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Ladbrokes Deputy Speaker
11/8 Laing
3/1 Streeter
4/1 Bellingham
5/1 Burns
8/1 Binley
20/1 Amess
33/1 Dorries
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  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @UKELECTIONS2015: @Ladbrokes has put out a press release noting that the amount staked on Nadine Dorries (at nicely competitive odds of 33/1) is 50p.
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    edited October 2013
    Paddy Power also has prices. The only better price they have is Burns.

    Best prices:

    Eleanor Laing 6/4
    Henry Bellingham 3/1 Lad
    Gary Streeter 7/2
    Simon Burns 11/2 PP
    Brian Binley 8/1 Lad
    David Amess 20/1 Lad
    Nadine Dorries 33/1
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @BBCNewsnight: In 2012 David Davis said police version of plebgate would be torn to shreds in court. On Newsnight he reacts to new officers' honesty query.
  • BannedInParisBannedInParis Posts: 2,191
    "As far as I can see,it is one person`s account against another ... "

    except for all the evidence discrediting one account.

    sorry. couldn't let that one slide. it's an amazing post.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 46,712
    BannedInParis said:

    "As far as I can see,it is one person`s account against another ... "

    except for all the evidence discrediting one account.

    sorry. couldn't let that one slide. it's an amazing post.

    Yes, another person who really should never be allowed to sit on a jury.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    What odds one of these prospective deputies replaces Bercow in time I wonder. Hard enough to pick which one will win at this stage without adding that complication I suppose.
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    tim said:

    Stuart_Dickson said:

    Why is somebody offering Tim to lay CON MAJ at EVS when he could back CON MAJ at 3/1 with William Hill?

    That is a sign of just how betting illiterate PB has become.

    With four or five exceptions the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the Internet.
    Given the astonishingly daft bet you were offered on the previous thread, it is extremely hard to disagree.
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    @tim

    Happy to leave that bet we had on UKIP in London.

    Was it that they would be the biggest party amongst white working class people in London? If so seems hard to settle.

  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    Stuart_Dickson said:

    tim said:

    Stuart_Dickson said:

    Why is somebody offering Tim to lay CON MAJ at EVS when he could back CON MAJ at 3/1 with William Hill?

    That is a sign of just how betting illiterate PB has become.

    With four or five exceptions the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the Internet.
    Given the astonishingly daft bet you were offered on the previous thread, it is extremely hard to disagree.
    That's an astonishingly stupid post. Given that one poster offered tim a bet at insane odds, all but 4 or 5 of the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the internet? You don't see a tiny problem with your logic?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,678
    JonnyJimmy said:


    That's an astonishingly stupid post. Given that one poster offered tim a bet at insane odds, all but 4 or 5 of the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the internet? You don't see a tiny problem with your logic?

    Subsamples!
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    edited October 2013
    Is the FA's estimate of the number of Polish fans that would go to Wembley as badly wrong as Labours in 2004?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    isam said:

    Is the FA's estimate of the number of Polish fans that would go to Wembley as badly wrong as Labours in 2004?

    @DPJHodges: England's first job is to quieten this heavily partisan home crowd.
  • saddenedsaddened Posts: 2,245
    The number of people who rise to obvious trolling would indicate that Tim has a point. Trolls live for the bite and people seem keen to provide it. Don't entertain trolls and they will stop.
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    tim said:

    isam said:

    Is the FA's estimate of the number of Polish fans that would go to Wembley as badly wrong as Labours in 2004?


    The Poles have "hardworking midfielders"
    Would be great if at Half time Keane said "the Poles are doing the dirty jobs the English kids don't fancy"

  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,325
    Has Ed M called for a judge led inquiry into Mitchell affaire?
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    JonnyJimmy said:

    Stuart_Dickson said:

    tim said:

    Stuart_Dickson said:

    Why is somebody offering Tim to lay CON MAJ at EVS when he could back CON MAJ at 3/1 with William Hill?

