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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview : February 2nd 2017
On other Trump news: as I'm sure everyone has seen, there have been multiple court cases which have overruled the "No One from the Following Countries" Executive Order as relates to those people who have valid US visas. Now, I don't know if this is true, but Slate is carrying the story that Trump administration has… -
Re: Given what everybody is talking about it we probably need a thread on this – politicalbetting.com
OK - forget the soap opera nonsense. Like most soaps the story is full of holes, obvious questions aren't asked and the drama is over-egged and over-acted. Here is the important (to me) news. This week:- 1. My husband got his vaccine. Astra-Zeneca. 2. It is now just over 3 weeks since I got my first Pfizer jab. 3. We… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » US election round-up following Obama’s convention speech an
FPT Morris_Dancer said: Evil British Supreme Court. [I did prefer the Law Lords. Sounded nice and medieval, rather than aping America]. TheScreamingEagles said: The Supreme Court of Judicature Act of 1873 says hello John_M said That never made it onto the statue books, did it? Yes it did, it would still be a Bill rather… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A guessing game: name the royal baby?
A few million up or down on borrowing is neither here nor there. George should have been as ridiculed for claiming borrowing was falling as those who now claim it is rising. The reality is, as I said at the time, that George took 2 years off deficit reduction in the 2012 budget. He did that because the international… -
Re: It’s odds-on that Johnson won’t be an MP after the general election – politicalbetting.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64759118 "Roald Dahl's original books are to be printed under their Puffin titles, publishing house Penguin has said. The unaltered story books will now go alongside updated versions of his hugely popular children's writing. Earlier this week, Dahl's estate said books such as the… -
Re: Sunak is proving to be a very unlucky general – politicalbetting.com
This has been blindingly obvious for many years to anyone willing to see. Just wait and see what state the nation's youth (and half the middle-aged by that point as well) will be in after another two decades of compound inflation of both house prices and the state pension (because if you think mass scale housebuilding,… -
Re: Why getting to Number 10 at the next election could be a tad easier for Starmer than Johnson – polit
A big advantage for Starmer over Johnson at the next general election is that he is in with a good chance of becoming PM if the Tories lose their majority. This would be the case even if LAB has fewer seats. The converse is that Johnson’s Tories almost certainly have to win an overall majority of Commons seats to retain… -
Re: Better Together: Olympic edition – politicalbetting.com
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As the A50 Supreme Court hearing starts YouGov finds just 46%
Horse crap the EU has been in existence for most of my adult life, always tells me what a cracking job it does and has a huge budget to promote it's work. On your criteria it should have won hands down -
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This from our mayor Fulfilling my commitment to keep neighbors informed with full transparency about the progress of the coronavirus in Pilar de la Horadada, I must communicate the following: Public Health has transferred us a few hours ago, that a coronavirus outbreak has been detected in a leisure establishment, where 21… -
Re: Starmer moving back in the next PM betting – politicalbetting.com
In our village, previously in the greenbelt but removed in the local plan, building has been rampant. One site was covered in mature hardwood trees including oaks. They obviously needed removing but what happened next was shocking. They were chipped. Piles of chippings the size of houses. What a waste. I assume it was the… -
Re: The polling’s not looking good US Congressman Santos – politicalbetting.com
They are the richest generation ever and will be richer than their successors. I guess such generations are inevitable occassionally but it would be better for society if they understood and accepted: this has been down mostly to demographics rather than their generation working harder than others the real economic and… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » POLL ALERT: Polling Matters / Opinium: Voters back ‘soft Brexi
Good afternoon, everybody. I know 2016's been a bit hectic, but I've only been gone a few hours. Has the Fourth Reich really been founded in Wales? -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Never mind Super Tuesday, get ready for Mega March
"FactCheck has covered this issue before, and it is not as straightforward as at first it seems. The 'Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe' was signed in October 2004, and it was this treaty to which the Labour manifesto referred. But it was rejected by France and the Netherlands and thus abandoned. So Labour can… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Getting EVEL through will be a tough fight for the Tories
Exactly. The courts were able to decide if the Welsh Assembly had the power to regulate agricultural wages in Wales. The short answer is yes, the Assembly can. This was only possible because the Welsh Assembly has a limited legislative competence defined by statute. The courts have jurisdiction to determine whether or not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Turning on taxes. The tectonic plates of Scotland’s politic
The Scottish economy is facing a triple whammy at the present time. Firstly, the on going shrinkage of the Financial Service sector and the RBS in particular has lost Scotland a significant percentage of its private sector higher rate tax payers. Secondly, the collapse in north sea oil prices has drained money out of the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Away from the IndyRef – today’s Populus poll sees UKIP up 4
She ran a local children's hospice prior to being elected. So hardly out of the loop of local affairs? A year ago she said in Parliament 12 Sep 2013 "Much has been written in the press about how Rotherham is not doing enough to protect its young people from this horrendous crime. I can assure the House that since being… -
Re: The human factor – politicalbetting.com
What does cake have to do with it? Breaking the law is bad, doesn't have to be cake. The "its just cake" proponents will look like fools when he gets fined for the party where he is pouring the drinks. For the party where he is wearing the party hat. For the party where he is waving the beer bottle at the camera. Where he… -
Re: It’s almost certain now that Johnson won’t be fined by end of March – politicalbetting.com
In what way is “America going down in a big way?” This is the sort of classic PB nerd throwaway comment that really riles. PBers have been predicting, variously, depending on their own fetish, the collapse of America, the collapse of London, the collapse of UK house prices, for years. None of it has transpired. I have… -
Re: Truss continues to be a 65% chance in the next PM betting – politicalbetting.com
Frank Skinner has some thoughts on that. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jul/25/frank-skinner-standup-comic-free-speech-poetry-comedy-laddish-image ...“I do wonder what all the fuss is about,” he says, dismissing the idea that modern comedians have their free speech stifled. “I don’t think there’s ever been a time…
