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Re: Starmer & the government’s ratings improve from dire to the merely appalling – politicalbetting.com
I have this T-shirt, you don't need dynamic alignment. You set up a production line, with the appropriate certification, and price accordingly to cover costs. You do have to either be specialist or have the volumes from the EU to justify the costs. Ditto selling to Japan, the Middle East. And you can forget the US as… -
Re: A majority of Brits think World War 3 is likely in the next 5 to 10 years – politicalbetting.com
The problem is, any changes will lead to a lot of resistance. -
Re: A nuclear deterrent – politicalbetting.com
Of course you are entirely right, it’s an expensive pipe dream! However in brute political terms it taps into the disgust a clear majority of Brits feel toward Trump, which is quite shrewd. And by the way less of the snide LD’s in government nonsense; we did a good job in coalition, stabilised the economy, kept the hard… -
Re: No true Scotsman – politicalbetting.com
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Re: A week is a long time in politics and war – politicalbetting.com
The impact of WW2 bombing on the UK was more than many realise. The numbers make me think it through again whenever I see them, 3.5-4 million dwellings were damaged or destroyed in the UK; that was just under 30% of the housing stock. The breakdown is 200k destroyed, 250k seriously damaged, the rest being minor. 1 million… -
Re: Will Boris Johnson join Reform? – politicalbetting.com
I thought it was Breaker Morant. Turned out it was Thomas Hardy. I learn something new every day. -
Re: Operation Epstein Fury is achieving its goals – politicalbetting.com
The situation has changed. This is what happens in wars. https://news.sky.com/story/iran-latest-trump-tehran-israel-strikes-us-drone-live-sky-news-13509565?postid=11275482#liveblog-body -
Re: For those in peril on the sea – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/kyivpost/status/2032788623322488936 Iran threatens Ukraine with strikes, claiming Kyiv’s alleged support for Israel — including drone assistance — makes the entire territory of Ukraine a “legitimate target,” said Ibrahim Azizi, head of Iran’s parliamentary commission on national security. -
Re: The Dire Straits of Hormuz – politicalbetting.com
In terms of oil disruption, it is not immediately unclear that he's wrong. Russia wants to keep supplying oil, and we don't want it to. Iran wants to cut it all off. -
Re: Voters want it good not quick – politicalbetting.com
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Re: War? What is good for? Helping Starmer improve his ratings? – politicalbetting.com
If any party wants they could appoint the decent ones as life peers instead of the usual bunch of party donors and retired MPs. They just don't care to do so. -
Re: Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much says Nigel Farage – politicalbetting.com
Nope, it's live but I can't discuss due to OSA and SC restrictions. -
Re: The stop the war coalition is growing – politicalbetting.com
"Labour need to explain". What is the prospect of that happening in any coherent way? -
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Why the Tory party is becoming more like the Lib Dems – politicalbetting.com
At present, all five Nordic countries straddle the Arctic circle (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark (via Greenland), and Iceland). However, Iceland is just clinging on, and in the near-future it will lose* its place in that list altogether. https://x.com/theiaincameron/status/2030981868527464910 (*and eventually regain it.) -
Re: Meanwhile ….. On the Home Front – politicalbetting.com
Well thank you, but the article suffers from an early decision to put the sources in each appendix instead of a separate "sources" section. This leads to a lot of repetition. Plus the section about whether FWS v Scottish Ministers applies to toilets was superseded by the later GLP v EHRC, which did apply it to them, so one… -
Re: The graph of the week – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Let us talk about Formula 1 – politicalbetting.com
We saw the same thing during the pandemic. Running everything at near-full capacity in normal times looks efficient (and governments have bagged the savings from doing this, and we've had lower taxes as a result), but leaves noting to cope with crises. That's before we get on to the operational research point that systems… -
Re: Vichy 2.0 – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Ed Miliband is now the second favourite to be the next Prime Minister – politicalbetting.com
