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Biden’s national poll lead remains and the swing state surveys are looking positive – politicalbetti

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  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    Depends which polls you look at, Rasmussen, the only national pollster apart from Google to correctly have a 2% Hillary lead in its final 2016 poll has Trump 1% ahead nationally in its latest poll.

    Trafalgar, the only pollster to correctly have Trump ahead in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2016 has Biden picking up Pennsylvania but Trump still ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin in its latest state polls

    Why to you keep spouting this bullshit?

    You know as well as the rest of us that virtually every pollster got the lead right within their margin of error. Rasmussen were no different.

    Every election there's one pollster that happens to get lucky with a result that's closest to the actual result - it implies diddly-squat about their chances of getting lucky the next time.
    Most polls are always right within margin of error, that is just back covering, it does not change the fact Rasmussen was closest to the national result and Trafalgar to the rustbelt swing state results.

    In 2008 PPP were closest and they were closest in 2012 too, here Survation were closest in 2015 and 2017 and their final poll had an 11% Tory lead in 2019 as well
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 40,950

    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Indeed. It's the responsible thing to do.
    Supermarket CEOs slap their heads in frustration.

    I suppose it's a bit like when they plan for the fact that in an aircrash people will try to retrieve their luggage from the overhead lockers. Totally unnecessary, illogical, and perhaps dangerous, but human nature is what it is.
    No, it is nothing like that at all. By slowly building up your own stock well in advance, you are being responsible and helping to relieve the strain when the shit really hits the fan. You are doing your fellow citizens, as well as yourself, a favour.
    Building up over a time period sounds much more sensible than going to the supermarket and sweeping the shelves.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 40,950

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Might head down to Sainsbury's today.
    = empty shelves.

    FFS calm down.
    Sorry kids we have no food and you will be wiping your arse with your hands from now on, but at least daddy stayed calm when everyone else was losing their heads.
    Yeah that'll see them in therapy for the next 20yrs. Meanwhile, all the supermarkets coped very well last time
    They bloody didn't. Zero stocks on significant numbers of products, huge costs in trying to pull whatever stock they could find through the system, angry customers assaulting show workers.

    Ah well I appreciate you would know. Still it is a herd thing. But I'm pretty sure it won't happen again given the real life training exercise last time. Or will it?!
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    Biden doing worse than Hillary in California but better in Washington state
    https://twitter.com/ActorAaronBooth/status/1308624598519472128?s=20

    OK, so what I'm scratching my head about is, compared to Hillary, Biden seems to be strong with white people, low-education people, and older people. He might be a little bit weaker with high-education white people, black people and latino people. Have I got this right?

    Shouldn't this favour him in the mid-west compared to Hillary? If so, why is his deficit in the tipping point states compared to his national polling the same as her (actual) deficit or bigger? Doesn't it seem more likely that his electoral college deficit is actually smaller, and either the state polling in the mid-west (or at least PA) has over-corrected, or the national polling (and potentially the polling in AZ/TX) is overstating his support?
    Yes, Biden is doing better than Hillary with non college educated whites, worse than Hillary with the rich and worse than Hillary with Hispanics and about the same with Blacks, though Trump is doing fractionally better with them too.

    So that suggests the EC will be closer than last time but Trump has a better chance of winning the popular vote
  • RH1992RH1992 Posts: 788
    Following on from my observation from yesterday that daytime TV loves booking Karol Sikora....

    He's just been on This Morning, so the ouija board thoughts he made in June definitely haven't damaged the "Good" Professor's ability to reach the masses.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 12,741
    HYUFD said:
    The last California state poll had Biden up 29 in a state Clinton carried by 31 so it's not much for the Democrats to worry about. As you say, Washington with a 22 point Biden lead is a 3% swing to the Democrats from the 2016 result.

    I'd like to see a poll from Alaska (last poll had Trump ahead by 3 in a state he won by 14 in 2016) and from Nebraska where the second district went for Trump by just two in 2016.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 40,950

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Indeed. But the reports aren't 2 weeks supply, its wipe the shelves clean again...
    The thing that people don't seem to understand is that empty shelves are not, in the main, due to a few maniacs buying loads of stuff, but rather to many people buying a little more than usual.

    My missus has been shopping this morning, and didn't notice much amiss, except that sterilised milk seemed to be running low. So she bought 3 instead of her usual 2 (to keep at work). Nothing wrong with that, you'd think. But lots of people acting in the same, logical fashion will soon clear the shelves of sterilised milk faster than the supermarket can restock it, giving the appearance of a shortage.

    However, the difference this time round is that real shortages are a distinct possibility.
    Your point was my point. Entirely understandable but if your wife had kept to her 3 packets all might be better if not entirely ok.

    cf bank panics...
  • theenglishborntheenglishborn Posts: 162
    edited September 2020
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Depends which polls you look at, Rasmussen, the only national pollster apart from Google to correctly have a 2% Hillary lead in its final 2016 poll has Trump 1% ahead nationally in its latest poll.

    Trafalgar, the only pollster to correctly have Trump ahead in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2016 has Biden picking up Pennsylvania but Trump still ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin in its latest state polls

    Why to you keep spouting this bullshit?

    You know as well as the rest of us that virtually every pollster got the lead right within their margin of error. Rasmussen were no different.

    Every election there's one pollster that happens to get lucky with a result that's closest to the actual result - it implies diddly-squat about their chances of getting lucky the next time.
    Most polls are always right within margin of error, that is just back covering, it does not change the fact Rasmussen was closest to the national result and Trafalgar to the rustbelt swing state results.

    In 2008 PPP were closest and they were closest in 2012 too, here Survation were closest in 2015 and 2017 and their final poll had an 11% Tory lead in 2019 as well
    Well just to add to caution on choosing 1 or 2 pollsters to take as "correct", in 2018 Rasmussen ended up being the worst pollster with an error margin of 10 points, which is awful, and since then they have not changed their methods from what I have read.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 38,846
    edited September 2020
    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080

    Sad news, Dura Ace; commiserations.

    The "it's not much worse than flu", "why are we locking down?", "we're ruining the economy for nothing", "we need to sacrifice the old and vulnerable if necessary" contingent seem to be rather quiet on here this morning.

    He is still sleeping off yesterday's intake. I was surprised his comment wasn't moderated out.
  • OK, I've cracked. I know you're not looking for sympathy, Dura Ace, but you have it anyway. I'm very sorry that your mother has had what would probably have been another few years of healthy life taken from her by this disease, and I hope that goes some way towards making people realise what letting the virus rip actually means.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Might head down to Sainsbury's today.
    = empty shelves.

    FFS calm down.
    Sorry kids we have no food and you will be wiping your arse with your hands from now on, but at least daddy stayed calm when everyone else was losing their heads.
    Yeah that'll see them in therapy for the next 20yrs. Meanwhile, all the supermarkets coped very well last time
    They bloody didn't. Zero stocks on significant numbers of products, huge costs in trying to pull whatever stock they could find through the system, angry customers assaulting show workers.

