This website is about betting on politics, and by extension what kind of things politicians should do *if they want to win elections*. That's normally the right way to read "politician X sh… (View Post)

This was the infuriating thing about the government's response (and even trying to criticize the government's response here at the time): By the time the British had to deal with it, we had… (View Post)

Your example answers your question. The press just turned but for the last few weeks Hunt was basically the entirety of the opposition to the government. (View Post)

That was the original thinking but at this point it seems like you might need to flatten the curve over years or decades. In practice the short term response for this is mostly the same as if you… (View Post)

Too early to expect to see results in the UK, I think? Is there stuff happening on the ground to make you think the lockdown's being undermined by people breaking quarantine? (View Post)