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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The latest Republican TV debate was the best so far but won
Merkel is fully on board with the lot. That has been obvious for a while. Cameron is relying on her to square the more recalcitrant EU member states, which she is uniquely placed to do. The hard one is EU migration - I suspect (1) a longer transitional period for any future EU member state will be agreed, at 15+ years and… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » So now the LAB leadership is a two horse race
Quite right, Mr. M.. The other day someone on here said that Justine Greening was a member of the LGBT community (under which heading was not mentioned). I felt quite pleased because she has been a politician and minister for some years without me ever knowing that she was a member of of this newly protected minority. As… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Now we’ve got some non-YouGov polls showing CON leads the posi
Thank you 😊 I was wrong. 😒. Precious little post Brexit Battleground compared to Bozzy Bears speech. the debate on Brexit has too often been narrow and process-driven. Endless discussion about parliamentary process and the institutions of the EU but little on how we tackle the causes of the referendum result. The need to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Can Vince make a Brexit-exit work for the Lib Dems?
Though these sixteen people were at least living in a proper flat. There's a level of squalor even lower than this with the 'beds in sheds' aka suburban shanty towns. The Burnt Oak area splits between the boroughs of Barnet and Brent. The populations of those two boroughs as per Wikipedia are: Barnet 1991 300k 2001 315k… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Don Brind: Why having an “electable” leader matters so much
I read that too, I'm against the principle of QE because it predictably failed to do any good to any economy that has tried it. Yes it lowers interest rates and encourages public deficits, but QE is a very corrupt mechanism of giving free money to people who already have tons of money, as a result it reduces investment in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Possibly not good news for the Scottish separatists: the fi
Farage has been in Rochdale "With another by-election campaign under way following the sad death of Jim Dobbin, I’m spending the day in Rochdale with the Ukip candidate John Bickley. And I’m struck that while normally these campaigns are fought on issues such as local hospitals, housing developments, or the previous… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The PB Polling Matters TV Show & Podcast: Brexit, Zac’s by-ele
I still have a terrible feeling Trump may do this. Clinton's saving grace may be early votes when Trump was on the ropes. He had a very good poll in Florida yesterday. To Kle4: the US election is for the most important job in the world. It's a cracking election year with a myriad exciting twists and turns. There are some… -
Re: Huge blow for the SNP in new Scottish YouGov poll – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Trump’s Christmas actions come under the most furious attack from CNN’s Chris Cuomo – politicalbetti
Good morning, I have got a long run planned for today, hopefully it does not rain! Will be nice to get outside for an hour or two. I've been bored to death by a lot of my fellow left-wingers who can't seem to let Brexit go. I moved on months ago but I've especially moved on now the deal has been signed. Continuing to fight… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Biden still retains a clear national polling lead – but then s
Well my son has been described as "the hero of the hour" at his school after getting an answer from the SQA confirming that not only grades but bands would be as per teacher assessment. An anonymised version of his reply has been sent to every sixth former which includes several who did not get confirmation of their offers… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The PB / Polling Matters podcast returns!
Pretty much true of a lot of things online... I don't know if I'm bursting any bubbles here but the internet is pretty nasty I wasn't defending their ability to debate robustly or anything, clearly they are just abusing her but that is pretty much the internet in general. Obviously just abusing people is clearly a bad… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Labour’s path to victory. The seats that could put Labour in p
With Scotland still being such a horror show for Labour, it basically means that for Corbyn to gain power, he has to be grabbing a swathe of English seats from the Tories last taken by Blair. Blair could win those seats by building a coalition of voters that included large numbers of former Tory voters (who by the very… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » And before the big Question Time event here’s Marf
There are a number of views as to the constitutional, as opposed to legal effect of the 2011 Act. The preferable view is that it does not remove option (b), but makes it subject to certain statutory formalities in section 2 of the Act. Once those formalities have been complied with, the Crown has the power by proclamation… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Keiran Pedley asks Is 2016 the year David Cameron loses the
These figures in fact substantially understate the extent of our problems. By 2010 public spending was not only increasing at a completely unsustainable rate, it had several drivers built into it which meant that it was likely to increase into the future whether the tax revenue was there or not. So we had major problems in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The betting for Biden’s VP pick is getting tighter
We had four months when we never had 48 hours without rain, sleet, hail, drizzle. If that had been lockdown, I reckon it would have had serious impact on my mental health. As it is, apart from an easterly wind, the lockdown weather has been solidly lovely. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A Tale of Two Lawyers
Not only is it a total volte face but, if the reports I've just been catching up on are anything like accurate, the revised advice is impossible to comply with. Medical grade masks for everybody over 60 (in the UK that's around 15 million people) and some three layered thing that can allegedly be made at home (if you just… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Can the Tories manage the lockdown endgame without alienating
Generally the government is doing OK, middle of the pack as far as I can see. However I do have an issue with Johnson. His character flaws were well known before the Tories picked him. After winning the GE he went off to the Caribbean for 10 days but I doubt anyone would begrudge him a holiday after the GE and I certainly… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Robert Peston suggesting that the battle between Hunt and John
Completely off topic but interesting: Oregan. I don't know how many of you have been following Oregan politics recently, but it looks ripe to open up what could easily be the 2nd American Civil war. Portland has always been a hotbed of fash and antifash clashes, but recently some bad things have gone on. A recent cap and… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The first consequence of the Euros – LAB appears to be edging
> @Cyclefree said: > > @Chris said: > > > @Cyclefree said: > > > > @isam said: > > > > > @Byronic said: > > > > > > > > > OK..... Corbyn seems to have come out for a 2nd ref > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1133038998102958082 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A solid win for NO but what about that “vow” by Cameron, Cl
Four hours sleep, knackered but over the moon. Being hopelessly wrong has never felt so good. God bless Scotland and the Scots. And sincere commiserations to all those on here - posters and lurkers - who wished for a Yes. I may have disagreed with you fundamentally, but I never doubted your sincerity. You will feel as bad…