspiracy loon anti-vax-courting nutter to get 0%.
    Ah, sorry, you were talking about your position!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,204
    @Tyson Florida is genuinely hard to tell, but North Carolina looks GOP to my eyes.
  • JobabobJobabob Posts: 3,807

    With a 5 year freeze on indexing benefits and Brexit inflation coming due to the Brexit devaluation it will be the very poorest who'll have the smile wiped off their faces. In my view using poor communities you never cared about to win for Leave is less problematic than using poor communities you did care about to win for Leave. Doubtless Sandy Rentool and Rochdale Pioneers will think the ESA claimant struggling to heat more than one room next winter or a family unable to replace a broken washing machine as well as feed the kids will be experiencing false consciousness. After all they will have taken back control.

    There is a special place in Hell in my view , not for genuine 'Kippers , but for the voguish Lexiters. They should have and nearly all of them did know better but did it anyway.
    Agreed.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,243
    edited November 2016
    tyson said:



    My apologies. I have seen enough posts though of people who are all invariably right leaning, who have tried to draw equivalence between the two...and I have seen that for what is; namely Clinton haters who put their partisan feeling over and above the wider interests. That is where ideology is dangerous.

    But fair play to you Sean....you haven't done that now.

    I am massively partisan....but if you gave me the choice of Corbyn or May, or Corbyn or Hammond....I would go for the Tory. I know Corbyn would be utterly useless, and wouldn't even want to risk the fact that he could be PM.....

    There is no equivalence at all in my mind. I detest Clinton and pretty much all that she stands for in terms of elitist arrogance. But I would campaign for her and vote for her in a heartbeat as long as her opponent is Trump. I am not given to hyperbole when it comes to individuals but I do believe he is genuinely dangerous both for the US and the rest of the world.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    Financially my best result is Mike Pence president.
  • MikeK said:

    Clinton lags in N. Carolina compared with 2012
    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/north-carolina-early-voting-2016/index.html

    And this is CNN

    Teehee! The wicked witch of the south is shrivelling in the winds of autumn.

    Why are you getting excited by a state Romney won in 2012?

    Next you'll be getting overexcited by a poll in Arizona showing Trump winning by 5
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