    That is a sign of just how betting illiterate PB has become.

    With four or five exceptions the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the Internet.
    Given the astonishingly daft bet you were offered on the previous thread, it is extremely hard to disagree.
    That's an astonishingly stupid post. Given that one poster offered tim a bet at insane odds, all but 4 or 5 of the PB Tories are the thickest posters on the internet? You don't see a tiny problem with your logic?
    The lone PB Tory offering Tim insane odds on the previous thread is just a symptom of the festering illness that cripples the Tories on this forum. One almost feels sorry for the 4 or 5 that are not thick as mince.

    Almost.

  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    If Poland win tonight there is so much scope for clichés transcending immigration and football... and Ive started already!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    Not sure 1/4 and 14-1 were correct prices pre-match (Not on btw) ^^;
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    I'm not on that either :P
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    Pulpstar said:

    Not sure 1/4 and 14-1 were correct prices pre-match (Not on btw) ^^;

    In Play Poland currently 10/1 (SJ)

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Pulpstar said:

    Not sure 1/4 and 14-1 were correct prices pre-match (Not on btw) ^^;

    One of the bookies claimed the Scots had moved the Poland odds in to 12/1

    You're welcome.

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    JonnyJimmy said:

    You don't see a tiny problem with your logic?

    Stuart's a SNPer. Logic is not something he needs be familiar with.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    But I am on goal Goal Negredo ! £5 E/W Thanks Sam :)
  • old_labourold_labour Posts: 3,238
    I didn't know Nadine went to the bookies.
    Scott_P said:

    @UKELECTIONS2015: @Ladbrokes has put out a press release noting that the amount staked on Nadine Dorries (at nicely competitive odds of 33/1) is 50p.

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @TelePolitics: 'Plebgate' threatens the reputation of the police http://t.co/sUS5R2OYqn
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Gooooooooooooooal !


    Snodgrass !
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Message to Real Madrid.

    If Gareth is indeed crocked, it's £100m if you want Andros from us .... but his dream is to play for QPR again so tough, you've missed out on this one!
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    I'm almost hoping the You Gov is back to 40 / 30-something just to enjoy the reds relief on here...
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    TGOHF said:

    Gooooooooooooooal !


    Snodgrass !

    What was the Scotland/Poland double worth?
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Wellbeck is now being thrown in as a free with anyone buying Gomes from Spurs.
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    Telegraph not amused:

    'Betrayal of elderly on social care costs'
    - Thousands could be forced to sell homes despite earlier Government assurances.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10378848/Betrayal-of-elderly-on-social-care-costs.html
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Wellbeck is not QPR class.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    Scott_P said:

    @TelePolitics: 'Plebgate' threatens the reputation of the police http://t.co/sUS5R2OYqn

    I sincerely hope that things are not as bad as they appear with the Plebgate story. Certainly there have been instances of police behaviour and coverups more despicable, sadly, but the implications of the story at present are genuinely sinister if proven correct, which is in a different category than most.
  • TwistedFireStopperTwistedFireStopper Posts: 2,538
    England need some badgers to move the goalposts.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    old_labour said:

    I didn't know Nadine went to the bookies.

    Scott_P said:

    @UKELECTIONS2015: @Ladbrokes has put out a press release noting that the amount staked on Nadine Dorries (at nicely competitive odds of 33/1) is 50p.

    Are even the bookies making fun of Nadine Dorries now? Harsh.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @SkyBet: Did anyone take advantage of our enhanced anytime goal scorer acca? Ozil, Robben & Gerrard? Looking pretty good at the mo!

    40/1

    Yes, I did.
  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    We're Approaching the Worst-Case Scenario for House GOP Hostage-Taking

    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/unconscionable-irresponsibility-republican-house/70571/
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Come on Belgium.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    He is never wrong this man!

