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Johnson’s vaccine polling boost seems to be dissipating – politicalbetting.com

SystemSystem Posts: 11,002
edited March 2021 in General
imageJohnson’s vaccine polling boost seems to be dissipating – politicalbetting.com

Having hit the extraordinary polling margin on 13% at the start of the month the latest polls in the Wikipedia table the most recent published surveys have gaps nowhere nearly as large. In fact as can be seen two of the latest five surveys have it at just 2%.

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  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    Test
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392

    Bolsonaro is one of the worst leaders at the worst possible time. One foot in the 1970s Junta, one foot in the amazon-burning agribusiness that is harming the entire planet, and one foot in entirely superficial Trumpian culture-war politics.

    That's not a third foot, it's because he's an enormous cock.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392
    Tories have a small to moderate lead seems to be the sensible assumption. But it at least gives some hope to the non-Khan people in the locals.
  • BluestBlueBluestBlue Posts: 4,556
    The wish, as they say, is father to the thought...
  • Curious and curiouser.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,916

    Test

    Pass.
  • The header says May 4th locals. It is May 6th I think.
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 25,043
    His vaccine boost with me has dissipated a bit, because though I am grateful for the vaccines, he has now, perhaps understandably, responded to no longer being less popular than incurable warts, by acting like a bit of a wazzock again.

    His opining on greed to the '22 being the latest example of this cocky behaviour - I am afraid I can just imagine him stretching his legs out and warming to his old war story of the Battle of the Vaccines to a rapturous (he thinks) crowd, and then he opens his mouth and stupidity comes out. I don't know why I'm a bit less tolerant of it than usual.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,916
    kle4 said:

    Tories have a small to moderate lead seems to be the sensible assumption. But it at least gives some hope to the non-Khan people in the locals.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvrI3wy_TGk
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    I am expecting a united Ireland too.

    An independent Wales won't happen immediately, but the notion of subservience to our feudal landlord will start to grate.
    It hasn't dawned on quite a lot of people that King Edward I (who was essentially French anyway) died seven centuries ago, and that England doesn't really go in for the empire building thing much nowadays.

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    That would be an interesting test, because it has to be said there\s never previously been a period of calm co-existence. Prior to the Union there was obviously the perpetual tension between England and Scotland, English domination of Wales, and reaching even further back, areas such as the West Country maintained a certain ambiguous, Saxon/Brythonic borderland status even quite late on.
    Exactly this - I wonder how we’ll coexist on this relatively small island of ours.
    If the endgame is four states then we'll all be fine. It is not the fourteenth century.
  • isamisam Posts: 40,730
    I have heard of political analysts who think leader ratings are a better guide than VI










  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,092
    "Johnson’s vaccine .. boost seems to be dissipating"
    All our vaccine boosts are dissipating in the senseless looming vaccine war.
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 10,342
    edited March 2021
    There is of course no such thing as a poll where you don't have to wait for the next one to say anything about it, but all the recent polls including these are within margin of error for Tory 42 Labour 36/35 and that is not true of any other Con/Lab figures you can currently cook up.

    This is also true of the 13% lead poll.
  • isamisam Posts: 40,730

    Amusing that when the 13% poll came out the line was that it was probably an outlier unless verified by other polls.

    But a couple of weeks later it's the benchmark from which there's been a decline.

    Haha yes!
  • squareroot2squareroot2 Posts: 6,287
    Comedy results and BMG. ... what is their history of accuracy?
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 24,584
    isam said:

    I have heard of political analysts who think leader ratings are a better guide than VI










    Yawn! You'll be going on about charisma quotients next.
  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760
    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,152
    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:
  • isamisam Posts: 40,730

    isam said:

    I have heard of political analysts who think leader ratings are a better guide than VI










    Yawn! You'll be going on about charisma quotients next.
    Just trying to help you fellows out
  • eekeek Posts: 24,797
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    I think my opinion is well known - the Tories will walk this seat.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392

    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:

    Christ, how often do people need to change the curtains? Are they constantly being eaten by moths or widdled on by Dilyn?
  • WhisperingOracleWhisperingOracle Posts: 8,480
    edited March 2021

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    I am expecting a united Ireland too.

    An independent Wales won't happen immediately, but the notion of subservience to our feudal landlord will start to grate.
    It hasn't dawned on quite a lot of people that King Edward I (who was essentially French anyway) died seven centuries ago, and that England doesn't really go in for the empire building thing much nowadays.

