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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A better ‘ole
"My grandma kept the house immaculate, with display cabinets filled with charming if not particularly valuable china..." I'm surprised you didn't use the term "Delft rack". Personal comment: my terrace house escaped the ravages,especially popular in the 1960s, of ripping out fireplaces, walls, and other original fixtures:… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Survation finds dramatic LAB collapse in Scotland but not o
It is a very bad idea! St Georges has been running down for years , you are right. That site, and Harold Wood are being used to build lots of housing, mainly to house those shunted out of their home in the East End by gentrification.. wouldn't want them spoiling the view. So lots more people, and two and a half fewer… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Boris’s flexible approach to the truth appears to be catchi
BBC News The future of the House of Lords would be called into question if ministers press ahead with plans to curtail its powers, the Lord Speaker has said. Baroness D'Souza said the Lords "should be free to scrutinise, to question and to hold the government to account". A review of the Lords was launched after it blocked… -
Re: How the Tories may deal with two massive elections at the same time and a budget
Re Tory Leader. I think the safe choice (regroup, stabilise, stop digging) is Cleverly. But they'll probably want to be more aspirational than that. In which case (if I had a vote) I'd apply some horse racing analysis. DecrepiterJohnL, Stodge, Peter_the_Punter, these sorts will get my drift here. So you pass over the… -
Re: Could there be a LAB-LD pact in mid-Beds? – politicalbetting.com
It's barmy. On the same street, you'll find a 2 bed semi detached bungalow on the market for more than a 3 bed detached bungalow on the next street on the same estate. Sellers are in a bit of denial, and still think house prices only ever go up but if they don't sell soon, they'll sell for a lot less next year. We viewed a… -
Re: The summer of love – politicalbetting.com
I remember when the South Yorkshire plods inevitably disgraced themselves after getting the government to give them £1.15m for their 'investigation': A senior policeman investigating the disappearance of Ben Needham on a Greek island has been summoned back to the UK amid reports members of his team went on an eight-hour… -
Re: The economy may no longer be Donald’s trump card – politicalbetting.com
Fuck the renters, then? So let me get this right. The Conservative Party policy has been to manage state schools so badly that only approved Tory voters, ie house owners, can afford to buy in certain areas, or to pay the extra costs of sending children to faith schools? And in all cases to pay the extre, no not fees no… -
Re: So this is the polling question we need to see more – politicalbetting.com
Counselling is OTT. I mean, I was in bits, truly I was, but some sleep and a bowl of porridge pretty much sorted me out. The outcome IS a tragedy though. On several levels it is but I'd offer this one as the biggie: Donald Trump tried his damnedest to overturn the 2020 election. Via spurious legal challenges, intimidation… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Neil Findlay – Henry G Manson’s tip for next Scottish LAB l
The problem is whether there are any smaller houses at all to downgrade to. Mr Findlay's quote does not consider this issue. IIRC Labour built about 6 (six) council houses during their last term of government in Scotland, which I suppose proves his point in a way he might not like ... However, more generally, Mr F has a… -
Re: An update on my 14/1 bet – politicalbetting.com
I will freely acknowledge that I have only the vaguest knowledge of Canadian politics, all from PB. My understanding is that Trudeau was considered a weak PM, and became deeply unpopular. And that there are deeper issues within Canada relating to housing shortages, and a growing resentment about well-off boomers who appear… -
Re: This morning I said Rachel Reeves was safe in the forthcoming reshuffle – politicalbetting.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e1lvw95gxo 'A new bill lifting the ban on Catholics becoming the King's representative at the Church of Scotland's annual assembly has been introduced at the House of Commons.' Supposedly nobopdy noticed that the law was still in place (from C19) until someone remembered almost too… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A woman leader could give LAB the polling breakthrough that it
The worship of FDI has been one of the most unhealthy aspects of the political consensus since Blair. Developing countries need FDI to exploit their resources. Wealthy countries should in general be capital exporters. Why aren’t we aspiring to do that? I don’t think we should be happy that more and more of our housing… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Its 5/4 at Ladbrokes that there’ll be no deal on Brexit
I said parents AND grandparents want to help their children as many 20 and 30 year olds now get the deposit to buy their first house or flat from an inheritance they receive from their grandparents. Of course if you are a couple you may get an inheritance from 4 sets of grandparents and 2 sets of parents negating the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The latest PB/Polling Matters podcast featuring Professor Coli
Plenty more expected to come online as well; the old Waterbeach barracks site, plus Cambourne West near me. Loves Farm 2 at St Neots has got the go-ahead as well, and there may well be a third phase to that. I walked through Wellingborough last week, and there's a massive housing development going on around there, with the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The methods used by the big unions to get Ed Milliband elec
Oh dear. Christian Wolmar has been against HS2 from the beginning. Do keep up.He is known to be against the construction of HS2, a planned high-speed railway between London and Birmingham and further points north. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Wolmar For instance, see this blog from January 2012. There are plenty… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The UKIP implosion Part 2: Farage accused of being “snarlin
It has been a bad week for UKIP. Interesting to see if O'Flynn's comments mirror Desmond's disappointment about a million quid pissed up a wall. It was a poor investment, just to get Carswell re-elected... At a minimum he must have expected Farage in the House. As it is, whenever a vote is called, it will be Carswell who… -
Re: The front pages after the Tory election drubbing – politicalbetting.com
Morning all :) Fortunately, today isn't all about the Coronation - we also have the first classic of the Flat racing season, the 2000 Guineas, at Newmarket, a course itself not without significant royal connection. Aidan O'Brien has the front two in the market - AUGUSTE RODIN won the Vertem Futurity at Doncaster and has… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ever so slightly the two most important measures for GE2015
Cable's 'Mr Bean' jibe was better IMHO because it was withering. It also played into perceptions of the then-PM, and had been well-crafted not to appear a tacked-on soundbite.he House has noticed the Prime Minister’s remarkable transformation in the past few weeks from Stalin to Mr. Bean—[Laughter]—creating chaos out of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The number that should worry the Tories
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Europe and the Security Schism
He hasn't lost every vote, he won the vitally important this house has talked about democracy vote And be careful, he has been referred to see if an investigation is warranted, he is not yet under investigation
