I collared the Betfair bands early, but you are right. We really needed the spreads, and SI is a cautious outfit when it comes to Politics. They put up their markets late, and suspend them at the fir… (View Post)

You are right in principle, Kin, but with FPTP it is so difficult to calibrate the size of the majority. As you know, the difference between a small majority and a landslide is just a few percentage … (View Post)

Oh come on, DA. We could drop them by airplane. Give them a parachute of course. We're not heartless. (View Post)

No I don't think that is quite right, DJ. The Inquiry is looking for structural problems and principles rather than individual culpability, although in seeking the former it has to examine the l… (View Post)

It isn't just amnesia, Taz. It's the entire way they present, which stands in stark contrast to the witnesses for the other side. Bates and Arbuthnot, for examle, were clear, concise, and s… (View Post)