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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Tories need to move the agenda off the NHS if they’re to h
Now its possible that the labour market is increasingly erratic or that the ONS has produced some dodgy stats but there seems to have been a very big increase in employment and an even bigger change in the demand for workers. From a quarterly reduction of 56,000 in the three months of August to October to a quarterly… -
Re: A Johnson 2022 exit is now the betting favourite – politicalbetting.com
Late afternoon all :) One of the problems of posting more than 12 hours after a by-election result is it's usually been said, argued, rebutted, retracted and in any case some thing else has pushed it off the agenda. Three thoughts from me: First, a marvellous effort by the LDs to win Tiverton & Honiton. This wasn't a… -
Re: The flaw in Liz’s reliance on tax cuts – politicalbetting.com
I'm curious if anyone has figures to hand of how much Employers NI the Treasury takes from what could have been Asda's employees wages while supposedly subsidising Asda? I suspect there are plenty of minimum wage full time workers at Asda who are paying tax, national insurance and Employers NI and yet they aren't entitled… -
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I'm sure he is unusually aware of the importance of this role. People seem to know he has a history of personal loss, but not sure it is always made clear: lost his wife and daughter just before the Christmas just after he was elected Senator at age 29; lost his elder son while in the White House; and he believes that his… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The November WH2020 Democratic debate and another reminder tha
Social care is a lovely policy for those in the London and South East. a. We will ensure no one ever again needs to face catastrophic care costs of more than £100,000 for the care they need in old age, which we will underscore with a lifetime cap on personal contributions to care costs. So down South you are sure to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview: November 24th 2016
We all know that "Black Friday" is just one enormous American-imported marketing gimick. That said, it's very brave of M&S, given its recent dire trading record, to totally ignore it, given that the concept has been embraced however reluctantly by the likes of Selfridges, House of Fraser, John Lewis, Next (sort of), etc,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Can the Lib Dems avoid addressing the 2015 Mandate question
German house prices are an oddity, in that I think you're right they've been boomless at the least for ages though I suspect their relationship to German investment rates is to say the least complex. Bear in mind too Germany has a stable or falling population, we don't, so there is real long term demand behind some ( I… -
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eon has been accused of being “anti-democratic” by ignoring the result of the independence referendum as she struggled during a live TV debate to reconcile her desire for a rerun with her claim she respects the 2014 result. Opposition party leaders were enthusiastically applauded and cheered by the audience during the BBC… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » It’s time for Labour to push back against Tory plastic patriot
It should be noted that the Conservatives are not only in a much better position than not only 1997 or 1992 but even 2010 in large parts of the country. Where they are doing much worse is in London, other cities and anywhere with high numbers of students. Now part of the decline in urban areas is because of demographic… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Corbyn to quit or not to quit on June 9th, that is the questio
No, the problem is that the ageing population means that all pension arrangements are costing more, and that the government's response so far has been to try and save money solely by retarding the payment age. And I don't think the issue is the wealth difference between pensioners and those aged 50, the latter being at the… -
Re: The New Year appeal: Help keep PB going and make it ad-free – politicalbetting.com
Sorry, I appreciate that there are barriers going up and that some of them haven't become clear until recently which will cause a lot of confusion, but the CE mark no longer being valid has been known about for months, and yet this business person has become aware with 24 hours notice? I might be missing something obvious,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Latest Lord Ashcroft marginals polling brings bad news for
If Mullins has Djakadam and Don Poli fit then I suspect Vautour will run in the Ryanair next year then maybe the Gold Cup in 2017. Not least woth Djakadam being in the same ownership. Big but though... Over the years, and with the notable exception of Florida Pearl, Mullins has not been the best trainer at keeping chasers… -
Re: Today’s must read – politicalbetting.com
The Telegraph highlighted this example yesterday, of a quango who are doing their best to undermine housebuilding. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/15/natural-england-block-new-homes-ulez-zones-ltns/ “New housing is being blocked unless councillors agree to introduce green schemes such as Ulez and low-traffic… -
Re: By election betting – politicalbetting.com
Or sports coaches. Or priests. Or people working in foster homes. Only last week IICSA published its final report. All its reports show the extent to which predatory males will do pretty much anything to get access to and abuse vulnerable children (of both sexes, though predominantly girls) and girls and girls on the cusp… -
Re: Parking the bus or “to the Arsenal one nil” – politicalbetting.com
And it has been 24 hours or so since America last bombed Iraq. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Labour is paying a price for its elongated leadership conte
I do not agree with the general attack on poor people - the so-called "genuine cases". My own beef is with those who work the system. Many people in their comfortable middle-class areas probably never really mix with this group, and assume that the number must be tiny. Well sadly, due to my own humble upbringing and (more… -
Re: Just 3 of the April polls have LAB 20% or more ahead – politicalbetting.com
Oh God. The housing market has been more resilient than I thought possible in recent months. And it appears first time buyers are responsible. Clearly the rental market is in a terrible (insert swear word of choice) state and so buying is still preferable. But how are they affording it?… -
Re: My guess: Sunak will wait until 2025 for the election – politicalbetting.com
"Few of us would imagine that there was much fun to be had on a kitchen table alone with some electric flex, a dustbin liner and a satsuma fruit unless someone had told us. I have been around longer than Milligan and nobody ever told me about it. Nobody discussed these things at Oxford in my day. Was it in the House of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The voting intentions of those who watched Thursday’s progr
I think you are correct. Price growth has been low, unemployment has fallen and most of the new jobs may not be brilliant but aren't zero-hours hell. One very compelling theory I've heard, and it's not my own but I don't know whom to credit: The media and news is perhaps the sector that has suffered the most due to the mix… -
Re: Hell – politicalbetting.com
I'm not ever that clear about "looks like the Medieval original" statements. It's possible to tip over into a "looks like how I want to imagine the original looked" view. We see that in - for example - an attachment to all types of things. A fetish about the far past which can be an attempted escape from the present. The…