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    That would be an interesting test, because it has to be said there\s never previously been a period of calm co-existence. Prior to the Union there was obviously the perpetual tension between England and Scotland, English domination of Wales, and reaching even further back, areas such as the West Country maintained a certain ambiguous, Saxon/Brythonic borderland status even quite late on.
    Exactly this - I wonder how we’ll coexist on this relatively small island of ours.
    If the endgame is four states then we'll all be fine. It is not the fourteenth century.
    It would be an extraordinary end to the various Britons' collective era of greatest influence around the world, but on the other hand Brexit may always have meant that anyway.

    I wonder what Marx would have made of that possibility if he was still working from his dilapidated flat in Soho. Interested excitement, I expect.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    All good stuff. But the turn out will be very very low imho. Will those grumpy BXP voters bother? Or will Lab just squeak home by a hard GOTV operation?

    I'm on Lab at 2.02.

  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760
    algarkirk said:

    There is of course no such thing as a poll where you don't have to wait for the next one to say anything about it, but all the recent polls including these are within margin of error for Tory 42 Labour 36/35 and that is not true of any other Con/Lab figures you can currently cook up.

    This is also true of the 13% lead poll.


    Agreed. 42/36 feels about right at the moment. Of course if Labour can pull closer and 39/37 polls are more frequent in the run up to the elections they can start to feel more upbeat, but equally if the EU play silly buggers it’s hard to see how the Tory vote share falls below 40%. The best thing for Labour would be Ursula and co keeping schtum for a while.
  • EndillionEndillion Posts: 4,960
    Hmm.

    When's he due for his second dose? That should push his ratings back up again.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392
    Well it is a lot easy to be liberal about it now!
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    To correct the header, a 2% swing would not remove the Tory majority.Labour needs a swing of nearer 4% to achieve that - indeed a 2% pro-Labour swing would still mean a Tory lead of more than 7.5% and a majority of circa 40 seats.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited March 2021
    According to Electoral Calculus today's BMG poll would give Tories 316, Labour 249, SNP 55, LDs 7, Plaid 4, Greens 1 and NI 18.

    So a hung parliament and the DUP would again hold the balance of power a la 2017, though if SF took their seats there would be a centre left majority and Starmer would be PM, unlike 2017 when Tories plus DUP would have reached 327 seats combined and over the 326 threshold for an overall majority
    https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=Y&CON=39&LAB=37&LIB=9&Reform=2&Green=3&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVReform=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=21&SCOTLAB=22&SCOTLIB=6.5&SCOTReform=0&SCOTGreen=0&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=48&display=AllChanged&regorseat=(none)&boundary=2019base
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,835
    Here's my theory.
    The "vaccine bounce" was people projecting an event upon which their personal nightmare would be over.
    And all would be well.
    Either when they are vaccinated for the oldies, or when the bloody kids are back at school for the slightly younger ones.
    For most this has now happened.
    And they are not magically happy.
    There is no happily ever after in life I'm afraid.
  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    All good stuff. But the turn out will be very very low imho. Will those grumpy BXP voters bother? Or will Lab just squeak home by a hard GOTV operation?

    I'm on Lab at 2.02.

    I agree low turnout is Labour’s friend. The 2004 Hartlepool by election turnout of 46% was weak but not disastrously low and perhaps a good pointer. The great unknown is will the vaccinated oldies go out and vote or will they stay indoors. I’d expect postal voting to be a higher proportion this time round and that possibly benefits the Blues. But a lot of guessing.
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    edited March 2021
    No matter how bad your day may have been today, at least you didn’t block the entire Suez Canal with your ship
    https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374438210315513864

    (Unless the captain of the MV Ever Given happens to be a PBer, that is.)
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    No, I think Tories are good value. As well as your points, Corbynite Twitter is talking up the NIP. They won't win, but they could stop Labour doing so.

    https://twitter.com/AaronBastani/status/1374412155001266183?s=19
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,842
    edited March 2021
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    In contrast to many on here, I have backed the Tories in Hartlepool. It had an almost unique set of circumstance in 2019 to allow Labour to hang on. The only other not disimilar constituency was Barnsley East but that had stronger Labour shares through the 2010s, and a far lower profile BXP candidate.