    Dan Hodges‏@DPJHodges5m
    Wellbeck is like Emile Heskey, but without the same keen eye for goal...
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Scott_P said:

    TGOHF said:

    Gooooooooooooooal !


    Snodgrass !

    What was the Scotland/Poland double worth?
    No Poland - but Belgium are the fly in my ointment. ..
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    Pulpstar said:

    But I am on goal Goal Negredo ! £5 E/W Thanks Sam :)

    No problem.. Rooney as well?

  • Stuart_DicksonStuart_Dickson Posts: 3,557
    tim said:

    Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP
    Fantastic goal by Britain against Poland!

    Not just the PB ones that are thick.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @iainmartin1
    Ray Winston there making gambling on football look quite exciting. Good adverts. Scotland to ever qualify for another world cup. 50-1.
  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    tim said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    He is never wrong this man!

    Dan Hodges‏@DPJHodges5m
    Wellbeck is like Emile Heskey, but without the same keen eye for goal...

    Wellbeck next goalscorer 11/2
    Given your assertion that everything Hodges says is instantly proved wrong, I presume you've taken those odds on such a sure thing?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 87,038
    Stuart_Dickson said:

    tim said:

    Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP
    Fantastic goal by Britain against Poland!

    Not just the PB ones that are thick.
    Chin chin old bean.
  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815
    Stuart_Dickson said:

    tim said:

    Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP
    Fantastic goal by Britain against Poland!

    Not just the PB ones that are thick.
    *chortles*

  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    Stuart_Dickson said:

    tim said:

    Iain Duncan Smith MP ‏@IDS_MP
    Fantastic goal by Britain against Poland!

    Not just the PB ones that are thick.
    Spoof account, thicko.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    isam said:

    Pulpstar said:

    But I am on goal Goal Negredo ! £5 E/W Thanks Sam :)

    No problem.. Rooney as well?

    Heh Nah just using your tips to help clear my 365 bonus. Missed the Ben tip tho D: Suarez is next up.

    Great day for Raceclear on the Nags too...
  • RedRag1RedRag1 Posts: 527
    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    He is never wrong this man!

    Dan Hodges‏@DPJHodges5m
    Wellbeck is like Emile Heskey, but without the same keen eye for goal...

    Wellbeck next goalscorer 11/2
    Given your assertion that everything Hodges says is instantly proved wrong, I presume you've taken those odds on such a sure thing?
    Personally I don't think he is always wrong, it's just that he is an obsessive dick, who has a one track mind, who gets re-produced on here incessantly.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,866
    Good evening, everyone.

    The reports (read here) on the hustings make it sound like a fairly entertaining contest. Presumably it's a secret ballot?
  • CarolaCarola Posts: 1,805
    I don't think Hodges wants 'his' side to win.
  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    tim and Stuart, on this 'all but 4 or 5 PB Tories are the thickest on the Internet' thing, is one borderline or do you both have trouble counting quite so high?
  • RedRag1RedRag1 Posts: 527
    Carola said:

    I don't think Hodges wants 'his' side to win.

    Story of his life.
  • RedRag1RedRag1 Posts: 527
    Poland fans singing "you only sing when your four up".....rather funny.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 46,712
    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim and Stuart, on this 'all but 4 or 5 PB Tories are the thickest on the Internet' thing, is one borderline or do you both have trouble counting quite so high?

    Given Tim's "Osborne crying at a funeral will set the media narrative" stupidity, I wonder if he's classing himself as one of the aforementioned PBTories?

    And I wish I could remember the name of the poster who said the other week that trains do not get traffic jams ...
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    RedRag1 said:

    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    He is never wrong this man!

    Dan Hodges‏@DPJHodges5m
    Wellbeck is like Emile Heskey, but without the same keen eye for goal...

