I've just put a big slab of money on Britain not leaving the EU on 31st October. By which I mean I've booked a holiday in Europe, returning on 1st November. To a provincial airport, at leas… (View Post)

(Off-topic but...) The secret is that fox hunting is also really really unpopular in the countryside. I used to live in prime hunting territory (Rutland) and hunters were by and large despised as a b… (View Post)

Predicting what’s going to happen, rather than just waiting and seeing what happens, is kind of the whole point of a political betting site. (View Post)

It's pretty straightforward in my mind. Lib Dem policy is to revoke if they get a parliamentary majority. There is no realistic scenario under which the Lib Dems get a parliamentary majority wit… (View Post)

It’s above the Old Main Line. I think it’s still marginally quicker via the M6 than the BCN, Staffs & Worcs and Trent & Mersey, but I wonder if the Shropshire Union route might shade it. Unle… (View Post)