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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » England ONLY data from latest ComRes poll shows that the To
Just had the daughter of my next door neighbour pop round and she was in urgent need of a restorative. Her Dad has been in a nursing home since April and is now completely ga-ga, but not officially so. He slid down the slope very quickly and never signed power of attorney and has no legal wife. The complications and bills… -
Re: A 64/1 trading bet? – politicalbetting.com
Funnily enough the Swiss are currently moving in the other direction. Personally I would like freedom of movement biut not Schengen. I think people should be free to move and should not be prevented from doing so but states should be able to monitor that movement for the purposes of combating crime and terrorism. It has… -
Re: Sunak’s big gamble: Abandoning campaign pledges – politicalbetting.com
CPI and RPI both include one housing component, rents. RPI has two additional housing components designed to capture owner occupied housing costs, depreciation and mortgage interest payments (MIPS). The first of these essentially captures house prices, which for most home owning households doesn't have any bearing on their… -
Re: A Vaccine against Stupidity – politicalbetting.com
As SeaShanty pointed out, the EC does not meet in one place, but in 51: "Electoral college delegations meet separately in their respective states and the District of Columbia at places designated by their state legislature. The electors vote by paper ballot, casting one ballot for President and one for Vice President. The… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Meanwhile leadership turmoil isn’t confined to LAB. It’s no
"Tory hubris now at full throttle" Any examples? Or is this more conformation bias? There has been a fair bit of mockery of the lack of opposition currently, and of the possibility of Labour deciding to voluntarily become unelectable, but hubris?! -
Re: Has Donald Trump killed Scottish nationalism stone dead? – politicalbetting.com
How would you expose them, with reference to problems like this? https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24598981.refugees-moved-london-county-durham/ Refugees are being abandoned in the North East with no support and without council knowledge, an investigation by The Northern Echo can reveal. Many of the refugees being… -
Re: Like Baldrick, Andy Burnham has a cunning new plan – politicalbetting.com
I think an awful lot of them DO in theory. But in reality it’s extremely unlikely to happen. Partly because of that prosperity (which is visibly spilling across the border, intriguingly) Go through any hard Protestant area and the flags are everywhere. These people will never peacefully yield their identity. And the… -
Re: Polling on yesterday’s man and his next career move – politicalbetting.com
MSNBC - Ethics panel peels back the curtain on George Santos probe The House Ethics Committee generally says very little about its pending investigations. On George Santos, there's a reason the panel made an exception. It’s been nearly a week since a group of House Republicans from New York launched a new effort to expel… -
Re: Lab voters trust Starmer more on Israel/Palestine than they trust Corbyn – politicalbetting.com
MSNBC - Ethics panel peels back the curtain on George Santos probe The House Ethics Committee generally says very little about its pending investigations. On George Santos, there's a reason the panel made an exception. It’s been nearly a week since a group of House Republicans from New York launched a new effort to expel… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As we wait for the final YouGov indyref poll Marf gives her
Scotland has been a nation for centuries - and will continue to be whatever the result of the referendum. The referendum is about how she chooses to pool her sovereignty - and for some, directly elected politicians in Westminster = bad, unelected politicians in Brussels = good..... -
Re: Punters think today was a good day for Wes Streeting – politicalbetting.com
Both main parties in Ireland have been monumentally useless over housing, but people in Ireland are still furious about the issue. I wonder whether in Britain it has been tied up with the immigration issue. Britons may believe the argument that the housing crisis is primarily a crisis created by immigration, and so they're… -
Re: We need to talk about gender – politicalbetting.com
House building has been stopped in the UK? That's surprisding news. Even if we are restricting it to social housing, the Scottish Government have been encouraging council house building for some years now, albeit on a modest scale. So it's not genetically impossible. -
Re: Punters becoming less convinced of another CON majority – politicalbetting.com
Well housing is an issue, I agree with you on that. Though I don't see how denying builders the permission for more homes (which you've been objecting to) and importing more people who need homes helps that. I completely agree with you that the rise in housing costs has exceeded the rise in wage costs, I've been vehemently… -
Re: The polling that should put an end to Johnson’s hope of a return – politicalbetting.com
Yes., https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/5176/matters-sub-judice/ ...Cases in which proceedings are active in the United Kingdom courts, including courts martial, coroners' courts and fatal accident inquiries, may not be referred to in any motion, debate, question or supplementary question. In criminal matters,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A handbag is needed to break Brexit’s dialogue of the deaf
As a professional negotiator for 25 years, I look upon the whole Brexit process with rising despair and anger, at the antics of both sides. Sure, Article 50 was designed to make it impossible to Leave. The Civil Service is trying its damndest to make it impossible to Leave. A significant portion of MPs are trying their… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » So a deal is there and it looks more likely to pass than TMay’
I can't see anything wrong with that argument. The Benn Act: "a Minister of the Crown has laid before each House of Parliament a statement that the United Kingdom has concluded an agreement with the European Union under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union and a copy of the agreement and— (a) the agreement has… -
Re: Dear Prime Minister, the trend is not your friend – politicalbetting.com
ITV have a piece tonight about A&E and ambulances and queuing. The key person in the piece seems to me to be a 90-odd year old woman and her daughter, the former has been on a trolley for 12 hours or so. She has severe back pain. Been like that for days. I'm sorry - not to belittle her pain, but How the feck is that A&E?… -
Re: Labour’s taxing problem – politicalbetting.com
Yep - inter-seasonal heat storage on an individual house basis does not really work well*. The preferred concept has been "treat the grid as a battery" for the extra. House batteries, or house heat batteries, are more interesting. But the best idea is always to reduce energy consumption first, then any techical solutions… -
Re: Now a poll has the striking teachers getting public backing – politicalbetting.com
My wife has only been out of the house for 14 hours, yet I've become an incredible doom-monger. Hopefully she will be back soon, and I'll be in a cheerier mood tomorrow. -
Re: This should ease the pressure on Starmer – politicalbetting.com
https://x.com/Tarikh_Eran/status/2045237095237599310 Donald Trump whether intentional or not, created an unprecedented divide and turmoil within Iran’s regime. The bizarre promises he is making today on regime’s behalf has led to a state of total panic and confusion. Even the mayor of Tehran is now openly calling out…