    Ah well I appreciate you would know. Still it is a herd thing. But I'm pretty sure it won't happen again given the real life training exercise last time. Or will it?!
    The same selfish people will be at the front of the queue, not a second thought for anybody else, seems to be quite prevalent in the UK these days.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    IanB2 said:

    Sad news, Dura Ace; commiserations.

    The "it's not much worse than flu", "why are we locking down?", "we're ruining the economy for nothing", "we need to sacrifice the old and vulnerable if necessary" contingent seem to be rather quiet on here this morning.

    He is still sleeping off yesterday's intake. I was surprised his comment wasn't moderated out.
    There is more than one person in that contingent.
  • stodge said:

    HYUFD said:
    The last California state poll had Biden up 29 in a state Clinton carried by 31 so it's not much for the Democrats to worry about. As you say, Washington with a 22 point Biden lead is a 3% swing to the Democrats from the 2016 result.

    I'd like to see a poll from Alaska (last poll had Trump ahead by 3 in a state he won by 14 in 2016) and from Nebraska where the second district went for Trump by just two in 2016.
    As long as the National Polls remain more or less where they are and have been for weeks, the California poll can be interpreted as good for Biden. It suggests he is not piling up votes uselessly in States he is certain to win anyway.
  • Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    That could be because the Italian model is working less well than the UK's, or it could be that their triage is more effective, and they are getting the information they need from a smaller number of tests. I'm not sure how you tell those possibilities apart.

    The sheer number of tests the UK is doing is genuinely impressive. But it's still a factor of 10 or 100 below what would be needed to test people on the off-chance; hence the moonshot plan. If the tests aren't being given to the right people and giving timely results (one of mine is off school because of an outbreak), then the number of tests is a Soviet boot production statistic. Numerically true, but not fully meaningful.
  • kamskikamski Posts: 4,199
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Biden doing worse than Hillary in California but better in Washington state
    https://twitter.com/ActorAaronBooth/status/1308624598519472128?s=20

    OK, so what I'm scratching my head about is, compared to Hillary, Biden seems to be strong with white people, low-education people, and older people. He might be a little bit weaker with high-education white people, black people and latino people. Have I got this right?

    Shouldn't this favour him in the mid-west compared to Hillary? If so, why is his deficit in the tipping point states compared to his national polling the same as her (actual) deficit or bigger? Doesn't it seem more likely that his electoral college deficit is actually smaller, and either the state polling in the mid-west (or at least PA) has over-corrected, or the national polling (and potentially the polling in AZ/TX) is overstating his support?
    Yes, Biden is doing better than Hillary with non college educated whites, worse than Hillary with the rich and worse than Hillary with Hispanics and about the same with Blacks, though Trump is doing fractionally better with them too.

    So that suggests the EC will be closer than last time but Trump has a better chance of winning the popular vote
    "EC vote will be closer" - why?:

    Last time the EC was a 0.4% swing away from Clinton winning, not sure why it would be closer this time.

    "Trump has a better chance of winning the popular vote"

    Of course Trump has a better chance than last time of winning the popular vote as he has a 0% chance of winning the popular vote last time (last time already happened - even you would have to admit this).
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080

    FWIW I think we will get a trade deal, although it will be as skinny as a Ukrainian violinist.
    A trade deal no-one is allowed to talk about would be strange indeed.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,264
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Depends which polls you look at, Rasmussen, the only national pollster apart from Google to correctly have a 2% Hillary lead in its final 2016 poll has Trump 1% ahead nationally in its latest poll.

    Trafalgar, the only pollster to correctly have Trump ahead in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2016 has Biden picking up Pennsylvania but Trump still ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin in its latest state polls

    Why to you keep spouting this bullshit?

    You know as well as the rest of us that virtually every pollster got the lead right within their margin of error. Rasmussen were no different.

    Every election there's one pollster that happens to get lucky with a result that's closest to the actual result - it implies diddly-squat about their chances of getting lucky the next time.
    Most polls are always right within margin of error, that is just back covering, it does not change the fact Rasmussen was closest to the national result and Trafalgar to the rustbelt swing state results.

    In 2008 PPP were closest and they were closest in 2012 too, here Survation were closest in 2015 and 2017 and their final poll had an 11% Tory lead in 2019 as well
    Remind me again, how did Rasmussen do in 2012? How did PPP do in 2016?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,841

    stodge said:

    HYUFD said:
    The last California state poll had Biden up 29 in a state Clinton carried by 31 so it's not much for the Democrats to worry about. As you say, Washington with a 22 point Biden lead is a 3% swing to the Democrats from the 2016 result.

    I'd like to see a poll from Alaska (last poll had Trump ahead by 3 in a state he won by 14 in 2016) and from Nebraska where the second district went for Trump by just two in 2016.
    As long as the National Polls remain more or less where they are and have been for weeks, the California poll can be interpreted as good for Biden. It suggests he is not piling up votes uselessly in States he is certain to win anyway.
    I think there's lots of noise in the polling, last time round in California there was a Dem-Dem senate race so little reason for GOP to turn out particularly if they were in a very lopsided congressional district.
  • TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Indeed. But the reports aren't 2 weeks supply, its wipe the shelves clean again...
    The thing that people don't seem to understand is that empty shelves are not, in the main, due to a few maniacs buying loads of stuff, but rather to many people buying a little more than usual.

    My missus has been shopping this morning, and didn't notice much amiss, except that sterilised milk seemed to be running low. So she bought 3 instead of her usual 2 (to keep at work). Nothing wrong with that, you'd think. But lots of people acting in the same, logical fashion will soon clear the shelves of sterilised milk faster than the supermarket can restock it, giving the appearance of a shortage.

    However, the difference this time round is that real shortages are a distinct possibility.
    Your point was my point. Entirely understandable but if your wife had kept to her 3 packets all might be better if not entirely ok.

    cf bank panics...
    It was 3 rather than 2. But if she had bought 2, and there's none there next week, then she'll have no milk in her tea. So you can hardly blame her for buying 3.

    Of course, the big difference this time round is Brexit. It is entirely possible that there will be actual shortages of some foods after 1 January, so it is prudent for both individuals and the nation as a whole to build up stocks before then. By building up a stock at home in good time, you are actually helping the nation by reducing the pressure at the critical time, since you'll be able to live off your own stocks for a while.
  • Does anyone know if the Schengen "90 days in 180" applies to hauliers too? If the French Immigration Control has to check that, that could considerably add to delays - if its more than "6 months remaining on passport" which is the change most will face (until the ESTA comes in...)
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080
    edited September 2020

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,052
    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Do you not think that the supermarkets will be doing the same thing? Why would you need to?
    If Isolating, then shouldn't be shopping!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,841
    I took a small punt on Amy Barrett (£30) as she was 80% on Predictit at 13-8 with Paddy Power.

