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Re: The afternoon must watch – politicalbetting.com
No I've not. Closing the deficit is about paying off the current expenditure (credit card). Its not paying off the mortage. That you can't tell the difference between short-term unaffordable debts like credit card/payday loans/deficit and long-term structural ones like mortgages/student loans/national debt says more about… -
Re: It’s Now Easy Bein’ Green – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Most former PMs and govts would love midterm polling like this – politicalbetting.com
Yes, I had exactly that experience and resolved never to eat lamb again. Awkwardly, in my current job we advise that it's often more humane to eat lamb and beef than chicken, because they on many farms they live reasonable lives outdoors and chickens generally have pretty hellish lives. Just eating less of meat generally… -
Re: I hope you all had as much fun as Michael Gove had this weekend – politicalbetting.com
Greta's off Nippy's Christmas card list: Campaigner Greta Thunberg says she doesn't regard Scotland as a world leader on climate change...... On the Scottish Greens' deal to enter government, she said some politicians were "less worse" than others. But she said tackling climate change was not as easy as voting for a green… -
Re: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind – politicalbetting.com
If you pay more taxes than you get in child benefit, that is entirely what child benefit is. The difference between that and EU funding is that a parent can decide how to spend child benefit however they wish. -
Re: Are Trump and other top Republicans secret Democratic Party agents? – politicalbetting.com
And I got singed on Saturday. We've had bits of nice. Its just been cool and damp a lot. -
Re: The UK Government says opinion polls are more important than actual votes – politicalbetting.com
The Black Shorts. https://twitter.com/markdiffley1/status/1432003901520236554?s=21 -
Re: Let them eat cake – politicalbetting.com
Rubbish, it is not even cold in winter nowadays. Compared to when I was a boy , we get very little frost now, minimum if any snow but wetter. Not nearly as nice as it used to be. I think last year we were lucky to be minus a few times at best. -
Re: Let us talk about the man who wanted to castrate Michael Gove – politicalbetting.com
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Re: LAB is going to be a lot harder to demonise next time without Corbyn – politicalbetting.com
Continued: From previous conversations, I believe you are very keen on rights for women, e.g. wrt employment. My own view is that breaking down the traditional roles of 'man' and 'woman'; 'mother' and 'father' is the best way of reducing many of the inequalities that bedevil both women and men. In addition, I don't see… -
Re: Just about all the national papers lead on the same story – politicalbetting.com
Only because the SDP refused to do a deal with the Linke in 2005 and 2013 which with the Greens would have had a majority. The CDU/CSU and AfD and FDP would have had a majority in 2017 but Merkel refused to deal with the AfD. Given it is unlikely the CDU/CSU and FDP will ever have a majority again as they did in 2009, or… -
Re: Two new VI voting polls out today adding to the confusion – politicalbetting.com
So you think the status of women is fundamental and important. Good. I am going to remember that for the future. -
Re: Axing the triple lock could be another #dementia tax debacle – politicalbetting.com
Sainsbury delivery: everything as ordered except a packet of veggie burgers. -
Re: For 78-year-old Biden not being Trump is no longer enough – politicalbetting.com
On Aghanistan it is actually the left of the Tory Party, Tugendhat, Ellwood etc who have been most scathing of Biden's withdrawal even if they also have little time for Trump -
Re: The latest Redfield poll looks like an outlier – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Brexit increasingly dominates views of Johnson – politicalbetting.com
Graham is definitely not Team Starmer's preferred candidate because she isn't an avowed centrist. But as you say if she largely removes Unite from the internal politics of the Labour Party and instead focuses on the interests of Unite members, they will be delighted. We absolutely need trade unions. But the sooner Labour… -
Re: The SPD Surge – Who will succeed Merkel in Germany? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: As the days go by the Afghan crisis continues to dominate the front pages – politicalbetting.com
So "the west", aka the US and its satellites, offer "teachings" now? Why did the Tory government under Thatcher oppose equality for gays? Given that several generations haven't passed since that time, it will be good for your thesis if the Tories' "reasoning" - which they have now binned - was founded on something other… -
Re: Some of the seats LAB needs to win for a Commons majority – politicalbetting.com
Yet the retreat exposes that twenty years’ effort has been futile; that’s what they don’t like. -
Re: Has Biden’s Afghan move put the mockers on the 2024 nomination? – politicalbetting.com
HS2 isn't just about freight capacity; it's about passenger capacity as well. Looking at just one and not the other as well rather distorts the view ... As for demand: one problem is that there are few paths. Passenger trains pay well for those paths (especially as they cost less as freight trains pay more as they are…