    Wellbeck next goalscorer 11/2
    Given your assertion that everything Hodges says is instantly proved wrong, I presume you've taken those odds on such a sure thing?
    Personally I don't think he is always wrong, it's just that he is an obsessive dick, who has a one track mind, who gets re-produced on here incessantly.
    I personally doubt he genuinely has a one track mind - when he branches out a bit more, he can be reasonably insightful on occasion - but more that he has established his niche as a blogger and so cannot really divert from it too often without losing his audience. The problem of course is that eventually you hammer home your point too often and only the choir being preached to ends up appreciating it.

    I compare it to the capable of being funny but too often execreble Mark Steel who was on HIGNFY again a few days ago. He really hates the right, no question, and clearly picked up an audience for that focus ahead of anything else, and now he seems to have forgotten that most left wing comics attempt to be actually funny even if they are blatantly partisan, and that hating the right is not in itself hilarious.

    Hodges also I am sure believes what he writes, but has pandered to the crowd that want to hear his anti-Miliband message from a Labour voice message so much that it's become pretty much all he can now do and now damages any other legitimate points he might come up with.
  • taffystaffys Posts: 9,753
    Poland fans singing "you only sing when your four up".....rather funny.

    Whatever happened to

    Poland boys we are here,
    Sh*g your women and take your career....
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    Re the Deputy Speaker race, on the assumption that Labour MPs will be the critical factor, what exactly are they looking for in a Deputy Speaker?

    And how amusing to have the idea of MPs from one party essentially acting like canvassers and doorknockers for an MP from another party who they want to be Speaker/Deputy Speaker.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    kle4 said:


    Hodges also I am sure believes what he writes, but has pandered to the crowd that want to hear his anti-Miliband message from a Labour voice message so much that it's become pretty much all he can now do and now damages any other legitimate points he might come up with.

    If Miliband is not PM after the next election, can we expect 5 years of posts from the PB Kinnocks admitting he was right?
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 44,898
    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim and Stuart, on this 'all but 4 or 5 PB Tories are the thickest on the Internet' thing, is one borderline or do you both have trouble counting quite so high?

    We could probably add all but 4 or 5 PB Tories being obsessively thin skinned about any criticism.

    'How dare you use the vile epithet PB Tory' etc, etc
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 99,315
    edited October 2013
    Scott_P said:

    kle4 said:


    Hodges also I am sure believes what he writes, but has pandered to the crowd that want to hear his anti-Miliband message from a Labour voice message so much that it's become pretty much all he can now do and now damages any other legitimate points he might come up with.

    If Miliband is not PM after the next election, can we expect 5 years of posts from the PB Kinnocks admitting he was right?
    That would seem justified I guess. I've thought Labour would get back in since 2010 right after the election, so I will have a lot of humble pie to eat if Miliband is not PM in 2015, and I've already put on 2 stone this year and don't think I can handle that!

    Although even if he is right on that point, I would stand on the point that the repetition of a single opinion over and over obsessively, and the caricature of interpreting near everything as bad for one side over the other as almost a lone voice, does undermine other points that person would make, as by choice they are making no effort to be objective. It's why I find it so hard to look for valid points from polemicists, because their opinions clearly come first and then they find facts to support, rather than even looking for a pretense of doing otherwise. It does sometimes pay off, granted.

  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815
    edited October 2013
    Carola said:

    I don't think Hodges wants 'his' side to win.

    Nah. Hodges doesn't think a left winger should wear an armband.

  • JonnyJimmyJonnyJimmy Posts: 2,548
    Theuniondivvie said:

    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim and Stuart, on this 'all but 4 or 5 PB Tories are the thickest on the Internet' thing, is one borderline or do you both have trouble counting quite so high?

    We could probably add all but 4 or 5 PB Tories being obsessively thin skinned about any criticism.

    'How dare you use the vile epithet PB Tory' etc, etc
    So you want to be in tim's gang too? Ok, noted...
  • RedRag1RedRag1 Posts: 527
    kle4 said:

    RedRag1 said:

    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    He is never wrong this man!

