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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Moore remains odds-on favourite in Alabama even though the Dem
@estwebber: Lords spokesperson: The Sports & Social Club Bar is closed following an incident on the estate last night involving two parliamentary staff @matt_dathan: Breaking: A House of Commons staffer has been arrested after a fight in one of Parliament’s booziest bars left a man GLASSED in the face. -
Re: The next Chancellor of the Exchequer – politicalbetting.com
Because mostly people cannot travel. Suppose you'd been gored by marauding sheep now that MattW has had all the cattle grids removed. Kingston hospital A&E needs to scan you onsite – they can hardly send you on a 3-hour ride to a national MRI centre in the Midlands and then to Cornwall for blood tests. Similarly much of… -
Re: The exodus of CON MPs continues – politicalbetting.com
I’m afraid the 40 years of failed reform is a bit of a canard. Britain largely got it wanted to the extent that it treated the EU as much more than a peripheral matter. The EU - like, say, Housing or Transport, or Scotland, or Culture, has been second-order issue for British administrations. It worked until it stopped… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tories maintain their lead with YouGov
On topic: Maybe its tipping point, maybe its not. Money at this point is not quite but the way Cameron has done his talking on stage compared to Miliband's student debating society stuff I suspect is critical here more than any specific initiatives or policy plans. If that is so then it will start to weigh even more closer… -
Re: Electric cars – are they worth the hassle? – politicalbetting.com
As has already been mentioned, earned inequality (i.e the ability to buy a nice house, car, holidays etc as the outcome from effort) I have no problem with at all, it should be encouraged. That isn't the same as mediocre children of rich parents ending up with better outcomes than bright children of working class parents,… -
Re: Ipsos: 57% say MPs should be able to accuse each other of lying – politicalbetting.com
Well no they shouldn't be able to accuse of lying, because it may not be a lie. And what you will get is MP's wrongly accusing MP's of lying and worse. Leading to very quickly a close approximation of other Parliaments, for example India and South Africa. A look at those on YouTube will show just how much the Speaker of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A Customs Union deal needs to be on the table if No Deal is to
The result has been respected. The PM has spent hours/days/weeks/months on the matter, and has come to the conclusion that leaving without a deal is going to be very damaging. It would be a very foolish, indeed criminally foolish, Government which let the country descend into chaos as a result of leaving. Further the PM is… -
Re: What Americans are expecting the election result to be and when – politicalbetting.com
@MhariAurora BREAKING: Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet has been announced ahead of its first meeting this morning… 💷 Shadow Chancellor - Mel Stride 🚔Shadow Home - Chris Philp 🌍Shadow Foreign - Priti Patel 🪖Shadow Defence - James Cartildge 🏥Shadow Health - Ed Agar 📚Shadow Education - Laura Trott 🤝Shadow Business - Andrew… -
Re: Starmer is in tune with the nation – politicalbetting.com
I mean, climate change, housing, inflation, what to do about a crumbling and understaffed NHS, school system and legal system all seem pretty significant. And we aren't living beyond our means as a country - the wealth exists out there to provide these services: the labour power of workers who specialise in these things… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » SNP hold on to Aberdeen Donside with reduced majority – Fa
Certainly there has been a lot of criticism of the Swiss deal Osborne signed off on for being extremely lax on these people. Whatever your views on that I again fail to see how it's a party political point as the calculation underpinning both deals seems to have been the same (cut a deal to get billions of cash for sure… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Walrun Phil says the Syria vote could decide the LAB succes
Are you our man in Manchester? How bad has the weather been? I'm not so many miles upwind of Oldham, admittedly in the rain shadow, and today has been meh despite a bad forecast - partly bright, partly dull, bit damp on the ground, reasonably warm. Only now as I looked out of the window again to confirm is there a nasty… -
Re: CNN calls it for Biden – politicalbetting.com
I've no objection at all to seeing Trump beaten. In fact, it's almost the ideal result. The orange shit-stain has been chucked out, the Republicans have probably held the Senate, they've made gains in the House, and retained a large majority of State legislatures. And, there's a six-three conservative majority in SCOTUS. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Who will speak for Millennials?
You seem to have the assumption that moving to London should be the optimum option. It isn't and for most people never has been. Its still possible in some of the country to learn a trade (either white collar or blue collar), get a job, save some money and afford a house. What's wrong with that ? -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Labour candidates fear doorstep questions about Corbyn and the
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » It is looking like being 1992 all over again
It taxes you when you are dead and taxes you on your lifetime's strivings and for ordinary people usually manifests itself in their house which has been their security for a long time. Being taxed on death of course makes 'life' difficult because who knows when you might die? -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A tale of two broadcasts. Roger’s critique of the opening t
He is not far left either. He is quite keen on social housing, state provision of services, local government etc. Economically he is no Corbynista, and he has been quite forthright in condemning terrorists. He is well to the right of most of the Labour party, though to the left of most PB commentators. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Where we are now summed up in two betting Tweets
Just watched it and it's even weirder than I thought. It's actually smuggling in the notion that Brexit has already been cancelled. This has to be some kind of rabble-rousing exercise. -
Re: Although Starmer’s still got an approval ratings edge this is not in places where it matters – polit
How many members of the House of Lords have made 100? I know several have got close - Baroness Trumpington died at 96, Lord Healey at 98, and Lord Carrington at 99. But I am unsure if the convention to which you refer has been tested all that often. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » “An independence referendum is like a normal election on st
I hope not - Kensington has hollowed out as a community, with most houses owned by oligarchs. Result is that local shops have been collapsing, and there are gapping holes in the high street. Chelsea is always fun, but very busy, very Eurotrash. Not the nice little haven it was when I was growing up. Grumpf. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today should have been a day for Jeremy Corbyn to shine and
The government has been defeated in the House of Lords after peers voted to accept 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the UK from Europe. An amendment to the Immigration Bill to let the children come to Britain was adopted by 306 votes to 204 - a majority of 102. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35865508
