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Re: Today is the day of crossover – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Do as I do – politicalbetting.com
Sorry to hear you two have been so badly hit. Mum, Dad, wife and youngest daughter have all had it in the past fortnight. Mum and Dad (both in 70s) diligently didn't do anything for the allotted period but really suffered no more than they would expect to with a cold in any given year; youngest daughter (7) had entirely… -
Re: Meet the Top Tory who wants asylum seekers to F-Off – politicalbetting.com
More on Lee Anderson: don't forget that he wasn't just saying that asylum seekers should f*** off back where they came from - he was saying that if they don't like how they're treated in Britain they should f*** off back where they came from. And when he says THAT, he doesn't mean if they don't like warm beer, changeable… -
Re: The battle to find Starmer’s succesor as LOTO? – politicalbetting.com
How has it changed since? Here the change has been revolutionary. At that time (assuming around 1965-1970) only a small number of people in the UK had central heating, for example, and the average winter running temperature of a UK house would be 12-14C, as compared to 18-21C now. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Cameron’s big speech – the first reactions
Thank you for the kind words down thread - much appreciated :) The interesting thing for me has been the juxtaposition of the three theme words this week - Security, Stability, Opportunity. I think that tells you all you need to know about the Conservatives. The priority is Security - against what (migrants, Jeremy Corbyn,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Mrs May’s weird plot to make Gavin Williamson her successor is
Oprah is a billionaire and has been in the spotlight for decades, same with Trump, rather different to going from being a relatively anonymous backbencher to PM. Plus President of the United States is equivalent to Head of State, the Speaker of the House is equivalent to PM and has normally held a senior leadership role… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The big one: Cyclefree announces her Political Awards for 2017
And specifically London has very large numbers of young graduates and renters. As his political strategy involved student debts and house prices rising at well above inflation rates London has probably the highest number of people who have been financially crippled by George Osborne. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tonight’s the big one in WH2016 and the betting could be tu
As we are in the mid-morning lull when people actually do some work, I will exercise a personal prejudice. One piquant side effect of the election of Jeremy Corbyn has been the quandary of those actors, comedians and other members of the liberal/left elite, often subsisting on the modern day version of outdoor relief at… -
Re: Can I Tell You a Secret? – politicalbetting.com
I'm partisan. You are partisan. Most politically aware people are. But some stuff is basic. It transcends party politics. You see the good stuff and the bad stuff and it doesn't matter which side you support or how you think you can try and spin it. You *know*. This. I'd take Biden over Trump in a heartbeat. But its… -
Re: What Boris Johnson pulling out really means – politicalbetting.com
I called peak Johnson the day after the Hartlepool by election. Not in itself a tip, but the key to everything that has happened since, and correct to within 24 hours. I tipped lab maj at 6 a couple of months ago, and anyone who followed will be seriously in the money. My losing bets have been on Johnson going earlier than… -
Re: Trump wins New Hampshire primary but Haley says campaign is ‘far from over’ – politicalbetting.com
Fair enough. You have more experience of DC than me, but then I have seen a lot more of the world than you, so it’s probably a wash I think part of my disappointment was coz DC - up to that point - was the last, most famous city on earth that I had NOT seen, along with Rio (still haven’t seen Rio). And it looms so large in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » This afternoon what’s only the eighth GE2020 voting intenti
May I draw readers' attention to the government petition website https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104334 This petition has reached over 176.000 signatures in 48 hours, and passed the 100,000 threshold in 24 hours. This isn't about politics; this is about Jeremy Hunt having no concept of the degree to which the NHS… -
Re: Kemi Badenoch proves again she really doesn’t understand Northern Ireland – politicalbetting.com
Evening all :) I suspect Badenoch has done enough in the past 24 hours to keep the Conservative leadership for now. The ECHR position isn't for me and the ludicrous diktat every PPC for the Party must publicly commit to it reminds me of how various candidates undermined John Major in 1997. I'm also of the view if it had… -
Re: No we Khan’t? Could the unthinkable happen in London? – politicalbetting.com
How has 'Biden been behaving re Ukraine this month'? It's the Republican House that is holding up aid to Ukraine. -
Re: Is Mark Kelly an out of this world suggestion to win in 2028? – politicalbetting.com
Small piece from the trenches: My mother has decided to enliven her retirement by joining the local parish council. At the last council meeting for their village 12 new planning applications had been lodged, of various sizes. Two adjacent villages have apparently seen similar levels of new applications. Perhaps the… -
Re: Next election: LAB now a 75% betting chance to win most seats – politicalbetting.com
That has always been the case. If you live in a western developed nation don't move to the USA unless you have a big bank balance or a job paying six figures to go to with private healthcare. The US has little to no welfare state, very limited public housing and is the only Western nation without universal healthcare -
Re: Rishi still favourite to be next PM though not as strong a one as he was – politicalbetting.com
Instinctively I think kinbalu's talking slightly mischievous nonsense here. But let's dig in to the arguments about Hartlepool a little deeper: Small town North East has been trending away from Labour for some time now. This was true before long before Brexit was on the agenda. In this, it is only following what happened… -
Re: The great Reform revolt? – politicalbetting.com
Morning Taz, I am very well, hope you are same. Using up my holidays so been busy painting fences, rooms etc. Had a reasonable first day, came out ahead just thanks to Myrestown. Will see what is on offer today. It is turning into an Irish racing meeting , some races Mullins has nearly all the runners, what has happened to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New YouGov polling finds firm backing for final Brexit decisio
Ladies and gentlemen, I think PB has cracked it. The answer has been hiding in plain sight. As @DougSeal and @rcs1000 have discussed, the precedent is the Indiana Pi Bill, and the way forward on Brexit is for parliament to follow the lead of the Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, and refer the whole matter to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV show looks at the Sanders
I'd agree with that assessment, he is completely house trained and not much more than a talking suit. May has been a competent Home Secretary but nothing more and certainly doesn't inspire as a leader. Gove, as I have already noted, has ruled himself out as not being up to the job.