    Predictit isn't a perfect predictor but still.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    DavidL said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    I find the need of many to assume that we are somehow uniquely incompetent or inept every bit as depressing and occasionally irritating as those booming out that we have the best of this and that for no good reason other than to make themselves and presumably us feel better. Surely we can just recognise the realities with a certain humility and look to learn lessons from others where appropriate as I hope they learn from us.
    I don't assume we are uniquely inept.
    It is fairly obvious, though, that in some aspects of our pandemic response, we have been pretty poor, and our test, track and trace system - given the resources that have gone in to it - falls into that category.
    And in this we have conspicuously failed to implement lessons from elsewhere.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080
    edited September 2020
    eristdoof said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sad news, Dura Ace; commiserations.

    The "it's not much worse than flu", "why are we locking down?", "we're ruining the economy for nothing", "we need to sacrifice the old and vulnerable if necessary" contingent seem to be rather quiet on here this morning.

    He is still sleeping off yesterday's intake. I was surprised his comment wasn't moderated out.
    There is more than one person in that contingent.
    Not that have said the old should just go and die, AFAIAA
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557

    Pulpstar said:

    Dura_Ace said:

    So I finally know somebody who has died from covid, sadly it was my 81 year old mother.

    She fell over in her garden a couple of weeks ago, went to hospital for a precautionary x-ray, caught the rona there and was dead 11 days later.

    I mention this not to solicit sympathy or commiserations but make two illustrative points. To those who advocate letting it rip because it mainly affects older people I offer a hearty FUCK YOU. Secondly, my mother was usually very careful with hygiene, etc but obviously not careful enough so it behooves us all to take all sensible precautions at all times and never relent.

    Sorry for your loss.
    One area we've been genuinely world beating at, vaccines. I for one am glad to see us at the top of this chart
    I might take all seven of those.
    All at once is not recommended.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    IanB2 said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
    Same in our part of Spain GP authorizes tests, nurse or doctor come round and do them after surgery (yes you can actually see a doctor at the monument although still a lot of telephone consults) at your home. Although there aren’t many tests being done at present as there are very few people with symptoms.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    MaxPB said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    Yup, it comes from not having someone who know what they're doing in charge.

    We probably have the best antibody testing regime in the world too, but there's clearly no point in it because the testing hasn't been ramped up in those areas likely to see new outbreaks.

    At the moment, the testing just seems to be being wasted. We're adopting a siege mentality of repeatedly testing certain groups which now accounts fit 60-70% of overall capacity leaving community testing without enough resources to quickly see where the outbreaks are. Without the ability to find localised outbreaks, quarantine everyone in the area we're going to have a full second lockdown of "stay home" which will destroy the economy.

    On pooled testing, it seems like such an easy win for hospitals, schools and care homes. We could probably quadruple the capacity of P1 testing which frees up P2 for community testing.
    Agreed.
    And I don't see the point of the 'moonshot' program as described, given that such tests have already been developed in the US. The price estimate of £100bn is utterly absurd.
    We just need to try them out over here.
  • CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,074
    Dura_Ace said:

    So I finally know somebody who has died from covid, sadly it was my 81 year old mother.

    She fell over in her garden a couple of weeks ago, went to hospital for a precautionary x-ray, caught the rona there and was dead 11 days later.

    I mention this not to solicit sympathy or commiserations but make two illustrative points. To those who advocate letting it rip because it mainly affects older people I offer a hearty FUCK YOU. Secondly, my mother was usually very careful with hygiene, etc but obviously not careful enough so it behooves us all to take all sensible precautions at all times and never relent.

    My deepest condolences to you on your loss.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,841
    Yes Meghan, we know you'll be voting Democrat. Not sure this sort of thing is particularly helpful. Might get a few youth votes out if she does a tiktok or some such..

    https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1308702361536335874
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    That could be because the Italian model is working less well than the UK's, or it could be that their triage is more effective, and they are getting the information they need from a smaller number of tests. I'm not sure how you tell those possibilities apart.

    The sheer number of tests the UK is doing is genuinely impressive. But it's still a factor of 10 or 100 below what would be needed to test people on the off-chance; hence the moonshot plan. If the tests aren't being given to the right people and giving timely results (one of mine is off school because of an outbreak), then the number of tests is a Soviet boot production statistic. Numerically true, but not fully meaningful.
    The Italian messaging on who should get a test is very clear, either it's when you get contacted by the trace team or if you have very specific symptoms. Everyone who doesn't have a prior appointment from the trace team gets a temperature check before getting swabbed, if you don't have a high temperature then you get sent away.

    Those small steps filters out a huge number of people who don't need to be tested and are there because someone they know coughed in their vicinity.

    The major issue we have with the UK testing regime is that we haven't taken best practices from other countries such as temperature based screening for self-certifed appointments and clear consistent messaging on who needs a test and who doesn't and messaging for schools and employers on who should be sent home for isolation and who shouldn't.

    Everything around testing in the UK is completely muddled, the messaging, who actually gets one and where the capacity is deployed. Once again, none of this stuff is difficult to fix but we have incompetents in charge.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    .

    Alistair said:

    kjh said:

    Some questions for the experts here on US politics. I have been reading a few articles on the Supreme Court Judge issue and wondered about a couple of things said:

    a) An article said that any new senator replacing an 'appointed' senator takes their seat immediately and not in January. That sort of makes sense as it is a sort of a byelection and proper election rolled into one:
    i) Is this true?
    ii) If the SCJ hearings go past 3/11 does it have an impact. That is are there any appointed republican senators and are they likely to lose their seat?

    b) An article also said one solution to the issue for the democrats is to impeach Trump again as this would tie up the senate so the SCJ hearings could not take place. Not seen this mentioned again.
    i) Is this practical?
    ii) if they did and in the unlikely situation that Trump is found guilty can he still be elected for a fresh session as president?

    McSally in Arizona is appointed and on current polling is likely to lose.

    IIRC there is a second appointed GOP senator within striking distance of their Dem opponent but still strong favourite to win.
    And even if they both lose it leaves the GOP still with 51 Senators, plus the casting vote of Pence in a tie situation so there still needs to be either 4 rebels or 4 combined losses and rebels. Simply 2 losses won't be sufficient.
    The winner of the Georgia special election is unlikely to be seated in time, anyway.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    RH1992 said:

    Following on from my observation from yesterday that daytime TV loves booking Karol Sikora....

    He's just been on This Morning, so the ouija board thoughts he made in June definitely haven't damaged the "Good" Professor's ability to reach the masses.

    Did one challenge him to explain his earlier prediction ?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    IanB2 said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
    Yes, and a pre-test temperature screener for people not contacted by their trace team so people who lie to the doctor over the phone about having a temperature get screened out.
  • eekeek Posts: 24,797
    MaxPB said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    That could be because the Italian model is working less well than the UK's, or it could be that their triage is more effective, and they are getting the information they need from a smaller number of tests. I'm not sure how you tell those possibilities apart.

