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Re: Record breakers – politicalbetting.com
Unadopted roads is also a problem particularly for new builds. There are two main types of private or unadopted road: those on new developments such as housing estates and those which, usually by historic accident, have existed for a long time, often since the nineteenth century. A Department of Transport survey in 1972… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Goodbye to the Middle Ground
David Herdson's and Manson's preceding article are spot on. There is no middle ground. In short the public have always been to the right on personal issues and left on collective issues. Blair's triangulation created a false prophecy built on 90's Tory market failure which EdM has picked up on and left a public tired of… -
Re: Ceremonies – politicalbetting.com
Morning all! Just back from a street party. A pretty small affair, really. A cul-de-sac behind our road who to be honest declare a street party at the drop of a hat. Yet it was fun, and interesting, and cross-generational. The coronation itself acted as no more than a conversation starter with people who you might… -
Re: Where the Slippery Slope Leads – politicalbetting.com
With regards to Boris and Geidtgate. In response to a question by SKS he told the house on 28th April this year that he paid for the Downing Street refurb personally. That isn't an error. That's a lie. He knew that was not true. And openly lied about it. I'm losing track. Is that two or three clear cut breaches of the… -
Re: Punters think the Tories will lose ALL the July by-elections – politicalbetting.com
Having recently built a house I can vouch for the fact that it always costs more than you think. And takes far longer than planned (though Covid didn't help!) But, despite everything, project managing it has been one of the best experiences of my life - I loved seeing how buildings are made and thinking about how the… -
Re: How the pollsters performed on Thursday – politicalbetting.com
BBC: Exit polls have just been made available and they all give different numbers - to the point we cannot confidently say which party has come out on top. France Télévisions gives the National Rally between 120 and 160 seats - if that's correct then this is a surprise defeat for the RN, which would have come third. Two… -
Re: Labour’s Liz Truss problem x 100 – politicalbetting.com
Define wealthy. Otherwise people like me will either die because they can't afford treatment (and I am already at high risk of early death because of the NHS's failures to spot stages 1, 2 or 3 of my cancer) - and I can't - or be bankrupted and made homeless. As for the state pension, it gets taxed if the pensioner has… -
Re: Punters see WH2024 as a re-run of WH2020 – Biden v Trump – politicalbetting.com
NYT: Mr. Macron wants France to lead the European Union toward a middle course between the two great powers, demonstrating the “European strategic autonomy” at the core of his vision. He has spoken about an autonomous Europe operating “beside America and China.” Such comments have been an irritant — if no more than that,… -
Re: Ipsos MORI finds for the first time in a year optimists outnumber pessimists – politicalbetting.com
ON topic, a question for PB software brainiacs. My laptop has just frozen during a Windows 10 update "50% completed, do not switch off" It's just stuck on that and has been stuck for hours. It won't even switch off if I press the off button hard and long Anything else I can do?! -
Re: With 11 days until “Freedom Day” Ipsos finds a significant proportion backing permanent controls – p
Now that is more encouraging :smile: . It's so easy to get wrong - I lost count of the number of restored for rental houses I have walked away from because some twunt has done a 25k cosmetic job with the normal Homes Under the Hammer mix, which will have to be gutted again to meet the 2030 regs because an extra 3k has not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Surely this means that TMay has to sack “Fuck Business” Boris?
In defence of Boris he said before the collective responsibility rules were restored. More interestingly the Sunday Times says shagger Boris has been told he has 48 hours to resign or he can kiss his leadership ambitions goodbye Also ten more letters to be sent to be Sir Graham Brady. -
Re: Raab: “No leadership challenge next week” – politicalbetting.com
Reality hitting Sturgeon and the SNP Scotland's spending review: Union warns public sector job cuts unsustainable Cutting 30,000 public sector jobs would be "unsustainable", a union leader has warned. It comes after the Scottish government set out its plans at Holyrood on Tuesday to reform public services in the face of a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ed Miliband can take heart from Maggie in 1979. In spite of
Leaving aside council tax - which is based on house values as a proxy for ability to pay, and therefore not a flat rate - all of the others are voluntary fees for services, and therefore people do not have to pay. The poll tax was a tax, it was compulsory, and people went to jail for non-payment. If the poll tax had been… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Lots pressure on Maria Miller over expenses, but I’m yet t
I think it is worth remembering that if Maria Miller were to resign or be sacked she would remain in employment on the very generous package described by Mr Bond. She receives a second salary because she has the honour and the privilige of being a minister as well. The facts around her claims are complicated but they are… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » GE2015 Day Minus 1 – the latest polling/betting round-up
The vast majority of politicians - in the UK at least - are hard working and genuinely care about the future of this country. Ed Miliband genuinely believes that what he does will be best for the people of the UK. David Cameron, Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, etc. etc.: all believe passionately in improving… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Lib Dem sources say the debates unlikely to happen
I think it is a bit more complicated unfortunately. This is from Lib Dem Voice after a Clegg speech: "So all three parties now have a balanced budget target, and each is different. The Conservatives want an absolute budget surplus with no exclusions (but with investment rising with GDP), and Labour propose a ‘current… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Remember that standard GE2017 polls are for GB only and exclud
Someone I was at Uni with and shared a house with at College of Law for a year has recently been diagnosed with a viciously aggressive form of dementia. He will never come out of his care home. He is 56. He has a wife and kids who now have to live with the prospect of him being in that home, potentially for decades.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Nate Silver on UK politics
Also "Will not government mortgage guarantees lead to the household debt burden rising? No. Even if Help to Buy results in £130bn of new mortgages over three years, which may be optimistic, the household debt ratio would not rise, based on what has happened to incomes in recent years. Nor is it likely to produce a new… -
Re: How will the BoJo survival betting look next Friday morning? – politicalbetting.com
Interesting that a pervy old nobody MP has the whip withdrawn for peeking at some porn in the HoC, while the PM gets away with being fined and also lying to the house. One can only assume that if Bozo had been on the floor of the chamber watching porn while simultaneously jerking off, a lot of his more dense followers… -
Re: Football fans appear markedly more enthusiastic about Boris and Keir than the public at large – poli
Perhaps the best way woud be to remember what an audit is for, who it is for and make it work that way. An audit is for the shareholders (ONLY) to confirm the accounts are not materially misstated. [1] But because the UK has legislated to make all companies have audits (at least until the year 2000) combined with that…