    All GEs in the 2010s

    Barnsley East 47 / 54.7 / 59.5 / 37.6
    Hartlepool 42.5 / 35.6 / 52.5 / 37.7
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080
    rpjs said:

    No matter how bad your day may have been today, at least you didn’t block the entire Suez Canal with your ship
    https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374438210315513864

    (Unless the captain of the MV Ever Given happens to be a PBer, that is.)

    That could be a more credible backstory for Sean’s next account than anything he’s managed to come up with....
  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760
    dixiedean said:

    Here's my theory.
    The "vaccine bounce" was people projecting an event upon which their personal nightmare would be over.
    And all would be well.
    Either when they are vaccinated for the oldies, or when the bloody kids are back at school for the slightly younger ones.
    For most this has now happened.
    And they are not magically happy.
    There is no happily ever after in life I'm afraid.

    I believe the vaccine bounce is a real thing, not as a silver bullet to all our woes but paired against a backdrop of lockdown and vaccine chaos in other countries it will stir a bit of patriotism and a feeling that our normal is a little bit more enjoyable than normal elsewhere. But when Europe does get its shit together, perhaps in 2 or 3 months time our advantages will disappear and the success of our rollout will no longer be something Boris can fall back on.
  • LostPasswordLostPassword Posts: 14,772
    edited March 2021
    The LOESS smooth of the opinion poll results on the Wikipedia page does not agree with this analysis. Last updated yesterday it shows a steady increase in the Tory lead from nearly nothing at the start of the year that has continued through March to a present value of about 7.5. Roughly 4 million first doses of the vaccine per percentage point lead.

    At that rate the lead could end up at 13 by the time we're all injected the first time round.

    https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election_after_2019_(LOESS).svg
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    kle4 said:

    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:

    Christ, how often do people need to change the curtains? Are they constantly being eaten by moths or widdled on by Dilyn?
    Mostly the latter, I believe...

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9280195/Somebody-shoot-f-ing-dog-Boris-Johnson-growled-Dilyn-gnawed-antiques-Chequers.html
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,080
    Foxy said:

    kle4 said:

    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:

    Christ, how often do people need to change the curtains? Are they constantly being eaten by moths or widdled on by Dilyn?
    Mostly the latter, I believe...

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9280195/Somebody-shoot-f-ing-dog-Boris-Johnson-growled-Dilyn-gnawed-antiques-Chequers.html
    They can’t even house train a dog?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,842
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    I am going to row back on my earlier comment re- the header. I assume a mistype occurred in that Mike intended to say '2% Con lead'. That would indeed be an anti-Tory swing of 4.8% compared with 2019 ,and on a UNS basis would produce a Hung Parliament.
  • BournvilleBournville Posts: 303
    I understand the hostile environment is about to get even more hostile - Patel is announcing a crackdown on asylum claims from people who have travelled from a "safe" country tomorrow.
  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760
    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    Pulpstar said:
    Lol what?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    IanB2 said:

    Foxy said:

    kle4 said:

    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:

    Christ, how often do people need to change the curtains? Are they constantly being eaten by moths or widdled on by Dilyn?
    Mostly the latter, I believe...

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9280195/Somebody-shoot-f-ing-dog-Boris-Johnson-growled-Dilyn-gnawed-antiques-Chequers.html
    They can’t even house train a dog?
    Dilyn was only ever a photo opportunity. A man who neglects his children is never going to look after a dog well.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Pulpstar said:
    Bonkers. Our masters have totally lost the plot.

    There is little if any transmission outdoors. One of the Asian countries (SK?) tracked the contacts of their cases and iirc found not a single case of outdoor transmission.

    I imagine a breezy beach would turn out to be covid's worst environment for transmission.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,916
    Pulpstar said:
    "He will make an excellent drone!"
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,835
    Brom said:

    dixiedean said:

    Here's my theory.
    The "vaccine bounce" was people projecting an event upon which their personal nightmare would be over.
    And all would be well.
    Either when they are vaccinated for the oldies, or when the bloody kids are back at school for the slightly younger ones.
    For most this has now happened.
    And they are not magically happy.
    There is no happily ever after in life I'm afraid.

    I believe the vaccine bounce is a real thing, not as a silver bullet to all our woes but paired against a backdrop of lockdown and vaccine chaos in other countries it will stir a bit of patriotism and a feeling that our normal is a little bit more enjoyable than normal elsewhere. But when Europe does get its shit together, perhaps in 2 or 3 months time our advantages will disappear and the success of our rollout will no longer be something Boris can fall back on.
    Yes. I think we are agreeing over slightly different time scales.
    One unknown is whether this "normal" will be quite so enjoyable as folk currently think it will be?
    Will it be a nirvana?
    Or will folk discover that pretty damn soon it brings the usual strife albeit of a different kind?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 49,958
    A massive poll takes place in 6 weeks. We'll know the true state of the parties then.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 24,584
    IanB2 said:

    Foxy said:

    kle4 said:

    LAB nailed on for overall majority 2024!