    The sheer number of tests the UK is doing is genuinely impressive. But it's still a factor of 10 or 100 below what would be needed to test people on the off-chance; hence the moonshot plan. If the tests aren't being given to the right people and giving timely results (one of mine is off school because of an outbreak), then the number of tests is a Soviet boot production statistic. Numerically true, but not fully meaningful.
    The Italian messaging on who should get a test is very clear, either it's when you get contacted by the trace team or if you have very specific symptoms. Everyone who doesn't have a prior appointment from the trace team gets a temperature check before getting swabbed, if you don't have a high temperature then you get sent away.

    Those small steps filters out a huge number of people who don't need to be tested and are there because someone they know coughed in their vicinity.

    The major issue we have with the UK testing regime is that we haven't taken best practices from other countries such as temperature based screening for self-certifed appointments and clear consistent messaging on who needs a test and who doesn't and messaging for schools and employers on who should be sent home for isolation and who shouldn't.

    Everything around testing in the UK is completely muddled, the messaging, who actually gets one and where the capacity is deployed. Once again, none of this stuff is difficult to fix but we have incompetents in charge.
    One major issue here is that if you have any covid type symptoms schools expect you to be checked so that you can either return or (if required) they can isolate the year.
  • rkrkrkrkrkrk Posts: 7,880
    I've dangled my toes into the deep end of spread betting this morning.

    Biden +37 on the 270-up market.
    Downside is known, upside could be fairly dramatic...

  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    nichomar said:

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Might head down to Sainsbury's today.
    = empty shelves.

    FFS calm down.
    Sorry kids we have no food and you will be wiping your arse with your hands from now on, but at least daddy stayed calm when everyone else was losing their heads.
    Yeah that'll see them in therapy for the next 20yrs. Meanwhile, all the supermarkets coped very well last time
    They bloody didn't. Zero stocks on significant numbers of products, huge costs in trying to pull whatever stock they could find through the system, angry customers assaulting show workers.

    Ah well I appreciate you would know. Still it is a herd thing. But I'm pretty sure it won't happen again given the real life training exercise last time. Or will it?!
    The same selfish people will be at the front of the queue, not a second thought for anybody else, seems to be quite prevalent in the UK these days.
    A slight increase in purchases over the next couple of months in order to build up kitchen stock before the end of the year is both entirely sensible and in the public interest, IMO.
    It will forestall much last minute panic buying which might otherwise be inevitable in November/December.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    eek said:

    MaxPB said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    That could be because the Italian model is working less well than the UK's, or it could be that their triage is more effective, and they are getting the information they need from a smaller number of tests. I'm not sure how you tell those possibilities apart.

    The sheer number of tests the UK is doing is genuinely impressive. But it's still a factor of 10 or 100 below what would be needed to test people on the off-chance; hence the moonshot plan. If the tests aren't being given to the right people and giving timely results (one of mine is off school because of an outbreak), then the number of tests is a Soviet boot production statistic. Numerically true, but not fully meaningful.
    The Italian messaging on who should get a test is very clear, either it's when you get contacted by the trace team or if you have very specific symptoms. Everyone who doesn't have a prior appointment from the trace team gets a temperature check before getting swabbed, if you don't have a high temperature then you get sent away.

    Those small steps filters out a huge number of people who don't need to be tested and are there because someone they know coughed in their vicinity.

    The major issue we have with the UK testing regime is that we haven't taken best practices from other countries such as temperature based screening for self-certifed appointments and clear consistent messaging on who needs a test and who doesn't and messaging for schools and employers on who should be sent home for isolation and who shouldn't.

    Everything around testing in the UK is completely muddled, the messaging, who actually gets one and where the capacity is deployed. Once again, none of this stuff is difficult to fix but we have incompetents in charge.
    One major issue here is that if you have any covid type symptoms schools expect you to be checked so that you can either return or (if required) they can isolate the year.
    But schools are sending kids home because they sneeze or have the sniffles. My mum works in a school and she said four kids got sent home by the school nurse because one of them sneezed and the other three were near the one that sneezed. There is a huge lack of understanding on what the symptoms are and that is down to unclear and inconsistent messaging from the government. It's something that Boris should have addressed yesterday evening, he had the whole nation watching and it was just a bunch of useless waffle.
  • Dura_Ace said:

    So I finally know somebody who has died from covid, sadly it was my 81 year old mother.

    She fell over in her garden a couple of weeks ago, went to hospital for a precautionary x-ray, caught the rona there and was dead 11 days later.

    I mention this not to solicit sympathy or commiserations but make two illustrative points. To those who advocate letting it rip because it mainly affects older people I offer a hearty FUCK YOU. Secondly, my mother was usually very careful with hygiene, etc but obviously not careful enough so it behooves us all to take all sensible precautions at all times and never relent.

    My sincere condolences.
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,263
    kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279
    edited September 2020
    kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    According to 538 the current tipping point state is Pennsylvania, where Biden has a lead of 4% which means a 2% swing would make it neck-and-neck in the electoral college.

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Nigelb said:

    nichomar said:

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    TOPPING said:

    Foxy said:

    FFS people stop panic buying

    Stocking up for a couple of weeks of isolation is not panicking, it is prudent preparation.
    Might head down to Sainsbury's today.
    = empty shelves.

    FFS calm down.
    Sorry kids we have no food and you will be wiping your arse with your hands from now on, but at least daddy stayed calm when everyone else was losing their heads.
    Yeah that'll see them in therapy for the next 20yrs. Meanwhile, all the supermarkets coped very well last time
    They bloody didn't. Zero stocks on significant numbers of products, huge costs in trying to pull whatever stock they could find through the system, angry customers assaulting show workers.

    Ah well I appreciate you would know. Still it is a herd thing. But I'm pretty sure it won't happen again given the real life training exercise last time. Or will it?!
    The same selfish people will be at the front of the queue, not a second thought for anybody else, seems to be quite prevalent in the UK these days.
    A slight increase in purchases over the next couple of months in order to build up kitchen stock before the end of the year is both entirely sensible and in the public interest, IMO.
    It will forestall much last minute panic buying which might otherwise be inevitable in November/December.
    Quite agree it’s when the person in front of you has one trolley full of canned and dry goods and the other with loo roll that selfishness comes in.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    Nigelb said:

    DavidL said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    I find the need of many to assume that we are somehow uniquely incompetent or inept every bit as depressing and occasionally irritating as those booming out that we have the best of this and that for no good reason other than to make themselves and presumably us feel better. Surely we can just recognise the realities with a certain humility and look to learn lessons from others where appropriate as I hope they learn from us.
    I don't assume we are uniquely inept.
    It is fairly obvious, though, that in some aspects of our pandemic response, we have been pretty poor, and our test, track and trace system - given the resources that have gone in to it - falls into that category.
    And in this we have conspicuously failed to implement lessons from elsewhere.
    And, to make @DavidL feel better, I would happily point out that we have run clinical trials during the pandemic probably better than anywhere else in the world.
    The efficiency of the Recovery trial in generating significant results has been remarkable.
  • MaxPB said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    That could be because the Italian model is working less well than the UK's, or it could be that their triage is more effective, and they are getting the information they need from a smaller number of tests. I'm not sure how you tell those possibilities apart.