    Dan Hodges‏@DPJHodges5m
    Wellbeck is like Emile Heskey, but without the same keen eye for goal...

    Wellbeck next goalscorer 11/2
    Given your assertion that everything Hodges says is instantly proved wrong, I presume you've taken those odds on such a sure thing?
    Personally I don't think he is always wrong, it's just that he is an obsessive dick, who has a one track mind, who gets re-produced on here incessantly.
    I personally doubt he genuinely has a one track mind - when he branches out a bit more, he can be reasonably insightful on occasion - but more that he has established his niche as a blogger and so cannot really divert from it too often without losing his audience. The problem of course is that eventually you hammer home your point too often and only the choir being preached to ends up appreciating it.

    I compare it to the capable of being funny but too often execreble Mark Steel who was on HIGNFY again a few days ago. He really hates the right, no question, and clearly picked up an audience for that focus ahead of anything else, and now he seems to have forgotten that most left wing comics attempt to be actually funny even if they are blatantly partisan, and that hating the right is not in itself hilarious.

    Hodges also I am sure believes what he writes, but has pandered to the crowd that want to hear his anti-Miliband message from a Labour voice message so much that it's become pretty much all he can now do and now damages any other legitimate points he might come up with.
    The problem for Hodges is, as he publically announced to his right wing readership, he is no longer a Labour man. He is no longer a "Blairite cuckoo in the Miliband nest" he is more like a Blairite cuckoo trying to jump in the Cameroon nest. Another problem for him is there are hundreds of bloggers out there who are not Labour men who slag off Labour on a daily basis and quite a few of them write for the dead tree press. He has lost his niche.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 44,898
    edited October 2013
    JonnyJimmy said:

    Theuniondivvie said:

    JonnyJimmy said:

    tim and Stuart, on this 'all but 4 or 5 PB Tories are the thickest on the Internet' thing, is one borderline or do you both have trouble counting quite so high?

    We could probably add all but 4 or 5 PB Tories being obsessively thin skinned about any criticism.

    'How dare you use the vile epithet PB Tory' etc, etc
    So you want to be in tim's gang too? Ok, noted...
    Noted? Lol!
    Don't tell him, Pike...

  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Sit down Wales.
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    Pulpstar said:

    isam said:

    Pulpstar said:

    But I am on goal Goal Negredo ! £5 E/W Thanks Sam :)

    No problem.. Rooney as well?

    Heh Nah just using your tips to help clear my 365 bonus. Missed the Ben tip tho D: Suarez is next up.

    Great day for Raceclear on the Nags too...
    Yes indeed hooray!
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    Should the off topic button be re named "off topic and I disagree?" for consistency?

    Most posts are off topic I reckon, hence the oft used "On Topic"
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,678
    isam said:

    Should the off topic button be re named "off topic and I disagree?" for consistency?

    Most posts are off topic I reckon, hence the oft used "On Topic"

    The off topic button is useless in this kind of forum, given that we only have one thread in which to natter away. The like button should be restored, as it highlights funny/interesting comments which may otherwise be missed (IMO).
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    Wonder how much the bookies are losing on tonight's matches - All the favourites winning (& Scotland). Lots of ACCAs being landed I suspect.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @racingkate: William Hill bet- World Cup: 10/3 Brazil, 9/2 Argentina, 9/2 Germany, 11/2 Spain, 14/1 Belgium, 16/1 Holland, 20/1 Colombia, 18/1 England!!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 80,027
    Paddy Power ‏@paddypower 1m

    A goal for Gerrard means our #MBS kicks in. Ouch!!!
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    RobD said:

    isam said:

    Should the off topic button be re named "off topic and I disagree?" for consistency?

    Most posts are off topic I reckon, hence the oft used "On Topic"

    The off topic button is useless in this kind of forum, given that we only have one thread in which to natter away. The like button should be restored, as it highlights funny/interesting comments which may otherwise be missed (IMO).
    I only mentioned it because you "off topic'd" me!

