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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The EU Referendum: Douglas Carswell’s absolutely right abou
Blame Prince Charles. He doesn't want to be Fidei Defensor, but Defender of Faiths. Personally we should abolish all clergy from the House of Lords. We're one of only two countries in the world that has unelected clergy sitting in our legislatures. The other is Iran. -
Re: Could the next UK general election be fought under the alternative vote system? politicalbetting.com
Where are you staying? And for how long, or is it a day trip? I've always enjoyed the Double Tree at Canary Wharf which had its own ferry. But that has been replaced by an official electric ferry (shamefully not a bridge! ). My other suggestion would be travel by bus, not tube, as you get the sights. But left to my own… -
Re: Has Sunak misread the public mood on the strikes? – politicalbetting.com
Politico.com - McCarthy heads to grueling speaker vote with fate in limbo After weeks of backbreaking negotiations, it appears the GOP leader's fate will be decided in real time on the House floor. As Kevin McCarthy begins the final descent of his turbulent bid for the speaker’s gavel, Republicans are bracing to see… -
Re: Ireland’s gamble – politicalbetting.com
Absolutely. I really do think, for all his many faults, Boris Johnson reached parts that no other tory could have in an exceptional election with an exceptional remit against an exceptionally unelectable opposition leader. It was a one-off. That time has gone. p.s. for those posting about horses, neither showjumping nor… -
Re: I can’t remember how to write 1, 1000, 51, 6, and 500 in Roman numerals, I M LIVID
Very naiive of you. The pretexts for continued support write themselves: Trump's language may have been a bit harsh, but Zelensky is an unelected leader sending consripts to die in a war which, to be fair, we in the West partly caused, and I don't want my children to die in WW3 either do you, and it's just common sense… -
Re: Following the colonies – politicalbetting.com
Take for example housing. Britain has a recognised problem with housing. Every political party agrees there is a problem. Every political party has promised to fix those problems. Every political party that has reached government has failed to fix the problems with housing. This has been going on for at least two decades.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Lords vote to allow 16-17 year olds to take part in #EU
Honestly, I believe we're the only place in the world, apart from Iran, that has unelected Clergy in their parliament. Abolish the House of Lords. Let us say we have an elected Lords, and the Commons proposes one thing, and the Lords rejects it. Eff all happens, government is paralysed. -
Re: The latest from the Gorton & Denton by-election betting – politicalbetting.com
I'm sorry but what do you mean by "lower housing costs"? If you mean it should cost less to build new houses, I completely agree but there also needs to be a recognition of the impact new housing has on the infrastructure (both visible and invisible) in existing areas. In London, we have the Infrastructure Levy and the… -
Re: Will WH2024 really be a WH2020 re-run? – politicalbetting.com
Regarding mortgage rates. I have been reading journalist articles with stories of pain today. It strikes me that many of these people were naive, stupid or both. Examples of people having been on interest-only mortgages for 20 years to pay for home improvements and whatever else they wanted to spend their money on (cars,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As Corbyn is finding the more he looks like winning the mor
I still think Labour need a Corbyn win. They're fecked at the minute- if you think the likes of Burnham and Cooper are the answer, then gawd knows what question you're asking and the whole drawn out leadership contest has been an embarrassment. Labour need something radical to shake them up, to make them realise just how… -
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Trump has been cavalier about the law requiring that records be preserved. He has a habit of ripping up documents before tossing them out, forcing White House workers to spend hours taping them back together. White House staff quickly learned about Trump’s disregard for documents as they witnessed him tearing them up and… -
Re: The Pension Triple lock abolition looks brave – politicalbetting.com
That may be true for those who are buying now or have bought recently but if you have been in your property 20-25 years, I doubt a small reduction in prices is going to make a material difference. The truth is the housing market has been a one-way street for so long there are hundreds of thousands of people sitting on an… -
Re: Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in 2016 any more – politicalbetting.com
I think the problem was that by that point it was very hard to conceive any version of the Lisbon treaty that we would consent to in a referendum. Brown certainly had his doubts which is why he avoided having one. There was pressure from some countries to waive the opt outs that Maastricht had given but that pressure could… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Nighthawks is now open
Quentin Letts managed to get a birds eye view of proceedings in the Lords, and his first hand report of proceedings was attached to the end of this article. Quentin Letts in the Daily Mail - A Rennard-sized crater had been left by his absence "I managed to grab a good little eyrie right over the Lib Dem benches. And Lord… -
Re: Prices and politics – politicalbetting.com
@Steven_Swinford Exclusive: Angela Rayner is preparing to launch a podcast called Beyond the Bubble as she seeks to broaden her appeal before a potential Labour leadership contest The former deputy prime minister has interviewed Lord Gove, the former Tory cabinet minister, as the star guest on the pilot, which is focused… -
Re: Boris Johnson confidence vote margin – politicalbetting.com
Even worse than the status quo. The Lords is impossible because it is a creature of party and unelected. The SC impossible because it could not govern the House of Commons without becoming hopelessly politicised - like the SC is in USA. Also, we are not (yet) in a situation where the PM has not resigned following a finding… -
Re: What will tomorrow do to Trump’s WH2024 hopes? – politicalbetting.com
Stephen Bush's latest article in the FT. https://www.ft.com/content/9858497d-5891-4fd9-9774-c93dba424b84 "The best definition of populist government, I think, is passing laws you know won’t work, to solve a problem that you don’t really think exists, because it polls well. Both Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, in part because… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New leader ratings in 3 state key to Trump’s 2016 victory have
No. And that encompassed some pretty useless Presidents. The closest example would be Andrew Johnson, but he served out his term. It's worth pointing out that he was a non-party figure as well, having been a Democrat and co-opted by Lincoln to pose as a national party. So like Trump he had no base, but unlike Trump he was… -
Re: Just like that, could Yvette Cooper become Labour's first female leader and PM -politicalbetting.com
Companies house has revealed that the bug discovered on Friday had been there for 5 months https://x.com/DanNeidle/status/2033505859263742231 Companies House has put out a statement confirming that, for five months, every company in the UK was vulnerable to the simple exploit we identified on Friday. It enabled anyone in… -
Re: Well this is interesting – politicalbetting.com
It's bloody good that the elected Prime Minister is putting our unelected head of state in his place. Starmer goes against the King by bringing forward Trump’s full state visit The palace is expected to announce a state visit is scheduled for September, despite the monarch’s concerns over threats to Canada Sir Keir Starmer…