    The sheer number of tests the UK is doing is genuinely impressive. But it's still a factor of 10 or 100 below what would be needed to test people on the off-chance; hence the moonshot plan. If the tests aren't being given to the right people and giving timely results (one of mine is off school because of an outbreak), then the number of tests is a Soviet boot production statistic. Numerically true, but not fully meaningful.
    The Italian messaging on who should get a test is very clear, either it's when you get contacted by the trace team or if you have very specific symptoms. Everyone who doesn't have a prior appointment from the trace team gets a temperature check before getting swabbed, if you don't have a high temperature then you get sent away.

    Those small steps filters out a huge number of people who don't need to be tested and are there because someone they know coughed in their vicinity.

    The major issue we have with the UK testing regime is that we haven't taken best practices from other countries such as temperature based screening for self-certifed appointments and clear consistent messaging on who needs a test and who doesn't and messaging for schools and employers on who should be sent home for isolation and who shouldn't.

    Everything around testing in the UK is completely muddled, the messaging, who actually gets one and where the capacity is deployed. Once again, none of this stuff is difficult to fix but we have incompetents in charge.
    It feels (as someone who knows about science in general, but only to GCSE level in testing for infections) that the UK has gone for quantity over quality. Which isn't unique to a British mindset, but is something the nation is prone to.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,557
    Japanese firm launches world's first UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus
    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/22/national/japan-first-uv-lamp-kills-coronavirus/

    Potentially very promising, particularly if the price can be brought down.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    Nigelb said:

    MaxPB said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    Yup, it comes from not having someone who know what they're doing in charge.

    We probably have the best antibody testing regime in the world too, but there's clearly no point in it because the testing hasn't been ramped up in those areas likely to see new outbreaks.

    At the moment, the testing just seems to be being wasted. We're adopting a siege mentality of repeatedly testing certain groups which now accounts fit 60-70% of overall capacity leaving community testing without enough resources to quickly see where the outbreaks are. Without the ability to find localised outbreaks, quarantine everyone in the area we're going to have a full second lockdown of "stay home" which will destroy the economy.

    On pooled testing, it seems like such an easy win for hospitals, schools and care homes. We could probably quadruple the capacity of P1 testing which frees up P2 for community testing.
    Agreed.
    And I don't see the point of the 'moonshot' program as described, given that such tests have already been developed in the US. The price estimate of £100bn is utterly absurd.
    We just need to try them out over here.
    Yes, we have the Nanopore test currently in manufacturing in the UK which is a 20 min test with capacity of ~20k tests per day based bandwidth of 250 simultaneous processing. This is the kind of test that can be deployed to airports sports, stadiums, cinemas, theatres and even restaurants and cafés who may want to share the cost of one machine.

    I don't see where that £100bn comes from, it seemed like something made up to force the chancellor into blocking it and making him look like the bad guy preventing a return to normal life. Directly from the Dom playbook.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,052

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    Doesn't that just raise the possibility that numbers are not everything, and that Italy may be targeting better?

    At times the numbers sound very much like Tractor stats, divorced from what is happening on the ground.
  • Nigelb said:

    Japanese firm launches world's first UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus
    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/22/national/japan-first-uv-lamp-kills-coronavirus/

    Potentially very promising, particularly if the price can be brought down.

    Boris will implement a £100tn scheme to zap the UK with UV from space. Galaxy leading!
  • Foxy said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    Doesn't that just raise the possibility that numbers are not everything, and that Italy may be targeting better?

    At times the numbers sound very much like Tractor stats, divorced from what is happening on the ground.
    Good thing nobody in government is planning to run everything from a single room mission control with computer screens on the walls displaying numbers and charts, eh?

    They'd have to be utter chumps to think that would work outside an adolescent fantasy.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 58,941
    Sorry to hear about your loss @Dura_Ace. My condolences.
  • CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,074
    edited September 2020
    Jonathan said:

    eristdoof said:

    Jonathan said:

    When it comes to COVID why do people want to be “world beating”? It’s a term we keep hearing. When you think about it, it’s just plain weird and self defeating.

    Surely when it comes to the development of vaccines we all have an interest in all countries succeeding. Surely when it comes to track and trace, there is nothing to be gained from having a better system then your neighbours. You need them all to be good, if they are not it presents a risk. If a country finds something that works you share it for the benefit of all.

    If the government simply aimed to discover, develop and implement the best possible protection for its citizens, we might do better.

    Because competition works Jonathan to make improvements.

    World beating things the UK has developed, like our best in the world testing capacity and our best in the world vaccine orders help develop testing procedures and vaccine capabilities that can apply elsewhere too.

    There absolutely is something to be gained from seeking to have a better system than your neighbours, both for you and your neighbours. Especially if they're trying to be the best too then they are innovating and improving which you can learn from. This doesn't mean sabotaging others.

    Competition is fantastic.
    There have also been many races to the bottom in the name of competition.
    Competition is fantastic in some situations but certainly not in all.
    The point is that even if you think the COVID response is a competition you rarely win the competition by focusing on your competitors.

    I get the impression that this desire to be ‘world beating’ stems from the same lack of self confidence that brought us Brexit. The right are desperate to prove something.
    And this, we're just crap at everything, from those desperate to prove the reverse.

    We are nowhere near as good as we like to claim. Quite a lot of our public institutions and services are really rather second-rate and could be very much better than they are. On reason they’re not as good as they could and ought to be is because we spend too much time extolling past glories, patting ourselves on the back, assuming we’re great, not looking dispassionately at the realities and refusing to learn from others.
  • kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    Yep.

    I'm beginning to think the polling may be near useless as there are so many unknowns in this one.
  • kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    Yep.

