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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tuesday the final midterms showdown – the Mississippi senatori
The question is whether schmoozing the constituency chairs has failed, or if they will be leaning on wavering MPs to support Theresa May's deal. Wasn't there a scene in House of Cards where Urquhart defuses a problem by offering a gong? OT: blimey. HoC was nearly 30 years ago. ETA: hold on! Chequers? Has Nadine been… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How LAB was completely under-rated by the betting markets a
It's even better than that - the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to be a member of the House of Commons. Therefore, if Darling were to head the Treasury from the Lords, his official title would have to be First Lord of the Treasury. Oh yes...that's the official title of the Prime Minister and has been since 1902...that… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How Labour need to stop worrying and learn to love the bomb
House price inflation has been significantly impacted by interest rates on deposits for cash being negligible for such a long period. Wealthy people have put their money in a second property. The value of that property has gone up, so more have piled in - even in those places where immigration isn't a factor. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The DUP deal has cost a lot more than £2bn: it’s blown apart t
It really is incredible that people talk of 'austerity' when the government has borrowed over a trillion quid during the last decade, when house prices and retail spending are at record highs, when coffee shops and hotels and continually increasing and when the UK has been running an annual £100bn current account deficit. -
Re: The Search for Justice – politicalbetting.com
Here's a time sink that I recently learned about. My sister works for a major university in London and she's attempting to recruit a junior to mid level finance analyst in her division. They had 143 applications for the job and because of some insane rules she has to read every single application to give feedback on why… -
Re: Why I’m betting on 40/1 Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination – politicalbetting.com
But almost immediately the police have been asked about more CCTV footage that has just emerged, which appears to contradict their timeline. The police timeline begins: 17:59:40 A bike travelled towards the police vehicle in Frank Road, the bike turns around 18:00:52: The bike is followed by a police vehicle The new… -
Re: New poll has LAB on course to win ALL 40 red wall Tory seats – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Some election stats as Starmer becomes PM – politicalbetting.com
The Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP @AngelaRayner has been appointed Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc. She will also be Deputy Prime Minister. https://x.com/10downingstreet/status/1809229957601620321 -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How readers of the different national papers voted at GE2
While the Independent has always been the LD house paper on 2010 many Guardian readers would have voted LD too while by 2015 they would be more likely to read the Times as the party moved from anti war social democracy to classical liberalism, a move Farron has swiftly ditched -
Re: MRP poll finds Tories losing 256 seats facing LAB/LD/GRN pact – politicalbetting.com
Boris should resign for lying to the House, as per the convention. But Boris not following up on his promise to develop tidal when on the stump for his leadership bid in 2019 is the true reason he should resign. Pushing nuclear when we have a massive tidal resource is condemning the taxpayer and the bill payer to decades… -
Re: How Britain voted – politicalbetting.com
I get that. I really do. BUT. This happened Monday. Most of the Police spent Tuesday having bricks house at them. It's now Wednesday. The total collapse of CAHMS, Children's Services and other agencies over the past few years mean that the detailed records which used to be accessible no longer exist. He may not have been… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Generally on days like this George Osborne improves his Bet
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Re: The big issue in Chesham and Amersham wasn’t HS2 – but Boris Johnson – politicalbetting.com
Labour has now officially called it a night. We had 180 people on the phone bank today, and 600 helpers on the streets. Every house has been visited, and if they weren't in visited again, 5 times during the day - we've decided that the remainder are actually genuinely away or REALLY don't want to answer the door. Bearing… -
Re: Is this a by-election first? – politicalbetting.com
Kettle on Rochdale: Tony Lloyd, Rochdale’s former MP, died on 17 January. Ali, Labour leader on Lancashire council, was selected only 10 days later, the byelection writ was moved, and now Ali has been disowned as Labour’s candidate. All of this has happened before Lloyd’s funeral, which only takes place on Friday. The… -
Re: Senatorial Choices – politicalbetting.com
But then why bother with councils if you have a universal rate. The best course of action would be a slow rolling revaluation. Council Tax band is reassessed on house sale, with sale price being the determinant. Once a certain percent of the street has been reassessed everyone moves into that new level (or according band… -
Re: Penny Mordaunt: Now 2nd favourite for the CON leadership – politicalbetting.com
. Aye in most of the nation the mortgage on a home will be less than the rent, and that only gets more true over time as your mortgage is (barring rate changes) locked in when you buy but rent goes up with or often above inflation. But if you're on benefits you're out of luck as Housing Benefit has for far too long been… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » George Osborne’s budget day YouGov ratings showing a net dr
The "gathering storm clouds" are to a fair extent out of Osborne's control. He will be judged on whether he has fixed the roof while the suns was shining (albeit weakly) and on whether his famed rebalancing has happened to any significant extent. hmmmm I think he has been a moderately decent Chancellor, broadly going in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Farage’s ratings tumble could impact on who runs the LEAVE
It was a funny day and you have to wonder why Corbyn selected the shadow cabinet he did in the first place. To go into it with the well trailed notion of moving or sacking Benn and end it after hours and hours with nothing happening, well it screams mass incompetence and total lack of that important quality 'judgement'.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » First of the weekend’s polls sees LAB edge up in ICM/Sunday
By refusing to take Peerages the SNP has denied the Upper House the skills and authority of such people as Winnie Ewing, George Reid, Robert McIntyre, William Wolfe and Gordon Wilson. After all Sir George Reid has everything except a Peerage! He is a Privy Counsellor, former Presiding Officer and in the personal gift of… -
Re: Stopping the boats, Sunak’s Maginot Line? – politicalbetting.com
Afternoon all :) Yes, it's complicated because it cuts across a whole lot of policy areas so implementing a solution (if there were one which worked, it would have been by now) impacts the whole economy and society. The truth is we want immigration sometimes and usually when we need cheap labour to power the economy. We…
