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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If Farage doesn’t take part in the debates then it will onl
The idea that Primrose Hill has only recently gentrified is hilarious. Did the Milibands really grow up in a slum? Delancey Street specifically is a main road through which the buses trundle on their way to the heart of London's West End. That's why it's cheaper than almost every other street in the area. The streets off… -
Re: Tories drop to new low in Ipsos “fit to govern” tracker – politicalbetting.com
Yes, I agree - although this looks like stage one of what will be a long and slow process, that will probably drop into the hands of the government to follow. Where I am some 20-25% of the properties are holiday lets and it does have an impact on both the local housing market and the commercial life of the town, especially… -
Re: If the referendum were rerun today there would be a very different result – politicalbetting.com
It has been suggested that MI6 never turned up anything that could not be inferred by reading the newspapers. As for MI5, what is the point in guarding our secrets when we give them away for nothing in the name of outsourcing? And even the intelligence services' finest hour, cracking Nazi codes during the second world war,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » YouGov boost for Swinson in the TV debates row
Top 50 34.As Mayor of London, spent £500,000 on a cable-car - the most expensive ever built - that has an average of 4 daily users 35.Claimed he had introduced Oyster cards. They were introduced 5 years before he became Mayor 36.As Mayor, claimed he had made serious youth crime fall, when Met figures showed the opposite… -
Re: A Personal View of Sunak’s plans from a Lake District Pub – politicalbetting.com
Not sure about that. It's not hard to work out who's taking in the big piles of cash. The only question then, is are they passing it on, up a chain? With student accommodation, the prices have gone up. Far faster than inflation or the cost of the increase in quality. Or even the house price inflation for the areas... And… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview: All Hallow’s Eve 2013
@yokel fpt "In a separate development, a large explosion at a Syrian army base has been reported outside the coastal city of Latakia. A White House official said Israeli warplanes carried out the attack overnight, but he provided no details, the Associated Press news agency reports. It says another security official said… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Is it now the left who bet with their hearts?
It's interesting that a massive presumption of Leave has been that they have the most motivated supporters and that could sway it on turnout. Surely the majority of Leave's support comprises the uneducated, the despairing and the resentful - just the sort of people who can't be bothered to get their backsides off the sofa… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, could be a tricky on
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today’s budget buzzword bingo
Pricing out is not new: the expression "Bank of Mum and Dad has been around since the millennium. What is new is the perception that something can be done about it (by Jezza). The things that can actually be done are: 1. Double incomes 2. Halve houseprices 3. Build houses (increase supply) 4. Reduce demand (Brexit). 3. is… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If you think that CON will struggle to agree a DUP supply/conf
Surely a 'minority' government is one which maintains the confidence of the house, passing budgets and legislation without having a majority of MPs? In other news...how many guesses on how often the Guardian mentions which party runs Camden council (and has for all but four of the last 40 years...)… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf’s afternoon cartoon on the Brexit talks
Housing is interesting. Borehamwood is becoming a very congested little town. Planners seem to have approved hundreds and hundreds of new flats with absolutely ZERO investment in roads or other infrastructure. I'm trying to get out but my flat has been difficult to sell and there are several blocks being constructed right… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Punters continue to sell CON seats on the spreads – now down t
"The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it? Right now inflation is lower than it has been for thirteen years, a record the right hon. Gentleman couldn't begin to touch!" - M. H.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As ICM reports another gigantic CON lead Number 10 moves to sq
"The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it? Right now inflation is lower than it has been for thirteen years, a record the right hon. Gentleman couldn't begin to touch!" - M. H.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Which party REMAIN and LEAVE voters now say they will vote for
@ HYUFD That is a view. But the House district map is far less friendly to the Dems than it has ever been at any point in history. Such a big swing to the Dems is far harder to achieve now than it was in the past. I know you place very high stock in the predictive power of historical data (far more than I do), but if there… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The first Indyref conducted after Osborne’s intervention is
Alan, the Yes campaign have been organising and having meetings for months. They have literature going to every house, at least in my area, regularly. They are in the city centres with loud speakers, petitions and leaflets. They have the organisation of the SNP to support them whole heartedly. No so far has none of this.… -
Re: Undefined discussion subject.
I don't think the MP needs to have committed an imprisonable offence. From the Act .. (1) If a candidate who has been elected is reported by election court personally guilty or guilty by his agents of any corrupt or illegal practice his election shall be void. (2) A candidate at a parliamentary election shall also be… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tories take the lead with Survation for the first time in t
The January figures will be bad when published, but some real improvements underway. Last week Leicester's A E 4 hour target was passed at 97%; and mostly due to discharges exceeding admissions. The tide locally has changed, at least for present. If this is being replicated elsewhere then Labour's NHS card has been played… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Tories move to win the elder brothers’ vote – a wise mo
The main network live coverage (which can show anything happening on any hole at that time) has been massively extended. It's now (US times): Thurs 3.00 to 7.30 Fri 3.00 to 7.30 Sat 3.00 to 7.00 Sun 2.00 to 7.00 (Total = 18 hours) Back in the late 90s (approx) it was: Thurs 4.00 to 7.00 Fri 4.00 to 7.00 Sat 3.30 to 6.30… -
Re: Hunt’s budget has almost no impact on the general election betting – politicalbetting.com
Fair enough then if you’ve missed the best of me 😇 But it’s not just OBR team versus Miss Gen Zee from Art school who frequently bunked off school to watch horse racing and has fallen off horses on her head lots of times - there have been lots of other valuations of how much the energy help costs, and the OBR is by far the… -
Re: A Crime of a Law – politicalbetting.com
More wokehunting: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/01/national-trust-defends-vegan-scone-recipe-after-wokery-criticism 'Bill Cash, an MP who often has tea and scones in the House of Commons, opined to the paper: “It makes me wonder what will happen next – will they stop selling madeira cake because of…