    I'm beginning to think the polling may be near useless as there are so many unknowns in this one.
    The unknowns certainly increase volatility, but they dont make the polling redundant - somewhere around the polling is still the best guesstimate.
  • Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.
  • Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,052
    Nigelb said:

    Nigelb said:

    DavidL said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    I find the need of many to assume that we are somehow uniquely incompetent or inept every bit as depressing and occasionally irritating as those booming out that we have the best of this and that for no good reason other than to make themselves and presumably us feel better. Surely we can just recognise the realities with a certain humility and look to learn lessons from others where appropriate as I hope they learn from us.
    I don't assume we are uniquely inept.
    It is fairly obvious, though, that in some aspects of our pandemic response, we have been pretty poor, and our test, track and trace system - given the resources that have gone in to it - falls into that category.
    And in this we have conspicuously failed to implement lessons from elsewhere.
    And, to make @DavidL feel better, I would happily point out that we have run clinical trials during the pandemic probably better than anywhere else in the world.
    The efficiency of the Recovery trial in generating significant results has been remarkable.
    As an indicator of severity of disease, numbers of new Recovery trial enrolment is a good one.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759
    nichomar said:

    IanB2 said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
    Same in our part of Spain GP authorizes tests, nurse or doctor come round and do them after surgery (yes you can actually see a doctor at the monument although still a lot of telephone consults) at your home. Although there aren’t many tests being done at present as there are very few people with symptoms.
    Seriously? There were nearly 11k new cases registered in Spain yesterday and 241 deaths. And there is a strong suspicion that both figures are somewhat behind and will be revised upwards on the Thursday catch up.
    Is this really not causing a marked increase in hospital admissions?
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,835
    Heartfelt condolences @Dura_Ace .
  • kamskikamski Posts: 4,199

    Foxy said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    Doesn't that just raise the possibility that numbers are not everything, and that Italy may be targeting better?

    At times the numbers sound very much like Tractor stats, divorced from what is happening on the ground.
    Good thing nobody in government is planning to run everything from a single room mission control with computer screens on the walls displaying numbers and charts, eh?

    They'd have to be utter chumps to think that would work outside an adolescent fantasy.
    Around here in Cologne there's more than one way to go about getting a test, a lot of things are locally organised, and often there seems to be a lack of coordination. In theory the seemingly far more centralized British (English?) system should work better - you can target resources better, have consistent rules and messages, you can collect national statistics and so on. In practice, it looks like the centralized system isn't working very well. Maybe partly because it has been built from scratch, whereas the local systems here are mostly using existing structures?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759

    kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    Yep.

    I'm beginning to think the polling may be near useless as there are so many unknowns in this one.
    It's not so much the polling, its more who is going to be allowed to vote and whose vote will actually be counted at the end of the day.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,052

    Foxy said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    Doesn't that just raise the possibility that numbers are not everything, and that Italy may be targeting better?

    At times the numbers sound very much like Tractor stats, divorced from what is happening on the ground.
    Good thing nobody in government is planning to run everything from a single room mission control with computer screens on the walls displaying numbers and charts, eh?

    They'd have to be utter chumps to think that would work outside an adolescent fantasy.
    https://twitter.com/foxinsoxuk/status/1302368477915893762?s=19
  • Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Depends which polls you look at, Rasmussen, the only national pollster apart from Google to correctly have a 2% Hillary lead in its final 2016 poll has Trump 1% ahead nationally in its latest poll.

    Trafalgar, the only pollster to correctly have Trump ahead in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2016 has Biden picking up Pennsylvania but Trump still ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin in its latest state polls

    Why to you keep spouting this bullshit?

    You know as well as the rest of us that virtually every pollster got the lead right within their margin of error. Rasmussen were no different.

    Every election there's one pollster that happens to get lucky with a result that's closest to the actual result - it implies diddly-squat about their chances of getting lucky the next time.
    Most polls are always right within margin of error, that is just back covering, it does not change the fact Rasmussen was closest to the national result and Trafalgar to the rustbelt swing state results.

    In 2008 PPP were closest and they were closest in 2012 too, here Survation were closest in 2015 and 2017 and their final poll had an 11% Tory lead in 2019 as well
    Remind me again, how did Rasmussen do in 2012? How did PPP do in 2016?
    PPP was right when Obama was on the ballot, they identified his vote and above average black turnout in both 2008 and 2012.

    In 2016 Rasmussen and Trafalgar were best at identifiying Trump's vote, especially amongst non college educated whites, they may be best again on that basis in 2020
  • Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,598
    IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
  • kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    I think that works in both directions though. Aside from the possibility that Trump has put together a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy, involving all kinds of organizations he doesn't control, there's the possibility that he's gone and told his own electorate, consisting mainly of the elderly, not to vote by post, and there's a huge pandemic, so once they see a queue they're going to give up and go home. Meanwhile the Dems have got half their vote out by post already, their polling stations aren't too busy, and their GOTV has already mostly GOTVed, so they can concentrate on the people who are left.

    This could make quite wacky things happen in the House and Senate and statewide races as well.
  • Current spreads on Biden ECVs:

    Sporting Index: 285-291
    [Sporting Index supremacy market at 32-38 is equivalent to 285-288]
    SpreadEx: 292-300
    Star Spreads: 292-298
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    edited September 2020
    Nigelb said:

    Japanese firm launches world's first UV lamp that safely kills coronavirus
    https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/22/national/japan-first-uv-lamp-kills-coronavirus/

    Potentially very promising, particularly if the price can be brought down.

    Mr Donald Trump 24th April 2020
    "So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous - whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light," the president said, turning to Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response co-ordinator, "and I think you said that hasn't been checked but you're going to test it.

    "And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside of the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And I think you said you're going to test that too. Sounds interesting," the president continued.
    Media captionDonald Trump criticised Georgia’s governor for reopening

    "And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?

    "So it'd be interesting to check that."
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited September 2020
    Pulpstar said:

    Yes Meghan, we know you'll be voting Democrat. Not sure this sort of thing is particularly helpful. Might get a few youth votes out if she does a tiktok or some such..

    https://twitter.com/GuidoFawkes/status/1308702361536335874

    Yes, I am not sure having a descendant of George IIIrd and his wife telling Americans how to vote will go down too well with swing voters
  • IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
    Most pubs still shut at 11, and some pubs were shutting later than 11 even before the law changes. Its a much higher proportion after 11 now than before, but 11 is still the default.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759
    Nigelb said:

    Nigelb said:

    DavidL said:

    Nigelb said:

    @Philip_Thompson the claim that any other country would want to copy our testing regime is very funny.

    Considering we're testing more per capita than any other large country on the entire planet, I don't see the joke.
    For the resources we’ve thrown at it, our testing is deeply unimpressive.
    We could be doing a far better job.

    And what ‘world beating’ regime have we developed ?
    The new rapid antigen tests aren’t from here; pooled testing was successfully implemented months ago but several countries; there are literally dozens of new testing modalities being looked at - how many British ones have been deployed ?
    Even the swabs come from Italy.
    I find the need of many to assume that we are somehow uniquely incompetent or inept every bit as depressing and occasionally irritating as those booming out that we have the best of this and that for no good reason other than to make themselves and presumably us feel better. Surely we can just recognise the realities with a certain humility and look to learn lessons from others where appropriate as I hope they learn from us.
    I don't assume we are uniquely inept.
    It is fairly obvious, though, that in some aspects of our pandemic response, we have been pretty poor, and our test, track and trace system - given the resources that have gone in to it - falls into that category.
    And in this we have conspicuously failed to implement lessons from elsewhere.
    And, to make @DavidL feel better, I would happily point out that we have run clinical trials during the pandemic probably better than anywhere else in the world.
    The efficiency of the Recovery trial in generating significant results has been remarkable.
    Thank you Nigel. Much appreciated.
  • murali_smurali_s Posts: 3,037
    Very sorry to hear about your mother @Dura_Ace.

