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Re: The fog of war – politicalbetting.com
If you were Zelenskyy right now, would you go to the Belarus border for a meeting right now? Highly risky As mentioned yesterday, President Big Hat is due to commit forces over the next 48-72 hours and that has been confirmed by the Ukrainians this afternoon, who said they had reports of Belarus forces prepping. This might… -
Re: Could BoJo really make a come-back? – politicalbetting.com
How has nationalising rail helped? Now that operations have been wholly brought back in house, we aren't seeing any changes to the chaos, because the driver of the chaos are the Department for Transport mandarins who were screwing the so-called "privatised" operators as well by dictating micro-details. Ownership is not the… -
Re: Starmer moves to a 30% approval lead over Johnson – politicalbetting.com
This sort of system has been talked about for ages, including some using molten metals. It's interesting that this system is very simple, and is purposefully not being used to generate electricity, and instead providing home heating. The energy density must be rather low, although with sand as a medium that might not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Disastrously successful. The EU’s Brexit negotiation
So few anticipated the 2008 crash that they made a rather brilliant film about it. Keeping our housing market relatively stable was an absolutely essential element of keeping our banks solvent thereafter. If house prices had fallen 30% after 2010 no bank would have survived without further capital inputs from the State.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Your regular reminder that hypothetical polls can be as accura
Been travelling for 24 hours.... back in London, I am surprised to see the Tory pessimism on here. And I am prone to pressimism. Looks pretty clear to me that the Tory lead has stabilised and probably widened again. 10-11%? And Boris' popularity has bounced back but as Corbyn's has fallen away once more. This is surely a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Nighthawks is now open
This is one of those days when I find myself thinking that maybe living in England isn't as bad as I remember.... After a nice weekend with temperatures of 80, my cell phone has been blowing up for the last hour or so with weather warnings - heavy rain, supercell thunderstorm wrapped tornadoes (sic), heavy downpour, large… -
Re: So will Americans back a criminal for President? – politicalbetting.com
This is one area where I very much agree with the Government critics. Fir a start it is important to differentiate between the individuals and the systems. I don't think the recent scandals involving police officers assaulting women and some of the endemic misogynistic behaviour exhibited by some police have much bearing… -
Re: Rogue Lawyer – politicalbetting.com
When Boris misspoke today about Douglas Ross the interesting thing he said was that there has been a referendum and this house now just wants to concentrate on covid and recovery and not with constitutional matters If the SNP seek a section 30 agreement Boris can just put it to a free vote in the HoC knowing it would be… -
Re: Cummings – the end of the line for his time at Number 10? – politicalbetting.com
At minimal risk to themselves. As I have mentioned, just about every uni student I know, including my nieces and nephew either have it or live in a house where someone has it. So something surely should/could have been worked out to allow them their vital education while protecting others more vulnerable. Perhaps that is… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The latest ads from a campaign to turn Republicans against Tru
@Cyclefree has some heavyweight support: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/17/lockdown-beer-firms-warn-boris-johnson-sales-confusion-reopening-uk-jobs ... Hundreds of pubs could shut for ever unless Boris Johnson decides in the next 48 hours when they can reopen, the UK’s largest beer companies have warned. In… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A record-breaking 469,047 registered online to vote yesterd
More news from Bradford. In an earlier post I mentioned the David Ward posters on the ring rd. There has been a mass influx of Hussain and Ahmed posters. Indeed in Bradford Moor ward nearly all the houses on Killinghall Rd have stakeboards in the garden. However my spies tell me they were all put up during the night by… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The big problem with free TV licences for those 75+ is that
The question which has been ignored so far is what effect increasing the cost of BTL would have on asset prices. A not insignificant component of demand for house purchases comes from prospective landlords. If landlords suddenly need a lower price for their sums to add up, it's likely that prices will fall. Previous… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » More polling’s due out on Corbyn’s failure with the most cr
Rubbish. See what Turkey's been doing to help refugees for the last five years within Turkey, and ask how we'd react if we were trying to house to million refugees with an active warzone right next door. Fortunately, as an island on the edge of a continent we're somewhat isolated from such eventualities. Turkey's at… -
Re: BREXIT: Undoing (some of) the damage. Part 1: The Principles – politicalbetting.com
I do wonder if every day in the Cameron house starts with Dave rising with a happy smile, his mood then darkening as he remembers who the PM is, followed by throwing the papers in the bin so he never has to see the word "Brexit" ever again, before kicking the cat on the way to the shepherd's hut, where he spends the day… -
Re: Oh dear… ODA… – politicalbetting.com
The latest outbreak of AZ paranoia has been reported from Bulgaria, where they've halted their immunisation program over a single case. Basically, it would appear than one obese woman with heart disease died (of heart failure, surprise surprise) some hours after having her vaccination. As a result, the Government is… -
Re: Undefined discussion subject.
Well a much lower Pound and higher interest rates will do me a power of good thank you. Edit: and in my view the rest of us too. We have a huge trade deficit and that needs correcting. A lower Pound will help. House prices are nuts and as has been evidenced by BHS and Tara pension are currently utterly bombed out. Higher… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Only one PB Oldham competition entrant over-stated Labour i
Off topic, but we are getting hammered up here by the weather,without doubt the worst storm here I have ever witnessed, house leaking all over the place, Roads flooded etc, today has been terrible, seems to be abating now, I live on the Cumbria border,but I also often live in the Eden valley , which is getting a hammering.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Threatened women live longest. Bet against Theresa May going q
Civil unrest is most certainly justified if the referendum result is blocked / overturned. We are a long way from that though. The vote wasn’t about the flavour of Brexit, but that we would be leaving. The rest is up to parliament / government to decide. The House of Lords has not just been trying to get its flavour of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Henry G Manson: Words and the world of workers – how Labour
It´s a shame the politicos cannot come up with such a list. Of course, this would have to be balanced out by the negatives: pressure on schools, housing, health pressure on wages ghettoisation increased risk of terrorism and crime, etc With all the pros and cons an informed decision could be made. Much more honest than… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If the Tories are to lose their majority there has to be an “u
I've been reading today, amongst other things, about further pleas (this time from senior Tory backbenchers and the head of the CBI) for office workers to start commuting again and rescue all the city centre businesses that exist to serve them. I think you have to feel very sorry for the business owners and their…