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Re: Are there any honest Scottish Nationalists? – politicalbetting.com
I like Klopp. I think he's a decent guy and he's been blinded-sided by this (apparently). He hasn't had a chance to process this properly so I give him a bit of a pass for now. However ... and it's a big however, if he's as decent and principled as we think he his then he could choose to make a stand on this. He could… -
Re: Barely a third think they’ll get timely treatment from the NHS – politicalbetting.com
Someone at work had their baby born with a serious knee infection. Weird. To be on topic - said baby was fixed very quickly, and my experience with the NHS has been excellent (operation, physio, + an ongoing issue that they like to get updates on). GP booking used to be useless, but they now have an online triage and… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » While Labour continues to have problems with leader rating
AA Gill skewers C4 "But it does raise a question that’s been bothering Tristrams for some time: what is the point of Channel 4? It has lost its role of being the smart young modern vision of high-low culture and turned into a car-boot sale of second-hand ideas and really unpleasant victim trolling. Its early-evening… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » My 25/1 tip for our next EU Commissioner
I wanted to comment on the floods from the perspective of having had some very peripheral involvement. The rise of the river a week or so back caught many people unawares. Within hours, the situation (which until then had seen flooding limited to traditional towpaths and fields) suddenly seemed to be on a much larger… -
Re: It’s hard to see how Johnson recovers from this – politicalbetting.com
@PippaCrerar “EarHearing from two separate sources that Govt is considering bringing recess forward two days to Tuesday. Only sketchy business has been sent out for next week - House rising could be announced on day. It would avoid another tricky PMQs - plus get plotting Tory MPs out of SW1”… -
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 » As the daily death rate edges closer to 1,000 YouGov finds str
The role of the 24 hour media in our politics during the last decade has been absolutely lamentable, in good times and bad. Remember the furore caused by the Pasty Tax? The Aston Villa/West Ham confusion'? These were all whipped up to create a notion of crisis where there was in fact simply smooth government and little to… -
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: YouGov CON members’ poll adds to the pressure on Johnson – politicalbetting.com
@FAIRLIERED SAID “Good post Malcolm. @MoonRabbit if you want to understand why many of us Scots want Independence, the attached post may help explain. https://yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/how-i-hoped/“ I thank you for something to read to help me understand better. 👍🏻 I’ll concede before reading it I expect… -
Re: BETFAIR, THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, AND THE GAMBLING COMMISSION – politicalbetting.com
But that wasn't the market Philip. The reason that that was not the market is that everyone knew upfront that the USA is not a functioning democracy which takes weeks and weeks to do what every other democracy manages in 24 hours or so and which finds absurd things to argue about. So the market is set on the projection and… -
Re: Jupiter in eclipse? Macron looks a very weak odds-on favourite – politicalbetting.com
Look, I'm against HS2, albeit for different reasons, but...huh? The activists say HS2’s eviction techniques are putting their lives at risk while HS2 blames the protesters and the way the tunnel has been constructed for putting their own lives at risk. Larch Maxey, one of the activists in the tunnel, said: “HS2 are… -
Re: Ayrshire hotelier and convicted felon remains the favourite for the White House race in November
I understand your view point. I do not want to change the six polling companies because they are the six which have produced weekly polling for almost 2 years. I do not include More in Common which have provided weekly polls recently because if I did, I would not be able to compare on a consistent basis with the average… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Alastair Meeks looks ahead to next month’s local elections
Third! Interesting article. London will drive the media response, and there has been a big swing to Labour in London over recent years (its the recent change that drives gains/losses - not "historical" performance), out of line with the national picture. And more demography and housing than changing "coalitions" Personally… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If Thursday’s S Yorkshire PCC by election is close then CON
Off-topic: I don't know if this has already been posted, but here is an interesting article from the Washington Post about another 2015 GE battle: Axelrod vs Messina.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » One of the architects of the worst general election campaign i
Donald Trump Jr's first call after he was allegedly offered information on Hillary Clinton by a Russia-linked lawyer should have been to the FBI, a former White House ethics lawyer has said.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Is Hillary Clinton really the certainty that she now appears –
Very early on I called the primary races and the general election. Trump = President Clinton. Sufficient disaffected GOP voters would propel Trump to the nomination where he would face Clinton whose machine would eventually overwhelm Bernie. Worsening demographics and faced with a poor choice the punters would opt for the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Labour insider, Henry G Manson, on the changed mood within
It looks like the Labour are losing their discipline and proving themselves to be the unruly rabble that has been hinted at so often: At the Labour leader’s eighth ‘relaunch’ speech on Thursday at Senate House, every single question from journalists was greeted by boos, hisses and tuts.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Multiculturalism was buried this week, un-noticed
The only reason religion is clinging to its "position" in public life is it's a self-interested pressure group interested in its own perks. Religious people are very lucky that everyone else quietly continues to accept putting up with their charade. Apart from anything consider the huge amounts of time wasted by people for… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » First polls give the French Presidential debate to Macron and
I agree. They mostly held their positions. If there was any gainer or loser, it was Fillon, down a little because he's saddled with the policy of discarding the 35-hour week. Macron looked uncomfortable but he had an easy time. He only dealt with immigration by asserting what "we the EU" should do about it, and nobody…