    I absolutely agree with you that most normal people will do whatever it takes to protect the ones we love. Letting the virus rip is just not an option.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759

    IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
    Most pubs still shut at 11, and some pubs were shutting later than 11 even before the law changes. Its a much higher proportion after 11 now than before, but 11 is still the default.
    I think it depends on whether you live in a city, particularly one with a large student population. If you don't 11 is absolutely the norm. If you do you wonder what people are talking about.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    DavidL said:

    nichomar said:

    IanB2 said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
    Same in our part of Spain GP authorizes tests, nurse or doctor come round and do them after surgery (yes you can actually see a doctor at the monument although still a lot of telephone consults) at your home. Although there aren’t many tests being done at present as there are very few people with symptoms.
    Seriously? There were nearly 11k new cases registered in Spain yesterday and 241 deaths. And there is a strong suspicion that both figures are somewhat behind and will be revised upwards on the Thursday catch up.
    Is this really not causing a marked increase in hospital admissions?
    Valencia has the lowest rate per 100,000 in Spain, now below 100. Given we have Valencia city where a large part of the infections are large parts of the community are almost covid free. The return to school could alter this but at present it’s vey calm with most people obeying most of the rules. Benidorm is probably the safest place in Europe to go to! We’ve had consistent rules for six weeks now with no sign of relaxation, need to be aware that Murcia just a few kilometers away is suffering far worse figures not all of which come from Murcia city.
    Madrid is a mess partly because of the complex political structures that exist in Spain but they have at last decided to act together in a joint effort to try and control the outbreak. The same wide differences will be present in the UK and one can understand the resentment that the one size fits all solution will not be received to well in some quarters.
    Regardless I still take no chances, it would probably finish me off if I got it.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,841

    kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    I think that works in both directions though. Aside from the possibility that Trump has put together a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy, involving all kinds of organizations he doesn't control, there's the possibility that he's gone and told his own electorate, consisting mainly of the elderly, not to vote by post, and there's a huge pandemic, so once they see a queue they're going to give up and go home. Meanwhile the Dems have got half their vote out by post already, their polling stations aren't too busy, and their GOTV has already mostly GOTVed, so they can concentrate on the people who are left.

    This could make quite wacky things happen in the House and Senate and statewide races as well.
    Against that, more Dem ballots WILL be chucked than GOP (Simply due to the higher mail in rates). But yes mail in does lead to a higher propensity, as the US has abysmally long queues.
    They dramatically overengineer their elections, the time honoured British simplicity of a pencil, paper and spare village hall is vastly superior to the US voting machines.
  • Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.

    No, this legislation gives the government unlimited power to do as it wishes with no recourse to law. The Human Rights Act does not do that. Application of the Human Rights Act is subject to judicial scrutiny. The Internal Market Bill specifically rules judicial scrutiny out.

  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,820
    edited September 2020
    BTW it's worth flagging that there is a minor difference between the Sporting Index ECV markets and the Supremacy market. The Supremacy market will be voided if either Biden or Trump has to withdraw, whereas the standard ECV markets will be voided only if the one named candidate withdraws. I can't see that that justifies the price discrepancy, though.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759
    nichomar said:

    DavidL said:

    nichomar said:

    IanB2 said:

    Yes. He gave a detailed, serious and reasoned response.

    There is no statistical evidence to show that Italy has a better testing regime than the UK - they are doing a fraction of the tests we are per capita and have a higher positivity rate in their tests than we do. People like you might like to complain about our testing system, but you'd be complaining even more if those figures were reversed.
    In Italy there is the key step of pre-test doctor sign off. Meaning tests are better targeted, the casually curious or regularly hypochondriac are steered away, and people aren't waiting ages or driving hundreds of miles.
    Same in our part of Spain GP authorizes tests, nurse or doctor come round and do them after surgery (yes you can actually see a doctor at the monument although still a lot of telephone consults) at your home. Although there aren’t many tests being done at present as there are very few people with symptoms.
    Seriously? There were nearly 11k new cases registered in Spain yesterday and 241 deaths. And there is a strong suspicion that both figures are somewhat behind and will be revised upwards on the Thursday catch up.
    Is this really not causing a marked increase in hospital admissions?
    Valencia has the lowest rate per 100,000 in Spain, now below 100. Given we have Valencia city where a large part of the infections are large parts of the community are almost covid free. The return to school could alter this but at present it’s vey calm with most people obeying most of the rules. Benidorm is probably the safest place in Europe to go to! We’ve had consistent rules for six weeks now with no sign of relaxation, need to be aware that Murcia just a few kilometers away is suffering far worse figures not all of which come from Murcia city.
    Madrid is a mess partly because of the complex political structures that exist in Spain but they have at last decided to act together in a joint effort to try and control the outbreak. The same wide differences will be present in the UK and one can understand the resentment that the one size fits all solution will not be received to well in some quarters.
    Regardless I still take no chances, it would probably finish me off if I got it.
    Well take care. We were confidently being told on here yesterday that Spain's testing regime had "collapsed". It seemed an ovestatement to me but clearly things are very bad in Madrid in particular. Spain as a whole seems to be back to the March peaks.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    stodge said:

    HYUFD said:
    The last California state poll had Biden up 29 in a state Clinton carried by 31 so it's not much for the Democrats to worry about. As you say, Washington with a 22 point Biden lead is a 3% swing to the Democrats from the 2016 result.

    I'd like to see a poll from Alaska (last poll had Trump ahead by 3 in a state he won by 14 in 2016) and from Nebraska where the second district went for Trump by just two in 2016.
    Yes, I feel Alaska is underpolled.
  • Novara Media are on suicide watch
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080

    IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
    Because most of us are tucked up in bed well before and have no idea when pubs close, innit?
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 50,759

    Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.

    No, this legislation gives the government unlimited power to do as it wishes with no recourse to law. The Human Rights Act does not do that. Application of the Human Rights Act is subject to judicial scrutiny. The Internal Market Bill specifically rules judicial scrutiny out.

    Unlimited power? Are you for real? It is a bill regulating the internal transfer of goods within the UK, that's it. The bill is a very bad idea in my opinion but please, a sense of proportion.
  • CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,074

    Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.

    No, this legislation gives the government unlimited power to do as it wishes with no recourse to law. The Human Rights Act does not do that. Application of the Human Rights Act is subject to judicial scrutiny. The Internal Market Bill specifically rules judicial scrutiny out.

    As was stated on here - https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2020/09/18/does-the-internal-markets-bill-compromise-work/

    “Look at the clause trying to oust the jurisdiction of the courts. This is a further clear breach of the WA. It seeks to stop any legal challenge to how it uses its powers; it plans to stop people with private rights given to them under the WA but taken away by this Bill from going to court to seek a remedy. Will such an ouster clause work? There is some doubt: leaving citizens without any legal remedy may in itself be a breach of the Human Rights Act. In any event, the courts are very resistant to any attempt to prevent the courts even considering whether a power is being used lawfully. Previous attempts to do so have not been successful.