    Keir can start to measure the curtains in No 10 now!!

    :lol:

    Christ, how often do people need to change the curtains? Are they constantly being eaten by moths or widdled on by Dilyn?
    Mostly the latter, I believe...

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9280195/Somebody-shoot-f-ing-dog-Boris-Johnson-growled-Dilyn-gnawed-antiques-Chequers.html
    They can’t even house train a dog?
    They seem like the Airbnb guests from hell.
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 24,584

    I understand the hostile environment is about to get even more hostile - Patel is announcing a crackdown on asylum claims from people who have travelled from a "safe" country tomorrow.

    Red meat for the red wall.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,038
    Pulpstar said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    In contrast to many on here, I have backed the Tories in Hartlepool. It had an almost unique set of circumstance in 2019 to allow Labour to hang on. The only other not disimilar constituency was Barnsley East but that had stronger Labour shares through the 2010s, and a far lower profile BXP candidate.

    All GEs in the 2010s

    Barnsley East 47 / 54.7 / 59.5 / 37.6
    Hartlepool 42.5 / 35.6 / 52.5 / 37.7
    One thing is for sure, this is likely to be a bit of nail biter.

    Is it a night time count?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    Pulpstar said:
    One of the quickest ways for the Government to spaff its lead over Labour up the wall would be to confine the whole population within our borders this Summer, and then send legions of local council jobsworths in high vis vests (let alone fleets of robotic helicopters) to pester beachgoers to keep two sodding metres apart.

    It would never work anyway. The jobsworths would quickly become demoralised through being told to fuck off a thousand times a day, and people would make a sport of trying to bring the drones down with well-aimed frisbees.
  • LostPasswordLostPassword Posts: 14,772

    Pulpstar said:
    Bonkers. Our masters have totally lost the plot.

    There is little if any transmission outdoors. One of the Asian countries (SK?) tracked the contacts of their cases and iirc found not a single case of outdoor transmission.

    I imagine a breezy beach would turn out to be covid's worst environment for transmission.
    We should be encouraging people to spend as much time outside as possible. If it weren't for the fact that hopefully everyone will have had a first injection by the summer, it would be positively harmful to send everyone inside.
  • BromBrom Posts: 3,760
    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    edited March 2021
    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    Go on.....

    Oh just seen it, two massive fabs to be built in Arizona to make 7nm chips for 2023 launch....i might just have my 3090 delivered by then!
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,623
    Pulpstar said:
    There's your incentive for not going on your foreign holiday?
  • MexicanpeteMexicanpete Posts: 24,584

    A massive poll takes place in 6 weeks. We'll know the true state of the parties then.

    Steady on.

    On that extrapolation you'll have the LDs claiming they are preparing for Government..
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    edited March 2021

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    Go on.....
    Intel to sell 10nm and 7nm manufacturing capacity to third parties including Qualcomm. Intel's 7nm process on track for 2023 release as well, their 7nm process is more dense than TSMC 5nm so will have better performance. Two new fabs in the US as well.

    Honestly, this eliminates TSMC's stranglehold on the high end fab market. Loads of American companies will use Intel's spare 10nm capacity from Q3 onwards as it is competitive with TSMC's 7nm+ and 5nm products.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274

    Pulpstar said:
    One of the quickest ways for the Government to spaff its lead over Labour up the wall would be to confine the whole population within our borders this Summer, and then send legions of local council jobsworths in high vis vests (let alone fleets of robotic helicopters) to pester beachgoers to keep two sodding metres apart.

    It would never work anyway. The jobsworths would quickly become demoralised through being told to fuck off a thousand times a day, and people would make a sport of trying to bring the drones down with well-aimed frisbees.
    If the government aren't going to allow foreign holidays, the quid pro quo has to be fairly free to do what we want in the UK. That is how Australia and NZ manage to continue their prison island existance.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,723
    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,571
    Pulpstar said:
    Using drones to ‘reduce the numbers’ seems overly draconian...