  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,678
    isam said:

    RobD said:

    isam said:

    Should the off topic button be re named "off topic and I disagree?" for consistency?

    Most posts are off topic I reckon, hence the oft used "On Topic"

    The off topic button is useless in this kind of forum, given that we only have one thread in which to natter away. The like button should be restored, as it highlights funny/interesting comments which may otherwise be missed (IMO).
    I only mentioned it because you "off topic'd" me!

    Ah crap, must be fat fingers on the iPhone. Let me un-flag you now ;-)

  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,678
    Found it. Had to go to your profile to figure out which post it was, something massively off topic about football ;-)

    Sorry about that
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 44,898
    Ha, double entendres-ville from BBC commentary.

    'Aaron Ramsey runs on to a cute ass from Craig Bellamy to stab in through the keeper's legs.'
  • nigel4englandnigel4england Posts: 4,800
    Scott_P said:

    @racingkate: William Hill bet- World Cup: 10/3 Brazil, 9/2 Argentina, 9/2 Germany, 11/2 Spain, 14/1 Belgium, 16/1 Holland, 20/1 Colombia, 18/1 England!!

    Back Belgium for the Euros in 2016, they have an unbelievable array of young talent.

  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 62,866
    Mr. Divvie, that's a bit overt!

    A year or two ago the F1 commentators did mention once or twice that Glock had slipped inside the Virgin.
  • isamisam Posts: 42,398
    RobD said:

    isam said:

    RobD said:

    isam said:

    Should the off topic button be re named "off topic and I disagree?" for consistency?

    Most posts are off topic I reckon, hence the oft used "On Topic"

    The off topic button is useless in this kind of forum, given that we only have one thread in which to natter away. The like button should be restored, as it highlights funny/interesting comments which may otherwise be missed (IMO).
    I only mentioned it because you "off topic'd" me!

    Ah crap, must be fat fingers on the iPhone. Let me un-flag you now ;-)

    Cheers!


  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Wot No Ma Beckett ?!?

    Titters ....
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039
    Pulpstar said:

    Wonder how much the bookies are losing on tonight's matches - All the favourites winning (& Scotland). Lots of ACCAs being landed I suspect.

    Wales have just helped... suspect it's actually been pretty decent for them:

    Belgium 1 - 1 Wales
    Italy 2 - 2 Armenia
    Azerbaijan 1 - 1 Russia
    Israel 1 - 1 N.Ireland
    Montenegro 2 - 5 Moldova
  • GeoffMGeoffM Posts: 6,071
    isam said:

    Pulpstar said:

    isam said:

    Pulpstar said:

    But I am on goal Goal Negredo ! £5 E/W Thanks Sam :)

    No problem.. Rooney as well?

    Heh Nah just using your tips to help clear my 365 bonus. Missed the Ben tip tho D: Suarez is next up.

    Great day for Raceclear on the Nags too...
    Yes indeed hooray!
    I put the Raceclear donkeys in with my other ones today too. Had an absolutely stonking afternoon of it!
  • eekeek Posts: 31,053
    Stuart_Dickson said:

    We're Approaching the Worst-Case Scenario for House GOP Hostage-Taking

    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/unconscionable-irresponsibility-republican-house/70571/

    To be honest that is where I expected it to end up on October 1st. The thing to remember here is that while the Tea Party are many things, they aren't rational and they don't care about the rest of the republican party.

    What I don't get is how can they leaving Washington works without making them look 100% responsible. Then again when does anything the tea party does make sense over the pond.
  • maaarshmaaarsh Posts: 3,602
    nigel4england said:

    Scott_P said:

    @racingkate: William Hill bet- World Cup: 10/3 Brazil, 9/2 Argentina, 9/2 Germany, 11/2 Spain, 14/1 Belgium, 16/1 Holland, 20/1 Colombia, 18/1 England!!

