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Re: Why I’m betting that Trump won’t be the WH2024 nominee – politicalbetting.com
This is definitely true, OTOH different clusters of *dumb beliefs* are very specific to age groups and places. Some of the world has loads of people who are extremely racist, while simultaneously being very nice. And hardly anyone believes that if you leave the fan on overnight it'll blow all the oxygen out of the room and… -
Re: This trend look very worrying for the Tories – politicalbetting.com
It doesn't explain the whole world (far from it) but it is undeniably real. What the actual term means and whether it's useful or not depends on how it's framed and used. -
Re: Three Tory by-election defences in the offing? – politicalbetting.com
The problem you have is that much housebuilding in England involves stick a cul-de-sac on to a green field and whacking on a row of bog standard house types: job done. The developer then goes on to congratulate themselves on building something trivial like a pavement to a bus stop and maybe something like a set of traffic… -
Re: How opinion has shifted since GE2019 – politicalbetting.com
The world has moved on, which is why the Right is responding with new ideas and new solutions! Like… er… well… Sunak has suggested teaching slightly more maths in schools…. And… um… I guess the NatC conference thinks we should all read the Bible, get (heterosexually) married and have more kids… and Suella thinks the… -
Re: We seem to be heading for the most boring White House race ever – politicalbetting.com
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Re: So Moggsy admits that voter ID WAS Tory gerrynandering – politicalbetting.com
On the subject of Egypt, @Nigelb posted a fabulous article on (a) making desert areas more fertile, (b) ameliorating global warming, (c) generating cheap electricity and (d) doing all this without requiring people to change their lifestyles. Well worth a read: https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/seaflooding Looks… -
Re: Memo to the “Bring Back Boris” brigade – politicalbetting.com
I thought voter ID originated at the Electoral Commission? -
Re: Whose Free Speech? – politicalbetting.com
I know people with houses that size. The running costs are astronomical. Those manicured lawns don’t cut themelves, and that swimming pool doesn’t clean itself either. Easily £100k a year in general maintenance, before you try and upgrade anything. -
Re: Turkish delight for Erdogan from Elon Musk – politicalbetting.com
I agree with all that The issue is that it is being used as a partisan weapon against a non Practicing barrister. That politicises regulation in a bad way -
Re: The Tories are becoming a byword for ungovernable – politicalbetting.com
This was a brilliant header, compelling arguments and very witty. -
Re: A 25% swing from Leave puts Remain on 73% and a 46% lead over Leave – politicalbetting.com
EU citizens should not have the vote. But since it’s a Telegraph story I’m gonna ignore it. -
Re: Why I’m not convinced by LAB’S double digit poll leads – politicalbetting.com
The Guardian has just discovered that tuition fees are a capped graduate tax: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/13/nurses-teachers-student-loan-reforms-biggest-squeeze -
Re: Punters rate Trump as a 23.8% chance to win WH2024 – politicalbetting.com
Tangible Brexit benefit alert: Google’s latest AI product is available in the UK but not the EU. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/11/google-bard-european-union/ -
Re: Starmer looks set to become PM but will LAB have a majority? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: The Archbishop’s attack on the small boats plan makes several front pages – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Sentence first – verdict afterwards – politicalbetting.com
Are you defending racists? I tend to agree with our Russian? (no capital letters) friend that racists are stupid, period. I suspect he is alluding to the idea that if racists didn't want European immigration they probably want Indian Sub-Continent immigration even less, due to their creed and colour bigotry surpassing… -
Re: Sunak’s Election Schedule: When will he fight for his job? – politicalbetting.com
Didn’t Omnisis only poll those areas voting? In which case the total vote lead is what to compare the poll against, not the BBC/PNS lead of 9% (the Sky/NEV lead was just 7%, which everyone seems to gloss over). I don’t know the total vote lead, does anyone? -
Re: This is a serious issue – politicalbetting.com
The numbers are now 76m for Tucker’s Tweet, 17m for the video, and 27m for Musk’s Tweet - four hours later, and the middle of the night in the US. I think possibly the single most watched thread in weeks. Very significant. -
Re: A thing of the past – LAB leads of 20%+? – politicalbetting.com
Foremain is a nasty piece of work , to be pitied as a vile creep. He fits your description to a tee, beyond redemption. @Taz -
Re: The Cheque is in the Post – politicalbetting.com
Having watched the Post Office story unfold in Private Eye for what seems like a decade, I am surprised that there has not been a crimianl investigation in relation to the conduct of the board of directors and senior executives of the Post Office and Horizon. I hasten to add that I am not saying that a crime was committed…