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Con Most Seats and Lab Most Votes 66/1 from 100/1
OK, this is still an outlandish bet, but why is this shortening ? Could the punters explain this ?
FPT: Mr. Surbiton, London effect?
It's been commented before that Labour could stack up votes in London but that wouldn't gain them many seats, whereas the blues may actually be getting a more efficient turnout, gaining more seats for not many more votes.
On-topic: 11 - Bercow's a moron. We've seen numerous serious hacks lately. Electoral integrity has been knocked severely by the shenanigans in Tower Hamlets and, more widely, postal voting. Voting by the interweb will just make votes all the less reliable.
Just because technology can do a thing doesn't it mean it must, or should. I use a computer for writing, but I still use a notepad and pen for ideas.
21 - o, utterer of heathen words! Cast thy tongue from thy empty head!
Alexander was the greatest. It cannot be disputed, even by a fellow as silly as you.
That gave rise to the possibility of Con ahead on seats, but behind on the popular vote.
Also agree re Alexander very few people conquer the world pretty much before they're 30. Plus he appears to have had good taste in men
Edit: Caesar was relatively a poor boy, from a poor family
Tories gain most of the seats where they are second to LDs.
Tories lose lots of votes (but not seats) to UKIP in their safe seats.
Big swings from LD to Labour in seats where LDs were second to Labour last time.
Depressing to read about him, in some ways, though. His life is basically an undiluted string of success. Caesar and Hannibal both actually lost some battles.
Bercow's a meddlesome midget.
What exactly are scousers going to be skiving off from?
David Coburn MEP @DavidCoburnUKip 20 mins
I offered to lead #BetterTogether Campaign - Never got THE call returned- Never mind - #UKIP Scotland will reach the parts others cant #Naw
Earl Blair of Kosovo and Viscount of Pristina.
Honestly, your lack of military history knowledge only rivals Mr Dancer's.
Alexander also survived getting shot in the lung and being surrounded by enemies with only two men to protect him (the Macedonians overmanned siege ladders which led to them collapsing, temporarily leaving the three chaps stranded within a hostile fortress on the march back to Macedon).
Mr. Palmer, I concur. Also, some people will choose to go without the internet. It'll be a small minority, but you can't insist people have a computer.
Perhaps surprisingly it's now 32/35 - was 31/35 before.
Seats LAB 340 CON 262
Crossov oh
Edit- Prepare - gah autocorrect
Heath and Major got knighthoods. Thatcher, Wilson and Callaghan got Baronies. They all got Garters as well.
Blair and Brown have not been enobled - the former is too controversial, I think, and I believe the latter has said he doesn't want one.
i.e. Macmillian was the most recent serving PM to be awarded an Earldom (Douglas-Home got a life peerage, but was obviously a special case)
Aren't all of them royal hereditary peerages?
John Bercow Backs A Referendum On Britain's Membership Of The European Union
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/10/john-bercow-european-union-referendum_n_5481535.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Of course, if Blair's entitled to one by customer, so too would Brown be.
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead drops to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
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YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead drops to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Until Labour actually grow some balls and start arguing for socialism, and start pointing out that the mess the country is in has been caused by selfish and feckless employers refusing to give their employees decent wages and working conditions, and by the super-rich who refuse to pay their taxes and sponge off the society that everyone else's taxes pays for, then the party won't get anywhere.
Bercow's an arse.
Anyway, I am off for the night.
Viscount Whitelaw the former Willie and Viscount Tonnypandy the former Speaker and SuperMac enobled as Earl of Stockton and Viscount MacMillian of Ovenden.
The other eight are royal :
Prince William - Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
Prince Andrew - Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killyleagh.
Prince Edward - Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn
This is the key quote:
Asked by the Telegraph if all Government services would be online at some stage, he said: “Our point is that everything that can be delivered online, should be delivered online and only online.”
It's highly theoretical.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27788899
BRUISING female defence minister Anna Soubry turned have-a-go-hero when she broke up a street fight between THREE men.
The tough Tory - who has been be likened to Margaret Thatcher - came to the help of two sandwich shop workers who were brawling with a drunk.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5682994/female-mp-breaks-up-street-fight.html
Bercow? Worst Speaker in history. Lord Tonypandy would be turning in his grave. He was speaker with consent (probably one of the best speakers ever)
Stick Bercow, him or her or more likely both back into the Big Brother House, its about their level.
I recall reading an article on the Telegraph reporting on the gradual decline in the number of hereditary Dukes in the country:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100013133/save-our-dukes-return-the-extra-parliamentary-hereditary-peerage-like-the-garter-to-the-queen/
I'd imagine that Blair will be gentle discouraged, at least until he is firmly retired, from seeking enoblement. I'd imagine Cameron will go for a Barony and can quite imagine that Brown would rather be disapproving from the sidelines.
Prince Edward will eventually succeed as Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Harry will also enjoy various royal peerages in due course.
There has been a few this political term?
Traditionally PMs took Earldoms. Maggie took only a Life Peerage because she was warned there would be uproar about Mark becoming the 2nd Earl of Finchley. The compromise was Dennis Thatcher getting the most recently created Baronetcy, hence we now have Sir Mark Thatcher. John Major has thus far turned down a peerage but hopefully he will accept one.
Traditionally an Earldom or above, i.e. Marquis or Duke received either a city or county in his/her title. A Viscount or Baron might have a territorial designation but generally a smaller location. There was trouble when David Owen insisted on getting the City of Plymouth in his title and it took a great deal of persuading to allow it.
Now that Hereditary Peerages are no longer connected with an automatic role in the Executive, I personally think they should be used to reward people for distinguished public service. King Juan Carlos of Spain has granted around 50 new hereditary titles during his reign including to Dali the painter, Rodrigo the composer, the former Olympic President and Segovia the guitarist.
"In future the Government would only make services available over the internet, in the same way an airline sells tickets."
The quote you're citing is to say that some services actually can't be delivered online (home care assistance, say), but he says all the ones that can should in future only be available that way.
Sorry Harry you may have a long and futile wait .... Duke of Clarence ?!?
I think the headline is over-reaching
It was also announced that the Earl of Wessex would be created Duke of Edinburgh when that dukedom, held by Edward's father since 1947, reverts to the Crown[2] (which will happen only after "both the death of the current Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales' succession as King
Ask the mods to check IP addresses? (unless they are using onion routing)
BBC News (UK) @BBCNews 2m
Wednesday's Times: "Now Boris targets May over Tory leadership" #bbcpapers
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via @suttonnick
Time for zzzz's
Night all