Search
-
Re: Sunak gets the worst Ipsos opening ratings of any PM over 23 years – politicalbetting.com
My missus started a new job last week. She now has a three mile commute. She doesn't drive so is using buses. To say the service is patchy in the extreme is generous. More than once she's been stood an hour waiting as bus after bus simply doesn't turn up. When I was in my late teens I used the buses round here regularly… -
Re: Could Lee Anderson and his ilk cause an early election? – politicalbetting.com
I am fucking furious. i have just spent a hour looking for about four or five handymen in my area. Both Google and Bing have degraded to the point where this is not possible. What they provide is: * Google-generated suggestions. These are webpages generated by Google on-the-fly containing lists of those in my area. they… -
Re: 2022 for Johnson’s departure looks good value at up to 9/1 – politicalbetting.com
At the moment there is a one sided debate on all of the issues of the day, no dissent on the official line has been allowed to air, only dissent on process. Opening up the conversation to people who have a more sceptical line on this new zero COVID strategy we've adopted changes the dynamic hugely. The government will be… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The virus score card as at 1353GMT
Bearing in mind how partisan the response has been to date I don't think they ever will. Most of the dead will be old whose deaths can be recorded for one of many other reasons. Many very sick people will never be recorded as having the virus because they won't be tested, let alone people with more mild symptoms. Meanwhile… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » ICM’s phone poll for December sees CON get 3 pc closer
Can't leave the funniest finding on the old thread.. ""The poll also asked voters whether they were worried that the emerging recovery was based on an unsustainable new property boom. Overall, voters dismissed this concern – which has been raised by the business secretary, Vince Cable, among others – by 49% to 34%. Even in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf on George Osborne
My recollection of the recession of the early 90s was that I knew things were bad when I saw the estate agents closing down. This time there's been none of that and indeed in London as SeanT has said and I can confirm from East London, the market remains incredibly buoyant with enormous demand nowhere near being met by… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Richard Nabavi on Emmanuel Macron’s Cohabitation Conundrum
Ilford North is undergoing dramatic change in both ethnic mix and housing tenure, both of which contributed to Labour's narrow win in 2015. Both are continuing, although Labour support in London is showing the first signs of succumbing to its national drop in the polls, from which the capital has been relatively insulated.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If Farage doesn’t take part in the debates then it will onl
The idea that Primrose Hill has only recently gentrified is hilarious. Did the Milibands really grow up in a slum? Delancey Street specifically is a main road through which the buses trundle on their way to the heart of London's West End. That's why it's cheaper than almost every other street in the area. The streets off… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New analysis finds current LAB voters reluctant to give Cor
Actually, I made precisely the opposite point on Twitter: David Herdson @DavidHerdson · 3h3 hours ago Lynton Crosby's is the market leader in his field by a mile: in any other industry there'd have been no criticism. #NewYearHonours #Crosby jeremy ward @jezward7 · 3h3 hours ago @DavidHerdson so why wasn't… -
Re: A Personal View of Sunak’s plans from a Lake District Pub – politicalbetting.com
Not sure about that. It's not hard to work out who's taking in the big piles of cash. The only question then, is are they passing it on, up a chain? With student accommodation, the prices have gone up. Far faster than inflation or the cost of the increase in quality. Or even the house price inflation for the areas... And… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview: All Hallow’s Eve 2013
@yokel fpt "In a separate development, a large explosion at a Syrian army base has been reported outside the coastal city of Latakia. A White House official said Israeli warplanes carried out the attack overnight, but he provided no details, the Associated Press news agency reports. It says another security official said… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Is it now the left who bet with their hearts?
It's interesting that a massive presumption of Leave has been that they have the most motivated supporters and that could sway it on turnout. Surely the majority of Leave's support comprises the uneducated, the despairing and the resentful - just the sort of people who can't be bothered to get their backsides off the sofa… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, could be a tricky on
-
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today’s budget buzzword bingo
Pricing out is not new: the expression "Bank of Mum and Dad has been around since the millennium. What is new is the perception that something can be done about it (by Jezza). The things that can actually be done are: 1. Double incomes 2. Halve houseprices 3. Build houses (increase supply) 4. Reduce demand (Brexit). 3. is… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If you think that CON will struggle to agree a DUP supply/conf
Surely a 'minority' government is one which maintains the confidence of the house, passing budgets and legislation without having a majority of MPs? In other news...how many guesses on how often the Guardian mentions which party runs Camden council (and has for all but four of the last 40 years...)… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf’s afternoon cartoon on the Brexit talks
Housing is interesting. Borehamwood is becoming a very congested little town. Planners seem to have approved hundreds and hundreds of new flats with absolutely ZERO investment in roads or other infrastructure. I'm trying to get out but my flat has been difficult to sell and there are several blocks being constructed right… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Punters continue to sell CON seats on the spreads – now down t
"The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it? Right now inflation is lower than it has been for thirteen years, a record the right hon. Gentleman couldn't begin to touch!" - M. H.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As ICM reports another gigantic CON lead Number 10 moves to sq
"The right hon. Gentleman is afraid of an election is he? Oh, if I were going to cut and run I'd have gone after the Falklands. Afraid? Frightened? Frit? Couldn't take it? Couldn't stand it? Right now inflation is lower than it has been for thirteen years, a record the right hon. Gentleman couldn't begin to touch!" - M. H.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Which party REMAIN and LEAVE voters now say they will vote for
@ HYUFD That is a view. But the House district map is far less friendly to the Dems than it has ever been at any point in history. Such a big swing to the Dems is far harder to achieve now than it was in the past. I know you place very high stock in the predictive power of historical data (far more than I do), but if there… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The first Indyref conducted after Osborne’s intervention is
Alan, the Yes campaign have been organising and having meetings for months. They have literature going to every house, at least in my area, regularly. They are in the city centres with loud speakers, petitions and leaflets. They have the organisation of the SNP to support them whole heartedly. No so far has none of this.…