    Though given this government’s proclivities, you might expect then to use Spitfires to strafe the beaches, instead.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    MaxPB said:

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    Go on.....
    Intel to sell 10nm and 7nm manufacturing capacity to third parties including Qualcomm. Intel's 7nm process on track for 2023 release as well, their 7nm process is more dense than TSMC 5nm so will have better performance. Two new fabs in the US as well.

    Honestly, this eliminates TSMC's stranglehold on the high end fab market. Loads of American companies will use Intel's spare 10nm capacity from Q3 onwards as it is competitive with TSMC's 7nm+ and 5nm products.
    Its really good news for all of us....nobody can get a sodding thing at the moment because everything from PS5 to 3090s to chips for cars are all backed up with TSMC and Samsung fabs.
  • eekeek Posts: 24,797
    MaxPB said:

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    Go on.....
    Intel to sell 10nm and 7nm manufacturing capacity to third parties including Qualcomm. Intel's 7nm process on track for 2023 release as well, their 7nm process is more dense than TSMC 5nm so will have better performance. Two new fabs in the US as well.

    Honestly, this eliminates TSMC's stranglehold on the high end fab market. Loads of American companies will use Intel's spare 10nm capacity from Q3 onwards as it is competitive with TSMC's 7nm+ and 5nm products.
    I will believe it, if and when those fabs start producing chips.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    Not on the same scale according to national polls. Many are still saying 'Don't Know' or are unaware of him. In which area has this phone canvassing been taking place?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    edited March 2021

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    There is a palpable lack of enthusiasm. Corbyn was marmite, Starmer is margarine.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    eek said:

    MaxPB said:

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    Go on.....
    Intel to sell 10nm and 7nm manufacturing capacity to third parties including Qualcomm. Intel's 7nm process on track for 2023 release as well, their 7nm process is more dense than TSMC 5nm so will have better performance. Two new fabs in the US as well.

    Honestly, this eliminates TSMC's stranglehold on the high end fab market. Loads of American companies will use Intel's spare 10nm capacity from Q3 onwards as it is competitive with TSMC's 7nm+ and 5nm products.
    I will believe it, if and when those fabs start producing chips.
    Pat Gelsinger is back in charge of Intel, he turned Intel into what it is today. I've got no doubt that by the time we get to 2023 Intel's engineering and design will be back on track and very competitive with the AMD/TSMC combination.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 48,916

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    Corbyn was very unpopular in 2019 too...
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    Nigelb said:

    Pulpstar said:
    Using drones to ‘reduce the numbers’ seems overly draconian...

    Though given this government’s proclivities, you might expect then to use Spitfires to strafe the beaches, instead.
    Well, we are prepared to nuke Internet trolls...

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/16/defence-review-uk-could-use-trident-to-counter-cyber-attack
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392
    edited March 2021
    Foxy said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    There is a palpable lack of enthusiasm. Cobyn was marmite, Starmer is margarine.
    Ubiquitous and suitable with nearly every other topping?
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279
    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Is it necessarily right to assume Tice's vote will collapse if he stands again?
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905

    Pulpstar said:
    One of the quickest ways for the Government to spaff its lead over Labour up the wall would be to confine the whole population within our borders this Summer, and then send legions of local council jobsworths in high vis vests (let alone fleets of robotic helicopters) to pester beachgoers to keep two sodding metres apart.

    It would never work anyway. The jobsworths would quickly become demoralised through being told to fuck off a thousand times a day, and people would make a sport of trying to bring the drones down with well-aimed frisbees.
    If the government aren't going to allow foreign holidays, the quid pro quo has to be fairly free to do what we want in the UK. That is how Australia and NZ manage to continue their prison island existance.
    I've followed the link trail back to the i newspaper piece. It mentioned "Covid marshals," but the emphasis seems not to be on the disease but on traffic management, which is rather more understandable.

    Kurt Janson from the Tourism Alliance, which represents tourism businesses, said: “We’re hoping better plans will be in place this time because when we do open self-catering on 12 April there are also likely to be large numbers of day trippers, so plans need to be in place to make sure there is no impact to local communities.”

    Mr Janson said tourism and council bodies could consider funnelling day trippers to less busy areas or beaches by using phone apps, or through better traffic management. Other plans could include only allowing visitors who have booked accommodation in the area.

    “It isn’t about telling people to stay away,” Mr Janson said. “It’s very difficult to stop people travelling at all. It’s about managing where people do go.


