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Re: Why Democratic party candidates should welcome Trump backing their opponents – politicalbetting.com
The Telegraph reports the DWP is sounding out Tory MPs on dropping the pensions triple lock. This follows reports of discussions between Number 10 and the Treasury about the triple lock and raising NICs. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/07/27/pensions-triple-lock-mps-canvassed-opinions-dropping-manifesto/ (£££) -
Re: The great Brexit divide – Approval of Johnson and Starmer – by referendum vote and social class – po
Ratio of people in mechanical ventilation beds for covid to people in hospital for covid has averaged 1:8 through the pandemic. Graph of 8x the number in mechanical ventilation beds against people in hospital with covid in England through the pandemic. It would be useful if contrarian could point to the recent dates when… -
Re: Four of the five latest VI polls have the Tory lead narrowing – politicalbetting.com
I've been out, but just have to say that that is irrelevant to the question I actually asked ... -
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Re: Some very encouraging polling worldwide and especially in the UK – politicalbetting.com
. I never thought I would see the name Pidcock and winner in the same sentence. -
Re: Will Starmer be Labour leader at the next general election? – politicalbetting.com
I think it was even worse. The committee on standards criticised him and imposed a penalty. He appealed to the whole House (which is reasonable enough) which upheld the decision of the committee on standards. But because the punishment was then deemed to come from the whole house *not* the committee on standards… -
Re: Opinium has the Midlands and the North recording the biggest falls in Boris’s approval ratings – pol
The actual stat is around 15% in hospital are fully vaxxed, is it not? The 40% includes those with one jab, and presumably those who's latest jab is less than a fortnight ago. -
Re: Another post-BoJo quarantine U-turn poll sees CON below 40% and LAB within 4% – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Olympic over/unders – The USA might be overrated – politicalbetting.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFdBcYN3sNw Possibly the best Top Gear segment ever -
Re: It is madness that someone who is not even an MP should be favourite for next LAB leader – political
In 1979 the Liberals polled 13% and ended up with just 11 MPs. -
Re: The front pages not good for ministers on the eve of what was designated Freedom day – politicalbett
Why does DC keep going on about Carrie? Presumably he was behind the unattributed material about her role that appeared in the press around the time of his departure from Number 10/70 too. Does he believe that as a man who is super-endowed with skill in conflict he has identified a terribly weak spot in his adversary's… -
Re: BoJo says is won’t happen Punters make it a 72% further restrictions will come in this year – politi
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Re: By signing the Good Friday Agreement 23 years ago the UK made Brexit hard if not impossible – politi
Who has said they are offended? I expect they just welcome the stupidest MP in the House shooting the Labour Party in both feet and the left temple. Thanggam Debbonaire did the same thing was it yesterday? "Yellow Peril", used of the Lib Dems, is a horrible racist epithet because it was a term used for China/Japan over a… -
Re: The developing empty shelves narrative could really damage Johnson and his government – politicalbet
Max "Every post is filled with bollox" PB has a cheek chastising anyone , he makes up more merde than a herd of cows. -
Re: Two very different General Election outcomes from this week’s polls – politicalbetting.com
The same story is happening in Canada, there are a cluster of polls that have the Liberal in double figure leads, two or three others have them just ahead. Cons support ranges from 32% to 23%! -
Re: BoJo’s Tories are arguably more vulnerable to the LDs at the next election than LAB – politicalbetti
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Re: How the PM’s leader ratings are moving – politicalbetting.com
And are the Irish not currently starting to debate whether they need a squadron of real jets, as being covered by the UK on the quiet is apparently too embarrassing? -
Re: The key driver of the Brexit vote cannot be dismissed as an embittered aide – politicalbetting.com
Juries' power to do this provides a valuable protection against oppressive prosecutions eg Clive Ponting. Edited: I see that @Foxy made the same point and even more elegantly than me! -
Re: Why Tories, including the PM, have got to be careful with comments about the elderly – politicalbett
Walking a mile in their shoes means you will be a mile away when they react...