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Re: Some interesting takeouts of the election in Scotland – politicalbetting.com
That may be the political reality of it. Take an example. Council Tax, aside from being regressive, has been in drift from reality for 30+ years. A rapid sorting out - removing the taper favouring more expensive properties, and a revaluation to deal with unequal house price rises on a local, regional and national level,… -
Re: A prelude to the next general election? – politicalbetting.com
Because we would still be left with an extra 10 million population compared to 1990 largely due to immigration and since then housing and public services have not grown commensurate with the population growth. They haven't grown commensurate because a lot of that immigration has not been net contributors.....instead… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Declining UKIP support in June sees the CON position improv
Lock and load Red again manages to get on the wrong side of public opinion. The opposition leader with the record number of u-turns in the shortest period of time? 'The biggest transformation of all has been in public attitudes to welfare. Not long ago, to propose cutting benefits would have been political suicide. But… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In 1974 British politics moved from a 2-party system to a 3
I would also make the point that Labour has not faced a serious challenge in its heartlands since 1945. The Liberals re-emerged primarily in Conservative areas and re-established themselves in Conservative areas (albeit some with a previous Liberal tradition). Limited advances in Labour areas (Birmingham Ladywood) were… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The leading academic forecasters gather for the biggest ev
UKIP point out that this 'capacity' argument has not been proven:"The argument that HS2 is needed to provide extra capacity has just weeks ago been questioned by the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, which concluded that: ‘the Government has not made a convincing case for why this particular project should go… -
Re: Sturgeon blocks Trump’s reported plan to be in Scotland on Inauguration Day – politicalbetting.com
Lets hope they enact some constitutional reform, because the leader of the democratic free world has been a nutcase for the last four years and has shown how a US coup could easily be engineered if one party controlled both houses. They need a system that no longer assumes the people in the game are all 18th century… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Don’t get complacent – Scotland’s future in the Union is hangi
In the Old Town here, every house has a cellar designed to flood and hold rainwater. It's a relic of the days that the Rock was under regular siege from the Spanish. Mine has been converted into a wonderful wine cellar and man-cave. The idea that I needed to stock it with tinned sardines and distilled water for some Trump… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The latest Ipsos MORI finding should worry all politicians
I have a feeling that Corbyn is going to pick up the gun he shot himself in the foot with yesterday, and direct towards the other foot. Can he be trusted to criticise Russia. I’ve still had no-one direct me to somewhere he has written in support of Israel. He stated in the House that he has but I ve been unable to find… -
Re: Dear Prime Minister, I am afraid there is no money – politicalbetting.com
The Tory publicity campaign has obviously been done in-house and it's not only abysmal it's counterproductive as this example shows. It reminds me of Red Adair's classic line ' "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. ... " -
Re: The great cover up continues – politicalbetting.com
If Boris Johnson was a solicitor. Dodgy solicitor claims ‘kindness’ led her to exploit elderly client A solicitor has been struck off for facilitating a house sale for an elderly client at £250,000 below its market value, in order to sell it to her own civil partner. Julia Cooper worked as a solicitor at eponymous firm J… -
Re: The Blob – politicalbetting.com
I was talking to a school mum this morning after my daughter’s sleepover. She’s a teacher and has been getting trained on all sorts of AI. Got it to “do” the party activities last night, including the kids cocktail recipes and all the art work - 5 minutes. That sort of thing would have taken hours before. And AI supported… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » For the moment at least Woolwich makes a CON leadership cha
Off-Topic I am a bit surprised to discover (from reports yesterday) that David McGreavy has not been given a whole-life tariff for his crimes. He was originally (in 1973) given a minimum tariff of 20 years, but his crimes were so serious that - in comparison with other similar cases - it would have been reasonable for his… -
Re: Just imagine if Boris Johnson was still PM – politicalbetting.com
My cats are in the doghouse so to speak, so nothing nice like lamb broth for them. Since it got cold and wet Florence has been shitting and pissing on various beds around the house and refusing to go outside. So we’ve now been forced to get the litter tray back out of storage. Gross. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today’s PMQs in full – the first after conference season
Again: If a worker works on £5 worth of raw materials for one hour (anbd does nothing else), and after that hour's work the raw materials have been transformed into goods worth £10, what do you think the maximum economic value of the hour's work is? How much value has the worker created? Surely not a difficult, or trick,… -
Re: The 2024 White House Race – the latest betting – politicalbetting.com
Ten minutes? What the fuck are you smoking? Are you seriously suggesting you can get from Dolgellau to Aberystwyth in 10 minutes? Even Max Verstappen couldn't do that in an F1 car! It is going up from an hour to an hour and a half because of the very large number of villages the route passes through. Which is again one of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Why positive poll ratings on economic competence might not
Where would you place 'Help to Buy' politics wise ? Left or ring wing ? It is not something I would have though a Conservative goverment would have introduced. The state becoming involved in helping people buy houses. Personally I think IDS has caused a lot of damage to the Tory image. Not because he has implemented… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » After tomorrow’s Wisconsin primary we could be looking at H
To reply to Fox - there's a lot of leafleting going on at Tube stations etc. and a good deal of phone canvassing - doorstep not so much. Khan has been going primarily on housing, which a whopping 48% of the poll think is the most important issue (Khan leads 32 to 20 on that). Goldsmith has done a bit on the environment, on… -
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I grew up near Exeter, in a village near Pinhoe in fact. Exeter as a whole has changed a lot since then. It's more affluent and more 'hipster'. Has a lot of trendy middle-class folk with the University and Met Office being big employers. Not many though would live in Pinhoe it being more of an C2 WWC area. Ben Bradshaw is… -
Re: My my – politicalbetting.com
Stockpile 72 hours of supplies in case of disaster or attack, EU tells citizens Bloc’s first preparedness strategy urges people to prepare for floods, fires, pandemics or military strikes ... Swedish authorities recommend keeping at home a good supply of water, energy-rich food, blankets and alternative heating, as well as… -
Re: Why did Sunak reappoint Raab? – politicalbetting.com
Some Tories openly demanded the smashing of what was left of manufacturing and agriculture. BR on here is still demanding that we let market forces shut down our farms because the land could more productively used. Presumably for housing as he wants to concrete everything over. Article in the local news a few days back…