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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Suddenly Oprah Winfrey becomes second favourite for next Presi
The arsonist didn't just claim to be ex-SAS, he WAS ex-SAS. It is to be hoped that our special forces are normally more competent than he proved to be. Given that Doncaster council was riddled with corruption re planning permission issues Ken Richardson must have thought he was pushing on an open door in staging the fire.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Trump’s tantrums won’t cost him the presidency – yet
The header is not right to claim we did not already know the White House was dysfunctional. There have been many leaks and several books: Bob Woodward; Omarosa; Rick Wilson (as recommended by RCS); all following from Michael Wolff. And it is well-known there are record numbers of senior places unfilled, and record turnover… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Even with Scotland will LAB still be able to win more seat
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Learning from history
That's one point. The U.K. was still much better off in 1973 than in 1945. For all the policy errors, the 1945-1973 period was an economic boom. We enjoyed another genuine economic boom for about 20 years after 1982. After 2002, growth was largely driven by debt and rising house prices. Then it turned to bust in 2008,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Jeremy Corbyn is an unconventional politician, the normal rule
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43275611 "Nimby councils" in England that fail to build enough new homes could be stripped of planning powers, Housing Secretary Sajid Javid has warned. Mr Javid told the Sunday Times he would be "breathing down" the necks of local authorities to ensure targets are met. I do hope Mr Javid… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » TMay ends the week extending her satisfaction margin over Corb
I have changed - yesterday infuriated both my wife and myself and we both agreed that we want out. Actually this has been mirrored in my whatts ap family and friends group. I still want TM to do a deal but if not out we go And by the way I never referred to house price falls, they do not concern me as I own my home and do… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Keeping Benn as shadow Foreign Sec could make Corbyn look
The worst examples were not 'houses' as such but 'flats' both high rise and deck access. The problems in all the regeneration work lay with the planners not really the builders. I suppose you could blame architects as well - there were some severe problems with system built properties - but strictly I think it was the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » All you need is Gove, Gove, Gove is all you need Mrs May
ANECDOTE ALERT - Haven't figured out how this new-fangled nested-commenting apparatus works yet, but to @FrancisUrquhart below on the Garden Tax - that has also been my experience. A swing voting mate (voted Labour in 2015) on an average income but in a family house he bought with the legacy of his parents is terrified by… -
Re: Can there be anything more symbolic than Monday’s Indy front page? – politicalbetting.com
Reshuffle? Does that mean we are getting another pair of Transport and Housing Ministers. They've been in for 13 and 8 months already, so we are overdue some more. :smile: I wonder what Mr Cameron would be, apart from perhaps a new member of the Lords. While Cameron looks good to obsessives and centrists in the light of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How Brexit is blinding us resulting in other massive issues be
One cause of house price inflation for which the Tories are definitely responsible was Lawson's scandalous decision to reform taxation of married women's earnings. Prior to 1988 they rightly had no personal allowance, and their earnings were a line item on their husband's tax return, who had a bigger personal allowance and… -
Re: What do we think of the Desantis WH2024 camaign slogan? – politicalbetting.com
PBers from OGH onward are getting their knickers in a twist over the ALLEGED national slogan for impending DeSantis for POTUS 2024 campaiagn. "Make America Florida" will NOT be THE campaign slogan for RDS though it will likely be used (to a degree) in the Sunshine State. As has been noted, most Americans do NOT perceive… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tories take the lead with Survation for the first time in t
The January figures will be bad when published, but some real improvements underway. Last week Leicester's A E 4 hour target was passed at 97%; and mostly due to discharges exceeding admissions. The tide locally has changed, at least for present. If this is being replicated elsewhere then Labour's NHS card has been played… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » We can’t assume that the Donald is out of it yet
From the Guardian, I hope he's right the great Tory Euro split, the one that was supposed to be on a par with the Repeal of the Corn Laws, has been called off. That is not to say the party is united. Dozens of Tory MPs will vote to leave the EU, and at some point the debate may get bitter and unpleasant. If the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Were we all taken in by the apparent invincibility of Team Cor
Team Corbyn's problems are evident but not insurmountable - so I wouldn't write them off yet. She still has the institutional advantages of likely Momentum and Unite backing, as well as the outriders with a disproportionate influence on discourse within the Labour Party. What badly wrongfooted them I think was the scale of… -
Re: Irrefutable proof that Liz Truss is in fact a Private Parody – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Law vs Reality – politicalbetting.com
FPT on the Assisted Dying Bill. These are things I am thinking about and have not seen discussed: 1 - Conscience clauses. A lot of Medics are motivated by their ethical beliefs, whether religious or other. Get this wrong and a lot of medics could be lost. When I have seen cases of Drs killing their patients or 'helping… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Two months before the 2011 AV referendum the polls were poi
OK This explains Oklahoma: It might be the eau de anti-establishment ambrosia that Sanders has doused himself in, but he appears to be appealing to the overwhelmingly white, middle to lower-middle class Democratic voters in Oklahoma in ways that he hasn’t been able to with minorities in other parts of the South (see: South… -
Re: MAYBE BABY: POPULATION POLITICS PART 2 – politicalbetting.com
Yes, interesting articles with which I broadly agree. From a personal perspective, I'd say I always idealised having a large family (possibly aresult of being an only child!) If you'd asked me at any point in my life how many children I'd ideally want, the number would have probably always been greater than two (albeit, I… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Thursday PB Nighthawks Cafe after an evening away from cor
Thanks! It wasn't me but that's one I've been meaning to watch. Currently watching Game of Thrones back from the beginning. Work meant I never had time to watch the final season when it was aired and been a couple of year since I saw the penultimate series so now I'm house bound due to the virus rewatching it from the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » ICM phone poll naming Clegg has him holding Sheffield Halla
I've been up to Nottingham and Rushcliffe today. After a couple of hours I turned the radio on and they were talking about the election and I realised I hadn't seen a single election poster or anything. After several hours, still almost nothing. One of the reasons that the need for PR is so urgent is that the country has…
