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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » “Being seen to back Brexit worse for LAB than invading Iraq”
There is no-one in either government or the opposition with any concern for or understanding of how we earn our living and how wealth is created. This is why this rather important matter has been barely discussed. Anyway, I have been up for hours with insomnia. Hence all this chat. But today the B****t word is not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Beto O’Rourke: not the new Lincoln but perhaps following in hi
I don't agree with that argument. Too many of the voting processes are open to widescale attack. To make matters worse, in many cases the attack vectors have been known about for years, and little, if anything, has been done to close them. Any sane country would force closure of such holes, and the fact they don't drives a… -
Re: This is developing into a big problem for the Tories – politicalbetting.com
There was a mighty roar around Camden - in my local beer garden - from several houses - when England scored those goals Not quite as loud as you get for a men’s match, but still - loud This has clearly resonated -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New GE2017 study suggests that CON>LAB swing was larger in mar
Yes, the policy should have been thought through better, but it's cheaper to give it to everyone than means test everyone to take from only the top 10%. The plan would have had to have been to remove WFA from over 50% of pensioners. Rather like the discussion around social care policy in the manifesto, what's clear is that… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Betting on how many deposits the Lib Dems will lose in 2015
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Re: Shropshire North – nine days to go – politicalbetting.com
Still wrong. And you personal beef also has no bearing on the question. Move on to more comfortable territory for you, like your claim that all houses should be built with enough parking for 2.5 cars. -
Re: A Tory coronation? – politicalbetting.com
Hot weather like this has always happened. Someone posted the hottest temps going back a hundred years or so, and back in the early part of the 20th century there were 35 deg days on occasion. The difference is that climate change has shifted the dial a few degrees hotter, and hence what might have been mid thirties is… -
Re: A poll lead for the Tories in March? – politicalbetting.com
Much as I would like to be with you all tonight, I am otherwise engaged, amongst other things I´m also an Honorary Consul in Estonia and have been dealing with citizens of the country who have been coming out of Russia by land. Buses and trains are full coming out (empty going back). FWIW My view is that Putin has… -
Re: The resistible force meets the movable object – politicalbetting.com
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/reeves-plan-unlikely-to-work-says-ex-chief-at-bank-of-england/ar-AA1ygWFo?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=5821a5825f6441f088cc019907c410f0&ei=29 I think there is a fascinating aspect of that article that supports a belief that I have long held; the idea that encouraging people to retire… -
Re: Oh, Rishi Sunak – politicalbetting.com
As someone who has not been a particularly reliable commentator in recent decades. The campaign to legalise abortion long predates Greer's involvement - and she's notably absent from this account. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_Rights_(organisation) ...The ALRA's turning point was to gain the support of the… -
Re: The Tory leadership will be decided in the nomination race – politicalbetting.com
There's what is possible constitutionally, and then there's what is possible politically. Constitutionally they could be PM as a Lord. We'd have PMs Questions in the Lords, presumably general government questions to the Leader of the House in the Commons. Politically you'd think it would be untenable, particularly if… -
Re: Too many tweets, Part I – politicalbetting.com
I sold some big knobbly off road SUV tyres on eBay a few weeks ago to some bloke who buys old 4x4s, loads them with tents and blankets and generators and drives them to Ukraine. He was due to pick them up at 4pm from my house, 15 miles outside Leeds, after going from London by train to South Wales to pick up a knackered… -
Re: My bet that Trump won’t concede – politicalbetting.com
Really. Your own link: "Flagship UK Government Hub in Edinburgh named ‘Queen Elizabeth House’ The new Hub, located near Waverley Station in the heart of Edinburgh, is a seven storey, 190,000 square feet, ultra-modern office space. It will bring together nearly 3,000 UK Government civil servants from a range of UK… -
Re: Both Trump and Biden stage Georgia rallies on the eve of today’s Georgia runoffs – politicalbetting.
Roger that is complete rubbish. I can only assume you don't have school age children. Our kids' teachers have moved heaven and earth to deliver teaching during this pandemic, whether in person or as now remotely. The virus was ripping through schools - our daughter caught it there before Christmas - and teachers were… -
Re: Trump remains a 49% chance of regaining the White House – politicalbetting.com
The Politico article contains some truly pitiful comments from Biden admin people: Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics, National Security Council, White House: We thought we had quelled his appetite for territory by meeting him in Geneva and trying to address some of the strategic… -
Re: The SNP’s rapid unscheduled disassembly continues – politicalbetting.com
The 24 hour news round is what it is, and is bound by reality. You have to cover speculation without data, making bricks without straw. This is because there is no other news. There is no war in Ukraine; Sudan is at peace; millions have not died in Congo; the USA has no fascist tendency; hunger has been abolished; very… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Welcome to Lockdown – Boris style
Just caught a bit and he was basically claiming Idaho and Nebraska are doing great, because they have low numbers and a great governor, where as clearly California and New York are doing shit....has he ever been to Idaho or Nebraska? There is f##k all people there at the best of times. Idaho has like 1.5 million and the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tonight’s polls range from ComRes 12% CON lead to Survation’s
My wobbles (no party affiliation but very anti Corbyn) have steadied in the past 48 hours and I've expressed already that I think there is nothing particularly special about the youth vote this time around and am expecting an increased Tory majority. Tonight has certainly helped reinforce my views and has been a good… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Estimating the “house effect” for each pollster. How much d
That is the protocol in case the Russians or the Chinese or any other nuclear power attacks NATO. It will be the first and only response since most of the world would blow up within an hour, that is why there has been no major war between great powers since 1945, nuclear weapons makes it to costly for war as a policy… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today’s Daily Mail front page is one of the most controvers
Fraser Nelson @frasernelson 40m The most reasoned critique of the so-called "bedroom tax" is from Brian Wilson in the Scotsman http://flip.it/jzAzy . The key statistics for Danny, the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, appeared in Monday’s Scotsman story about a) the number of tenants who will be penalised…