    Back Belgium for the Euros in 2016, they have an unbelievable array of young talent.

    The Belgian hype is already priced in well beyond reality.
  • NextNext Posts: 826
    eek said:

    Stuart_Dickson said:

    We're Approaching the Worst-Case Scenario for House GOP Hostage-Taking

    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/10/unconscionable-irresponsibility-republican-house/70571/

    To be honest that is where I expected it to end up on October 1st. The thing to remember here is that while the Tea Party are many things, they aren't rational and they don't care about the rest of the republican party.

    What I don't get is how can they leaving Washington works without making them look 100% responsible. Then again when does anything the tea party does make sense over the pond.
    They believe what they are doing is right for America.

    How many economists told Thatcher she was wrong?
  • corporealcorporeal Posts: 2,549
    http://politicalscrapbook.net/2013/10/british-citizens-sent-threatening-get-out-texts-by-home-office/

    The UK Border Agency has sent what is thought to be hundreds of intimidating text messages to British Citizens threatening them with deportation. The has come to light after a British man of a South Asian background was sent a message ”from the UK Border Agency” which told him:

    “You are required to leave the UK as you no longer have right to remain.”

    Unfortunately for Theresa May’s Home Office — who run the Border Agency — and their contractor Capita, this morning’s Guardian diary reports that the message in question was sent to Suresh Grover, who founded an anti-racism charity. The messages are apparently intended for foreign nationals such as over-stayers, but with at least 200 formal complaints over the texts, the number of messages sent in error to British Citizens is thought to be much higher.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,941
    edited October 2013
    eek The GOP is presently being held hostage by its own militant tendency, the Tea Party, and is as unelectable as Labour was in the eighties (although unlike Labour the fact the US has mid-terms does give it some power in one of the 3 sections of elected government). I expect Hillary to win in 2016 and be re-elected in 2020 meaning the GOP will be out of office for a generation until 2024!

    Also, just come back from an excellent one man play on Churchill's time on the run in South Africa!
  • nigel4englandnigel4england Posts: 4,800
    maaarsh said:

    nigel4england said:

    Scott_P said:

    @racingkate: William Hill bet- World Cup: 10/3 Brazil, 9/2 Argentina, 9/2 Germany, 11/2 Spain, 14/1 Belgium, 16/1 Holland, 20/1 Colombia, 18/1 England!!

    Back Belgium for the Euros in 2016, they have an unbelievable array of young talent.

    The Belgian hype is already priced in well beyond reality.
    I took 12/1 ages ago, really happy with that
  • AndreaParma_82AndreaParma_82 Posts: 4,714
    If it had not been posted yet..here's who nominated who in the Deputy Speaker race
    http://www.parliament.uk/documents/speaker/Election-of-Deputy-Speaker-16-October-2013-list-of-candidates-and-their-sponsors.pdf

    Amess: Bob Russell, Peter Lilley, Andrew Tyre, Roger Godsiff, Angela Watkinson, Tom Harris. Mike Weir, Linda Riordan, Mark Williams, Ed Leigh

    Bellingham: David Ruffley, Malcolm Rifkind, Nigel Adams, Chloe Smith, Pauline Latham, Penny Mourdant, Ian Lucas, Russell Brown, Gordon Birtwistle, Zac Goldsmith

    Binley: Mike Penning, Mike Hancock, Peter Bone, John Hayes, Jim Dobbin, Katy Clark, Jeffrey Donaldson, Mark Menzies, Rebecca Harris, Adrian Bailey

    Burns: John Randall, Peter Bottomley, Karen Lumley, Julian Sturdy, Jackie Doyle Price, Keith Simpson, Therese Coffrey, Nick De Bois, Robert Buckland, Caroline Nokes

    Nadine: Chris Kelly, Stewart Jackson, Rosie Cooper, Sian James, Anne Main, Stephen McPartland