    Regardless of what the outcome of such legal challenges might be, the government might well regard this too as a “win”: a battle with the judges, with human rights, with EU courts (remember the EU has reserved the right to take legal action against the British government) plays well into a mindset of Britain battling against obstructive foreigners and lawyers. And it helps provide yet further justification for what the government has already clearly signalled it wants to do: restricting or eliminating any scrutiny of – or legal restraints on – its actions.“
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 4,861
    Cyclefree said:


    We are nowhere near as good as we like to claim. Quite a lot of our public institutions and services are really rather second-rate and could be very much better than they are. On reason they’re not as good as they could and ought to be is because we spend too much time extolling past glories, patting ourselves on the back, assuming we’re great, not looking dispassionately at the realities and refusing to learn from others.


    The UK is very good at "our way of doing it is steeped in history" and "Doing it like they do in xxx, wouldn't work here" and "We do things differently". Maybe, but that this really should not be a reason to ignore the progress in other countries.

  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    edited September 2020
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Depends which polls you look at, Rasmussen, the only national pollster apart from Google to correctly have a 2% Hillary lead in its final 2016 poll has Trump 1% ahead nationally in its latest poll.

    Trafalgar, the only pollster to correctly have Trump ahead in Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2016 has Biden picking up Pennsylvania but Trump still ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin in its latest state polls

    Why to you keep spouting this bullshit?

    You know as well as the rest of us that virtually every pollster got the lead right within their margin of error. Rasmussen were no different.

    Every election there's one pollster that happens to get lucky with a result that's closest to the actual result - it implies diddly-squat about their chances of getting lucky the next time.
    Most polls are always right within margin of error, that is just back covering, it does not change the fact Rasmussen was closest to the national result and Trafalgar to the rustbelt swing state results.

    In 2008 PPP were closest and they were closest in 2012 too, here Survation were closest in 2015 and 2017 and their final poll had an 11% Tory lead in 2019 as well
    Remind me again, how did Rasmussen do in 2012? How did PPP do in 2016?
    PPP was right when Obama was on the ballot, they identified his vote and above average black turnout in both 2008 and 2012.

    In 2016 Rasmussen and Trafalgar were best at identifiying Trump's vote, especially amongst non college educated whites, they may be best again on that basis in 2020
    You have absolutely no idea about that second statement as neither Rasmussen or Trafalgar release detailed crosstabs.

    They only crosstabs Trafalgar released showed Trump winning the 18-24 age group massively across multiple states.
  • Aaron Bastani has a lot of ideas for what Keir should do. Keir must listen.

    And then do the complete opposite.
  • DavidL said:

    Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.

    No, this legislation gives the government unlimited power to do as it wishes with no recourse to law. The Human Rights Act does not do that. Application of the Human Rights Act is subject to judicial scrutiny. The Internal Market Bill specifically rules judicial scrutiny out.

    Unlimited power? Are you for real? It is a bill regulating the internal transfer of goods within the UK, that's it. The bill is a very bad idea in my opinion but please, a sense of proportion.

    Yes, unlimited power, David. All a minister need do is make an order under section 45 of the Act and it cannot be challenged - not even the decsion to invoke section 45 in the first place. That is unlimited power as it puts the minister above the rule of law.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 58,941
    DavidL said:

    Hungary, here we come ...

    https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2020/09/23/ronan-cormacain-the-united-kingdom-internal-market-bill-and-breach-of-domestic-law/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

    It's quite simple: if you value democracy and the rule of law, you cannot supprt the Internal Market Bill.

    What if you value democracy and the rule of law domestically but think that international law is more shall we say guidelines?

    Read the article, Phil. The bill does away with the rule of law domestically as it puts the government above the law.

    As does the Human Rights Act. The Human Rights Act puts itself above other laws blanketly and doesn't specifically repeal or disapply those laws it does so sweepingly. This Bill is just as important and follows the same precedent.

    No, this legislation gives the government unlimited power to do as it wishes with no recourse to law. The Human Rights Act does not do that. Application of the Human Rights Act is subject to judicial scrutiny. The Internal Market Bill specifically rules judicial scrutiny out.

    Unlimited power? Are you for real? It is a bill regulating the internal transfer of goods within the UK, that's it. The bill is a very bad idea in my opinion but please, a sense of proportion.
    Just wait until your firstborn is taken away under section (2)(a)(ii) of the Internal Markets Act.
  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,598

    IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
    Most pubs still shut at 11, and some pubs were shutting later than 11 even before the law changes. Its a much higher proportion after 11 now than before, but 11 is still the default.
    Evidence required.

    Very few pubs in London close at 11pm

    IanB2 said:

    Second!

    FPT

    IanB2 said:

    Scott_xP said:
    The sub-heading says it all:

    He thought making it upriver would fulfil his dream – instead it’s turned into a cruel form of humiliation

    Although I liked the description of Cummings as Johnson’s emotional support psycho
    Today, British people were invited to enjoy the spectacle of Johnson shutting pubs – for an hour – and the irony of being hectored that they are “in the last chance saloon” by the very people who herded them back to the saloon and bought them half-price lunches there.
    YET AGAIN

    Boris has NOT shut the pubs FOR AN HOUR.

    Pubs haven't closed at 11pm for a generation – the law was changed 15 years ago.

    FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

    Why is the fiction endlessly repeated on PB and elsewhere?
    Most pubs still shut at 11, and some pubs were shutting later than 11 even before the law changes. Its a much higher proportion after 11 now than before, but 11 is still the default.
    Some pubs shut earlier than 11pm – my country pub fave closes at 10pm every night – yet thousands of pubs hold licences to 12am, 1am and in some cases beyond that, and have done so for a generation.

    This is particularly true in larger cities, where much of the revenue is generated later in the evening.

    The idea that "pubs close at 11pm" is a work of fiction.

    Thousands open much later than that.
  • kinabalukinabalu Posts: 38,846

    kinabalu said:

    On topic -

    Trump has drifted a little - around 2.3 now - but based on all of the evidence at our disposal I cannot for the life of me price him at shorter than 3.5. If the polls in early Oct - after the 1st debate on the 29th Sep - have not tightened significantly I expect the Trump price to collapse. I think it might happen quite dramatically when it does. Rather like a market crash as the penny drops with lots of people at about the same time.

    What's keeping me off the spreads is the possibility of serious interference with the polls - false rumours, discarded postal votes, ridiculous queues, etc. That will still be a worry even if Biden is leading by 6 on pollig day.
    That is a concern. But I'm keeping faith that any such rigging will not be on a scale to change the result and the prices were simply too tempting to pass up. My main bet is long of Biden supremacy at 28. Fingers and everything else crossed!
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