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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » On a holiday note linking the location of football clubs to wh
I think he misses a couple of things here: 1 - The difference between "post-mining" and "post-industrial". I can point you to new manufacturing companies in the area employing a thousand+ each which have been grown from tiddlers since say 1975 (eg Eurocell, Synseal). 2 - Growth of Local / Independent Politics. 3 - Ben… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If there is a “Bradley effect” in the Mayoral race it’ll ha
What isn't clear is that before or after the money has been laundered? I mean, I know for a fact that places like Panama used to do a roaring trade in washing the drug cartels money. If it then ends up with HSBC Panama and then transferred to HSBC UK and property brought etc, technically what they say is true, but isn't… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Review 2015 : Part One
Its all 'jobs for the boys' in Labour: Harriet Harman’s former adviser Ayesha Hazarika, has been awarded an MBE. Harman wanted her to be given a seat in the House of Lords in the August post-election honours list, but Ed Miliband insisted on elevating his adviser Spencer Livermore instead.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Re Mr. Cameron’s plan to appoint many more CON peers – the
The State should get it's own house in order first. Many politicians, civil serpents and quangocrats are paid, far, far, more than they're actually worth. A figure closer to £0 could be applied to many MP's. I'm prepared to include charity big wigs in that bunch too, since so many of those bodies are reliant on public… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Osborne Supremacy might be over but the Osborne Legacy
I've often said that Cameron's background as an account exec is poor training for a PM. As a profession they've been described as 'waiters who think they're chefs'. Their job is to deliver and SELL more talented people's ideas. And the good ones can be exceptionally good Once in a blue moon you can say 'cometh the hour… -
Re: Time is running out for those betting on a March CON poll lead – politicalbetting.com
That's an old fashioned take. More likely, everyone in the hospital had done their TransFriendly training - therefore self identification trumps all. Anyone accusing a self-identified woman of rape, is "accusing" them of being a man. Since they aren't a man (see training) the complaint is false and transphobic. We live in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election Preview : February 12th 2015
"Quite legally, of course, but they nonetheless cleverly arranged their affairs so that the inherited millions of property wealth would deftly swerve the taxman's rugby tackle." How? As their Mother is still alive there would have been no tax to pay. If their father left the house to the children in trust he must have had… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Amber warning: Rudd is safe – for now
You are absolutely right about this last point. Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus is facing a wide-scale military offensive & ethnic cleansing by the Syrian army & its allies. Yarmouk camp was once home to some 160,000 Palestinians. On April 19, the Syrian army and its allies, including the Russians,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The betting moves even more to Cummings still being in his job
Have you and @Richard_Nabavi ever gone shopping with a woman or been somewhere like Westfield or Trafford Shopping Centres. People spend hours in them. All you describe applies to quite a lot of shops too, shopping centres especially. And in response to @Chris: I don’t expect instant normality but I’d like to understand… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Boris goes into intensive care
I do think going forward we need a much clearer line of responsibility. I well remember back in 2010 the uproar in Conservative circles at the notion Nick Clegg might be running the show when Cameron went on holiday. There have been times when the post of Deputy PM has been left vacant and that's fine as long as everyone… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » First post-Supreme Court polling finds the LDs main beneficiar
I am interested by the debate put forward today: "General Debate on the Principles of Democracy and the Rights of the Electorate". This could go a number of ways, but it seems like a day dedicated to "People vs Parliament" campaigning. The issue I find is that our system has evolved with the general understanding that when… -
Re: The story that won’t go away for Johnson – politicalbetting.com
Had a fun half hour trying to attack the sheet ice out there with a shovel. Have cleared enough of a path to the office so that I won't break my neck, and tried to clear as much footpath as I could for the kids walking to school. Roads are clear, other side of the road is clear, just our side which has been in the shade.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Rochester punters unmoved by the CON primary and Cameron vi
Crikey, your Dad must have been very well connected or the Dogs was a lot straighter in those days than it became. I served with a bloke whose father was killed when he was very young and his widowed mother brought him, his brother and his sister up on her winnings from the horse racing. I met the old lady when she was in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today’s front pages are yet again dominated by the coronavirus
China has its own particular definition of essential employees; the quest for technological domination is not to be interrupted... https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cover-Story/How-China-s-chip-industry-defied-the-coronavirus-lockdown TAIPEI -- Most high-speed trains have not stopped in Wuhan since Chinese authorities… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Final Survation poll on Newark
23:12 More on the turn-out from Elizabeth Hambidge: "Returning officer for the Newark by-election Andrew Muter has told the Advertiser he believes the turn out could be close to 58%. He said there had been a strong postal vote but up until a few hours ago he only expected a turn out of around 50%." 23:10: Advertiser… -
Re: As the beauty parade begins – politicalbetting.com
Yes it’s definitely religious, as discussed above Fascinating Wiki article on this theme. Votive offerings. Seems to be near-universal across human civilisation But some were keener than others “In Europe, votive deposits are known from as early as the Neolithic, with polished axe hoards, reaching a peak in the late Bronze… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » After the debates, a plethora of polls and Andrew Neil – a CON
Went out to Rileys in Pimlico for the Joshua fight and Tory majority 1.4, got home and it is 1.34. Biggest move in a couple of hours for many a week. Boris has negotiated the final debate, postal votes are nearly all sent and final mega polling day is done. I think the Tory campaign has been good not great and he deserves… -
Re: And the walls came tumbling down – politicalbetting.com
Afternoon all :) Reflections on yesterday - the anticipation, the weather, that sense of witnessing something truly historic yet knowing this was a unique moment for those involved.... That's enough about Frankie Dettori winning the 2000 Guineas on CHALDEAN. The deluge changed the game and we knew this was a horse that… -
Re: This R&W polling looks promising for Starmer – politicalbetting.com
A measured comment from Nick - too measured IMO. A quick response. 1. Yes. Indeed, it's pretty much entirely imperialism, both practically and psychologically. Indeed, worse, it's ethnic nationalism aimed at Russifying Ukraine and eliminating Ukraine as a nation. (This is probably an unachievable objective for Russia now… -
Re: The papers on Kwarteng’s vast tax cuts gamble – politicalbetting.com
How does that work, when the constant drone for months has been about Truss being an individual who keeps changing her opinions every few minutes? (Morning all) BTW, the Week at Westminster is very good this week. And if you listen to Weekend Woman's Hour, the headline item is about the women's sheep-shearing record…