    That sounds less like yet more Plague-related nannying and more like not ending up with about three million people in the same place at the same time, which is arguably justified and perhaps even necessary. You have half the population of Birmingham trying to go to Bournemouth on the same day and they'll end up leaving tonnes of litter, piss and shit everywhere because the bins and the loos will be wholly insufficient to cope, and people will die of heat stroke or suffocation on the trains going there and back.

    Hopefully we will therefore be spared bossy boots pestering in areas that aren't stuffed to the gunwales.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 61,571
    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    A bit of an exaggeration.
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905
    Andy_JS said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Is it necessarily right to assume Tice's vote will collapse if he stands again?
    Probably yes. What is RefUK for?
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057

    Pulpstar said:
    One of the quickest ways for the Government to spaff its lead over Labour up the wall would be to confine the whole population within our borders this Summer, and then send legions of local council jobsworths in high vis vests (let alone fleets of robotic helicopters) to pester beachgoers to keep two sodding metres apart.

    It would never work anyway. The jobsworths would quickly become demoralised through being told to fuck off a thousand times a day, and people would make a sport of trying to bring the drones down with well-aimed frisbees.
    If the government aren't going to allow foreign holidays, the quid pro quo has to be fairly free to do what we want in the UK. That is how Australia and NZ manage to continue their prison island existance.
    Indeed, let the youngsters go to music festivals to let off some steam and party the nights away.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,723

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    Corbyn was very unpopular in 2019 too...
    Apparently so but the phone canvassers locally are seeing no SKS improvement

    Different voters different reasons same level of unpopularity I am told
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279
    Pulpstar said:
    No. We don't want to live in this sort of society.
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279

    Andy_JS said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Is it necessarily right to assume Tice's vote will collapse if he stands again?
    Probably yes. What is RefUK for?
    If you want to oppose the government but don't believe in Woke-ism perhaps...
  • RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    About time we had a new Gold Standard pollster. Arise BMG
  • londonpubmanlondonpubman Posts: 3,152
    Foxy said:

    Pulpstar said:
    One of the quickest ways for the Government to spaff its lead over Labour up the wall would be to confine the whole population within our borders this Summer, and then send legions of local council jobsworths in high vis vests (let alone fleets of robotic helicopters) to pester beachgoers to keep two sodding metres apart.

    It would never work anyway. The jobsworths would quickly become demoralised through being told to fuck off a thousand times a day, and people would make a sport of trying to bring the drones down with well-aimed frisbees.
    If the government aren't going to allow foreign holidays, the quid pro quo has to be fairly free to do what we want in the UK. That is how Australia and NZ manage to continue their prison island existance.
    Indeed, let the youngsters go to music festivals to let off some steam and party the nights away.
    I think this is the direction of travel.

    Allow the domestic reopening as scheduled including 21 June virtual total unlocking - but no foreign travel unless essential at least until early next year.



  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603
    Nigelb said:

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    A bit of an exaggeration.
    Completely undermines Taiwan's strategic importance to the US economy if US companies like Qualcomm, Apple and IBM can source high end silicon from Intel rather than rely on TSMC.

    The 7nm fabs aren't a big deal, it's just ongoing investment by Intel. The scale and allowing third parties to get 7nm at the same time as Intel is a huge surprise and it's a giant turd served up to TSMC and Taiwan.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 21,723
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    I thought he was the ultra remain, pro Saudi progressive democracy, pro Tory MILF Candidate
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279
    Prince Harry's new job is to be Chief Impact Officer with a company called BetterUp.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56500298
  • RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    Anyone got any details about Johnson's foot -in-his mouth that Laura K was going on about? Accusing Astra Zen of being highway robbers?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,392
    edited March 2021

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    I thought he was the ultra remain, pro Saudi progressive democracy, pro Tory MILF Candidate
    He can be more than one thing.
    Andy_JS said:

    Andy_JS said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Is it necessarily right to assume Tice's vote will collapse if he stands again?
    Probably yes. What is RefUK for?
    If you want to oppose the government but don't believe in Woke-ism perhaps...
    I'd call that fishing in a small pool.
    Andy_JS said:

    Pulpstar said:
    No. We don't want to live in this sort of society.
    Drones do help with the live part of that.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 11,183

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    I am expecting a united Ireland too.

    An independent Wales won't happen immediately, but the notion of subservience to our feudal landlord will start to grate.
    It hasn't dawned on quite a lot of people that King Edward I (who was essentially French anyway) died seven centuries ago, and that England doesn't really go in for the empire building thing much nowadays.

