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Re: Gordon Brown continues to annoy me – politicalbetting.com
It's a good point. The gloom is overdone. We're getting richer not poorer. However the 'stagnant post 08' narrative is essentially true if you look at things relative to previous times. And relative is usually a better measure than absolute for these things. -
Re: The latest next PM betting – politicalbetting.com
Megaton range hydrogen weapons require a decent amount of tritium, which is extremely expensive- roughly $30,000 per gram. If you were, for example, a moderately corrupt Russian General, the temptation of not renewing the extremely expensive tritium in the warheads according to the maintenance schedule and instead taking… -
Re: Reform & The Greens, the parties of Coldplay fans – politicalbetting.com
Russia is delusional: it doesn't know how failed a state it is. Or rather, it is not allowed to know. -
Re: How we see Starmer, Corbyn, and Farage – politicalbetting.com
It's more complicated than that (lesson plans are a moving target, for example, and free biscuits went some time ago), but yes- survive the initial trial by fire, and you get paid more for less effort. Outside London, a normal teacher atop the pay scale is on £45k, £50k or so if they can get the upper pay scale. Head of a… -
Re: Is Corbyn’s new party just too posh to appeal the voters? – politicalbetting.com
At a state grammar school in Cumbria we had an ex public school lad join us for the Sixth Form. As such he knew people who knew people at Andrew's school. According to this "source" when Andrew's Police Protection Squad wanted the night off, presumably for a shag or whatever they simply provided Andrew with a full set of… -
Re: What shall we read into this? – politicalbetting.com
But you won't park it on the drive, in the garage or on the road outside your house. When you want to go somewhere, it will come round and pick you up -
Re: Once again Reform voters show they are massive outliers – politicalbetting.com
He was elected in 2015 on that promise, but there was no need to schedule it for 2016. A date of 2017 or 2018 would have allowed a better planned campaign, would have allowed proper renegotiation and would have been more distant from the refugee crisis of 2015. Cameron owns the mistakes. -
Re: The downfall of Japan – politicalbetting.com
When Alastair Meeks (ex of this parish) posted "Jeremy Corbyn should now be favourite for Next Prime Minister" I almost had a coronary. -
Re: Happy 100th birthday to the most favourable party in Wales – politicalbetting.com
Yes, that's my recollection. I didn't - and still don't - see why constituencies which have both island and mainland portions is unreasonable. Does Lewis have any less in common with Ullapool than it does with Barra? Does Orkney have any less in common with Caithness than it does with Shetland? Arran is lumped in with… -
Re: The odds tumble on my 100/1 tip – politicalbetting.com
On allotments, it's worth a note that it is 8 allotment plots, not 8 allotments. One site is in Ashfield and two in Bolsover. I have slight doubts about the whole thing, as I can't find anything about the Ashfield one saying it is being sold, and I don't think it is Council owned. OTOH, "Kingsway" is a common name, so… -
Re: Kemi Badenoch is taking my advice – politicalbetting.com
There will probably be some ducks, yes. More people will be watching the ducks in the local park’s lake though. -
Re: A second referendum, is this how Starmer wins a second term? – politicalbetting.com
That calc seems optimistic on age. By 2005 (20 years ago) there were just 4000 miners left in the entire country. Go back to the late 1980s and there were probably more than that within 2 miles of my kitchen table. The last of all anywhere went in 2010, so 15 years ago; that was Welbeck and it was down to 410 by 2005:… -
Re: Could Canada join the EU? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: It’s not easy being green – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Is this is proof that David Cameron is the most popular PM ever? – politicalbetting.com
That's interesting, and I'll reply later on or tomorrow - I need a constitutional before it gets too dark. -
Re: Bad news for Trumplethinskin – politicalbetting.com
Correction: This statement by me is incorrect. The case 5.5 years ago is a part of the current process ! "He tried a few years ago, and the verdict was the other way." -
Re: For now, I have been focussing on just two words – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Apologies if this polling triggers Brexiteers – politicalbetting.com
Does the fact that the green bits look like a cock-and-balls form the joke, or was this a serious post? -
Re: The voters give Starmer a mandate for Palestine – politicalbetting.com
