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Re: A plea to the bookies – politicalbetting.com
And, not really on topic, the Sunday Rawnsley: Before Team Starmer have got their hands on a single red box, the most miserabilist voices declare that failure is inevitable. A dour tone is in tune with a sour national mood about the condition of the country and the trustworthiness of its politicians. Sir Keir and his… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The top pollster from the 2014 Euros now has LAB 6 points behi
> @Norm said: > For the first time since 1979 whether an EU, general or local election no Tory literature has been delivered to the house I am living in. Possibly not that significant as far as the result is concerned but symptomatic of the current Tory mess. No wonder Dan Hannan my local MEP is panicking. The only people… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » With a batch of phone polls on the way LEAVE punters might
I don't think there's any secret that Brexit is factional. My general issue with immigration is we have failed to adjust to it - it's been swept under the carpet and look where it's got us. It ramped so quickly, I can forgive the political classes for not getting a grip immediately. However, they've failed for so long… -
Re: BREXIT. Undoing (some of) the damage. Part 2: From Principles to Policies – politicalbetting.com
This has been painfully obvious for 20 years but it's reassuring even Adonis has finally noticed. A case in point being the Chinese recolonisation of Africa using surplus funds earned from western consumers of cheap products made by slaves. What remedy does Adonis propose? A House of Lords debate perhaps? That will show… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Gains from both CON and LAB plus other good local results o
Lighting engineers and cameras? It hardly has any. Most production has been outsourced, and they're forever scrabbling about trying to find studio space and equipment having foolishly disposed of TVC. There's never a lack of Executives mind you - thousands of 'em. The market rate should be reduced, there's hardly a… -
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No hard feelings in politics? US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has been called "Lucifer in the flesh" by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner. Mr Boehner, a fellow Republican, has also reportedly said he will not vote for Mr Cruz if he becomes the nominee… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview : October 17th 2013
Re:Westbourne by-election. It is near me so here are a few more details: Mark Dunn (Conservative) is a former county councillor who was defeated by UKIP in May. There has been a lot of new housing development in the area and this has created a backlash and thought to have contributed to his defeat. It will be interesting… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Trump’s unhinged behaviour won’t invoke the 25th
The devil will be in the detail and implementation. Fortunately we have such a capable set of ministers.....oops the capable ones seem to have been kicked out and replaced by idiots. "Shelter supports the legislation because it extends entitlements to help, places a renewed focus on the prevention of homelessness and local… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Remember the Saturday when the Telegraph and Sky News both
Until this evening, they were both fine HurstLlama. But Jasper lll has just come in with a very nasty eye injury after running into the local feline bully just outside our garden. Just trying to weigh up if an emergency trip to vet tonight or a visit to their weekend surgery tomorrow morning is the best idea. Holly the dog… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Exactly 9 months tomorrow the 2010-2015 Parliament will be
How did we political junkies miss that: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/210899-have-zombies-invaded-congress "The election for U.S. House for Oklahoma’s 3rd District will be contested by the Candidate, Timothy Ray Murray," Murray wrote on his website. "I will be stating that his votes are switched with Rep.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Based on current polls the betting markets are understating
@JosiasJessop "Did you reward Labour by voting for them in 2010, after 13 years of massive house price inflation? Surely that was equally wrong?" Yes, this is what I was referring to and left the UK with a difficult problem. If house prices had come down since 2010 or were forced down then thousands would have been left in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The reaction to Theresa May’s Florence speech – as we are set
Poor taxi regulation and standards enforcement, for instance when council subcommittees rather than independent bodies look at disciplinary matters, have been strongly I mplicated in areas where abuse rings have occurred. I don't know the specifics of the Uber / London case, but to have a body like TfL ensuring strong taxi… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ipsos-MORI party like-dislike ratings raise doubts about t
[Chemical Weapons: continued] An 23 April 2013 the New York Times reported that the British and French governments had sent a confidential letter to the United Nations Secretary General, claiming that there was evidence that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in Aleppo, Homs, and perhaps Damascus. The United… -
Re: Understanding the exit poll – politicalbetting.com
Except that in his policy making like the quadruple lock and the dumping of mandatory housing targets etc, Sunak has consistently been making our problems worse not better. Sunak is the worst of the PMs we've had. -
Re: Sir Ed Davey is the most popular GB wide party leader – politicalbetting.com
As someone whose tech and engineering knowledge would make a Neanderthal blush with pity could I ask if the following has been considered and if so/not what are the things that would make it impossible. If they built data centres in modular waterproof “boxes” which were then anchored underwater in the North Sea, for… -
Re: This is bad for Badenoch – politicalbetting.com
That has already happened. With respect to the Sunak / @Casino_Royale tantrum about tax, nobody at all is listening. Nobody. The party has lost all credibility to be able to attack anybody on tax and spend. The reason why the polls haven't moved is because the Tory campaign has been gaff after gaff after gaff, and has now… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
The argument that immigration doesn't affect the jobs market I think is incorrect. The real effect has been on productivity. Why should I increase my productivity with a piece of machinery, when there is a surplus of cheap labour which can do the job and are easy to get rid of (much easier than a large or specific capital… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The polling’s not all good for UKIP: See this worrying data
The UKIP surge is a step towards independent candidates, not government by UKIP. At Newark the independent candidate got 5000 votes against UKIP's 11,000 (from memory). People don't trust any political party, and politics will surge towards independents from hereon. In our constituency like 120 others, we are a safe Tory… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » YouGov has CON lead BELOW what it was at GE2015
Lovely jubbly, a big narrowing of the polls for the media to get hysterically stuck into, and which will now embolden the Labour Leadership. Those claims by opponents that May was heading for a North Korean level majority are now going to look a bit hollow too, suddenly the polls would indicate that the result is not cut… -
Re: Talking balls. The UK’s new generational divide – politicalbetting.com
But the sensible route to use, the Main Road, is still there. Historically, it's where the traffic flow has been. it's a bit wider than other roads, there's a decent sized verge between the road and the pavement, the houses are properly set back from the road. The problem is that, sometimes, a queue forms. And previously,…