    Laing: Richard Ottaway, Bernard Jenkin, Kevin Barron, Kevin Doran, Andrea Leasom, Jacob Rees Mogg, Sylvia Harmon, Malcolm Bruce, Graham Allen, Tessa Jowell

    Streeter: Gerald Kaufman, Alistir Burt, Meg Munn, Priti Patel, Tim Farron, Mark Field, Paul Goggins, John Glen, Alison Seaback, Sarah Wollaston
  • AndreaParma_82AndreaParma_82 Posts: 4,714
    Burns doesn't have an Lab-LD MP in his nominations list.
    Nadine only submitted the exact minium required.
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    BBC America has been relentlessly and tediously promoting something called 'Torchwood' for the last few weeks, (even more - if that's possible - than it promotes the Graham Norton Show), so I have dvred several episodes.

    It seems somewhat off beat, as they appear to operate from under a building shaped like a large Hovis loaf amidst a 60s style concrete brutal area apparently in Cardiff.

    They keep mentioning 'Unit', and referring to 'the doctor', so my question is does this have any connection with Dr. Who, and if so what? I haven't seen Dr Who since Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee days, but I remember the brigadier and Unit. The new Doctor is even in it.
  • NextNext Posts: 826
    AndreaParma_82 said:

    If it had not been posted yet..here's who nominated who in the Deputy Speaker race
    http://www.parliament.uk/documents/speaker/Election-of-Deputy-Speaker-16-October-2013-list-of-candidates-and-their-sponsors.pdf

    The number of sponsors for each candidate...

    Amess: 10

    Bellingham: 10

    Binley: 10

    Burns: 10

    Nadine: 6

    Laing: 10

    Streeter: 10


  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,492
    Tom Newton Dunn ‏@tnewtondunn 1m

    Sun/YouGov poll tonight: Labour lead back to 5 points. LAB 39%, CON 34%, UKIP 11%, LD 9%.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,492
    But we all know that TNS-BMRB are the new gold standard, ahem
  • Steven_WhaleySteven_Whaley Posts: 313
    Tim_B said:



    They keep mentioning 'Unit', and referring to 'the doctor', so my question is does this have any connection with Dr. Who, and if so what? I haven't seen Dr Who since Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee days, but I remember the brigadier and Unit. The new Doctor is even in it.

    It's a spin-off from Doctor Who in the sense that the main character, Captain Jack (played by John Barrowman) featured in several episodes of the 2005 series of Doctor Who before moving over to Torchwood - but the plan always was that he'd have his own show and he was only ever written into Doctor Who with this in mind to begin with...

    Of course Torchwood is also an anagram... :D

  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,492
    The front page of the Sun is disturbing, I'm now imagining Wayne Rooney with a Brazilian.

    Nick Sutton ‏@suttonnick 1m

    Like the Sun's asterisk on Brazilian headline - "It's a close shave but we wax Poles" #tomorrowspaperstoday #EngvPol

    pic.twitter.com/C8yYqQjvsp
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,738
    Good evening, my fellow PB Plebs!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,492
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    Good evening, my fellow PB Plebs!

    Hello Comrade Pleb
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,767
    AndreaParma_82 said:

    If it had not been posted yet..here's who nominated who in the Deputy Speaker race...


    Thanks Andrea. Clear edge by Laing and Streeter there in terms of heavyweight mainstream support. I'd think the Labour vote will go heavily to those two. When is the vote?

  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815
    edited October 2013
    tim said:

    @tnewtondunn: Sun/YouGov poll tonight: Labour lead back to 5 points. LAB 39%, CON 34%, UKIP 11%, LD 9%.

    Looks like they found a normal sample

    tim seeks relief from a 5 pointer.

    There's a battle outside
    And it is ragin'
    It'll soon shake your windows
    And rattle your walls
    For the times they are a-changin'.
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