    I have no idea where you get the idea labour in Wales has turned into a Nationalist party as there is no evidence I have seen for that observation and indeed Drakeford only a few days ago pledged his support for the union, and not for the first time

    Wales is not Scotland and Independence is not an issue

    He keeps saying things like this:
    https://twitter.com/NationCymru/status/1374413553080311816
    That is not the same as supporting independence
    Drakey may be as dull as dishwater, but he knows if Scotland jump the Union ship, there will be a domino effect in Wales.
    Hey, while we’re at it, we may as well all go back to the constituent nations of the UK.

    Not sure where that would leave us. England as the largest (presumably most dominant) nation in the isles?
    That would be an interesting test, because it has to be said there\s never previously been a period of calm co-existence. Prior to the Union there was obviously the perpetual tension between England and Scotland, English domination of Wales, and reaching even further back, areas such as the West Country maintained a certain ambiguous, Saxon/Brythonic borderland status even quite late on.
    Exactly this - I wonder how we’ll coexist on this relatively small island of ours.


    Point of order: Great Britain is not a 'relatively small island'. It is the 8th biggest island in the world.

    If you meant 'relatively small area of the earth' s surface' - which I'm sure wad the general meaning - then fair enough.

  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,057
    MaxPB said:

    Nigelb said:

    MaxPB said:

    Intel just fucked Taiwan. Hard.

    A bit of an exaggeration.
    Completely undermines Taiwan's strategic importance to the US economy if US companies like Qualcomm, Apple and IBM can source high end silicon from Intel rather than rely on TSMC.

    The 7nm fabs aren't a big deal, it's just ongoing investment by Intel. The scale and allowing third parties to get 7nm at the same time as Intel is a huge surprise and it's a giant turd served up to TSMC and Taiwan.
    Makes strategic sense for the USA to onshore essential manufacturing though.
  • Will the by-election give a decent indication of where the opinion polls are in respect to accuracy?
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    Corbyn was very unpopular in 2019 too...
    Apparently so but the phone canvassers locally are seeing no SKS improvement

    Different voters different reasons same level of unpopularity I am told

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    Brom said:

    justin124 said:

    Brom said:

    Am I the only one who thinks that Tories at evens is a bit of a steal in Hartlepool? Admittedly we don’t know their candidate yet but Ben Houchen will surely comfortably be re-elected Mayor on the same day and he’ll be a powerful figure on the campaign trail round those parts. You’ve got a Labour MP who’s stepped down amidst scandal, a questionable remainy candidate in Paul Williams, a PM who is relatively popular vs Starmer in the North East, an area that has seen tangible benefits from Tory rule and a lot of BXP votes up for grabs. All of this playing out against a potential backdrop of further vaccine success in May.

    A 2017 style swing seen in Copeland would win the Tories the seat so it is well within the realms of possibility for an incumbent government to take it.

    I didn’t think Lab would hold Peterborough in fairness in 2019 but feel this time with Hartlepool there are more negatives for Lab than positives.

    This will be a fascinating early case study in where 2019 BXP votes end up in the post Brexit era.

    Labour is far stronger in the polls than at the time of the Copeland by election in late February 2017. At the moment the polls show a pro- Labour swing of variable strength but do imply an increased Labour majority there. Brexit is 'water under the bridge' .
    That is true about the polls in 2017 for Copeland. The 6k UKIP votes from 2015 largely fell to the Tories I would think.

    There are over 10k votes for BXP for the Tories to feast on in Hartlepool. Brexit might be over and these people may not turn up but I can’t see those votes moving to a Labour Party who still hold stop Brexit associations in the minds of a lot of people.
    But many might 'Vote for a bigger payrise for the nurses'.
    Yes, and Dr Paul Williams will pitch himself as the NHS candidate.
    Indeed - and he is well placed to do that on an issue likely to hit home far more effectively than Brexit. In 2019 Labour's vote will have been depressed by Corbyn too - a factor no longer relevant.
    Have you been doing any phone canvassing?

    SKS very unpopular too apparently
    Corbyn was very unpopular in 2019 too...
    Apparently so but the phone canvassers locally are seeing no SKS improvement

    Different voters different reasons same level of unpopularity I am told
    May I ask where this has been happening?
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 26,279

    Will the by-election give a decent indication of where the opinion polls are in respect to accuracy?

    No, local factors will be more important than national trends.
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