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Re: Trump and the cult – politicalbetting.com
Yes, as usual Pulpstar you come the closest. We have all of that plus a very interfering and centralised government that constantly pauses, delays, cancels, restarts and chops and changes policy on top, all of which escalates costs and delays. Plus, we have a huge legacy of environmental, planning and safety regulation,… -
Re: On Betfair the odds on Trump being convicted drop below 20% – politicalbetting.com
Don't be so silly. The vaccination programme has been awesome across the UK (even Wales is not terrible). It is not the NHS, the mobilised troops helping to manage provision or Government's fault if there are supply difficulties. I detest Johnson, but he staked the house on a vaccine, and won. This time his ambition was… -
Re: Working out Covid-19 and the political classes – politicalbetting.com
I did that, its a really good program. I am now on the 5-10k challenge but, unlike you, I find running in the cold and dark pretty unattractive. The challenge is to run 3x a week. In the Spring the courts completely ground to a halt and I had a fair bit of time on my hands. Now, they are trying to get back and work has… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » With Labour’s NEC deciding the leadership election rules Long-
Cummings has been criticised by employment lawyers and unions after posting a rambling 2,900-word blogpost calling for people with “odd skills” to circumvent the usual rules in applying for jobs as special advisers and officials in government. Is it compulsory under this Conservative government always to count how many… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Devastating defeat for Boris Johnson – and perhaps Brexit
This was my favourite part of the judgement: it's almost meta. A blank sheet of paper minority government. Indeed! This Court has already concluded that the Prime Minister's advice to Her Majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. This means that the Order in Council to which it led was also unlawful, void and of no… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The flaw in going into an election about “the will of the peop
Cowards? Or looking forward to capitalising on the Conservative party taking us out without a deal? Are they looking forward to what happens to the Conservative party year on year following 31st October this year. HY has been counting the Brexit Party voters coming through front door of the Tory house, has he missed the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Next Prime Minister: Gus O’Donnell at 250/1?
' Corbyn might accept but if he did, his government would fail to receive the Commons’ confidence. ' Surely a government has to be formed - ie actually have come into existence - before it can be presented to the House of Commons for an Affirmative Confidence vote! Corbyn could actually form a Government - a process which… -
Re: Harris is the favourite again – politicalbetting.com
I'm not talking about what has been achieved, I'm talking about whether 5 million incremental homes a decade would make a big difference, and it clearly would. Now you can argue that 7 million would be a better number, but I personally think an incremental 5 million, which is enough to house 15 million people, or more than… -
Re: The UK vaccination programme nearly 8 months after the first jab – politicalbetting.com
We have just had a swarm of flying ants and the seagulls have gone utterly crazy Also a neighbour and her family have just run up the road covered in the ants and fled into their house Apparently they intoxicate the seagulls and indeed my daughter has just text to say she has passed two dead gulls on her road having been… -
Re: On the Smarkets exchange it’s a 14% chance that Trump will still be in the White House after January
I don't live in South Wales. I live in the North in an ancient house with beams under which the bards sleep. And the sheep. 😁 My guess -- from reports of relatives in the South -- is that there has been poor compliance, combined with poor messaging from Drakeford. But MexicanPete is better placed to say. You don't have to… -
Re: Tonight’s big event in the White House race – The VP debate – politicalbetting.com
If Trump was the only one who had tested positive for COVID in the white house, I might be able to get on board the conspiracy theory that he never had it, it was all reality tv show stuff and then he makes this announcement that these drugs will cure you and he will make them free. All as a massive election stunt. Instead… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How the papers are treating Sunak’s pandemic budget
what has been presented to me is evidence of strong measures by the authorities to quarantine the sick. I accept those and also the argument the economy would have taken a big hit anyway, as it has in the past vie the evidence of 1920 etc. I have never seen any evidence that whole industries were shut down by government… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Tories go into Thursday’s locals in a much better national
Good point - I'm moving to a new constituency by the end of May with my job, so wouldn't have been very appropriate for me to stand in the ward here in Southampton this time! I've got one last blockbuster email to send to Caroline Nokes before I leave though, which explains exactly why she has behaved in the way she has… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Alastair Meeks and his predictions for 2018
There seems like there are genuine medical uses for especially CBD oil. However, given in the US "medical" use has been used as a soft legalization, I think it probably has politically harmed chance of places like the UK to have a sensible halfway house i.e. find out genuine benefits / dosages, let those that it will help… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How the readership of the main national papers are split on Br
So Theresa May goes to the House of Commons, says she has explored all avenues, but the EU have been unrealistic about what the UK can offer (despite its obligations under Article 50). Reluctanty, she has accepted that there will be no deal... She will work with whoever wants to put sensible measures in place to ameliorate… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The “Literal Democrats” 2014 style: The “An Independence fr
Seems pretty sleazy to me - if I was UKIP I'd be really quite annoyed that the Electoral Commission let it through. BTW, the debate with rcs on this thread has been an enjoyable example of the mind-widening effect of pb. It's always a pleasure to meet people with fully-thought out, consistent views, even if they are very… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview : November 13th 2014
Kentrising Disagree Carwyn Jones has proved himself far more capable than any of the leaders Scottish Labour have produced and Stephen Crabb is the son of a single mother born on a council house who I have met a few times and been impressed by. Rod Liddle is unafraid to be controversial. Leanne Wood you may have a point… -
Re: In The Bleak Midwinter – politicalbetting.com
On the previous thread I gave a couple of examples about how we are failing to deal with Covid. The example was my daughter returned from France yesterday. She spent the morning wandering around terminal 5 (thought it was brilliant) and then using public transport to return to Dundee so that she could self isolate for 2… -
Re: So this explains the Rwanda obsession – politicalbetting.com
The "line" from central Government has been for councils to approve and it's been self evident refusing and going to appeal only delays the inevitable. It therefore seems curious to hear a DCLOG Secretary who seemingly was pro-development now "suggesting" councils can refuse excessive developments without the inevitability… -
Re: Can Dom’s Commons committee appearance on Wednesday possibly live up to its billing? – politicalbett
Hence my friend's laughter at the deal price. Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4bn and Marvel for $4bn, that's less money together than MGM are being purchased for. Marvel has been transformed into a multi character, multi-layered franchise with movies, TV shows and games that have broken global records. Star Wars is one of…