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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Joff Wild says the key to a Labour moderate fightback is un
An interesting piece and for those of us not in the Happy Clappy Corbyn camp it makes for interesting times. I'd have us make a go of it again but we wont: 1. There is no way back politically for enough MPs to fill the empty shadow roles. Being elected to serve was the elegant solution but (McDonnell?) Corbyn has refused… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » LAB takes 4% lead in new YouGov Times poll
Apologies for being off topic - and apologies if some think I am making points that I am not entitled to make. I am the quintessential lurker. I have followed this site for well over a decade - indeed Mark Senior's death struck a huge chord with me, given that he seemed to have been here as long as I have, and it was… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Legalising fox-hunting: A vote winner for the Tories or a
If it is they are on a hiding to nothing. The Libs can't have been that opposed to the idea since it was in the Coalition AgreementWe will bring forward a motion on a free vote enabling the House of Commons to express its view on the repeal of the Hunting Act. The Conservatives were not required by their deal with the CA… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Some fashion advice for Jeremy Corbyn
Terence Stamp (not a material man at all - as far as I know, he doesn't even own a house) told me that his one great luxury is hand-made shoes. He had dozens of pairs, all beautifully tailored to his feet. When he appeared in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert he spent weeks in extravagant (but crap quality) footwear. By the… -
Re: A sad day – politicalbetting.com
Ha yes. I’ve been that IT guy in the background on too many work occasions. It’s a big responsibility, to know things that only the CEO knows and not f… it up. Interesting that the PM got the message at 16:30 today, two hours before the rest of us, and while the royal plane occupants were still in the car to Balmoral. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The hurricane on Labour’s horizon
They did something similar in Aber as well. There was somebody living in a rented house near me who had been relocated because Birmingham had paid several thousand for Ceredigion County Council to take her after she made the city too hot to hold her. I found this out when I saw her kicking somebody in the head and was… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In safe hands? Whose finger is on the Article 50 button?
I suspect the Lords explains why we are having this debate. Had we just one house, I suggest a commons vote would have been easily accepted as reasonable, we would have had the vote, and most MPs would have voted to respect the referendum outcome. I come back to the fact that the AV referendum was agreed as binding -… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Reports of 20 dead after what appears to be terrorist incident
Yes, but that isn't the point. There was systematic discrimination in housing, schooling, employment; Northern Ireland didnt even have one-person one vote for local elections (voting being tied to property long after this had been abandoned in rUK) and boundaries were gerrymandered to ensure unionist dominance of local… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Nighthawks is now open
It sounds as if you have a youngster applying! I agree with much of what you say and am quite sceptical about some of the selection measures (though MMI interviews do seem to be a better predictor of performance). But it has always been difficult to get into medical school and I am not convinced that the hurdles are… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Electoral Commission’s investigation into Leave’s funding
So Arron Banks is a grubby little man. Nigel Farage always was a tough sell and is now an embarrassment since he started fixating about the Jews. IDS was always hopeless. Owen Paterson was outwitted by badgers. Jacob Rees-Mogg has yet to reach the 20th century, let alone the 21st. Boris Johnson's parabola is now firmly in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » SNP take 29% lead over LAB in new Scottish poll from Ipsos-
There are some very large grand houses in Exeter that have been converted to flats, old people's homes, etc. It's possible that over the course of a few decades you've had Tory voters moving to quieter places in the Devon countryside - Chagford, Newton Poppleford, etc. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If Cameron Loses the vote thread
Raging and raging against Miliband on here. Contrary to the deluge of furious spin from tory sources over the last 24 hours, Miliband has been conspicuously cautious in the tone of his statements since the time action was first mooted. He was in tune with British public opinion then, and he is now. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In the 40 year since the Tories selected a woman LAB has ha
Difficult to say. Had the current Tory rules been in place, Heath would have been ousted on a vote of no confidence roughly when he was. The question would then have been how the leadership election would have played out without Thatcher having received the boost she did from gaining such a big vote in the first round. The… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The extraordinary betting collapse of Michael Gove
It’s pretty obvious what’s going on. And has been for three years . Brexit is the Trojan horse to help deliver a low tax , low regulation , shrinking of the state allied with delusions of a Britain ruling the world again . Many poorer Leavers voted against their own self interest and will be thrown under a bus. -
Re: So far ministers are struggling with public opinion over the strikes – politicalbetting.com
I have sometimes referred to a job I was offered in 2015 with a public sector body, the pay was advertised at 25k -32k. It has just been readvertised with the same pay, 25k - 32k, 7 years later. They then have to pay a contractor £40 per hour to do the same job, when they cant fill the roles. The system isn't working. -
Re: If Sunak is facing Tugendhat then my 250/1 bet might be in jeopardy – politicalbetting.com
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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » With Cameron’s EU talks reaching crucial stage REMAIN’s Ips
Catching up with some of the business news today, Japan is still stuck in the dark ages of business. I've been informed that the state is going to bail out Sharp and a higher offer from Terry Gou (Foxconn) is set to be rejected in order to protect Japanese assets and jobs. Every time there is some good news (Sony) the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Survation Indyref poll gives Better Together some good news
I've been thinking: either way you look at it, we're in a position where we're looking at DevoMax or Scottish independence around the corner. If it does turn out to be the former, goodness knows how they're going to get round the WLQ. The problem with EV4EL is that you've got the chance of a government being formed which… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tessa Jowell becomes the opening favourite in new market on
Sounds good. I will drive and see. A cold cold winter on the Suffolk Coast. A woman and a precognitive child, stuck in a house, an academic husband away working in Cambridge. Freezing mist off the sea. Ooooh. It's getting there. This precogitive/cosmic habituation thing has just cherried the whole thing, tied it all neatly… -
Re: What a curry on – politicalbetting.com
So when the heat of the curry dies down, which will take about 24 hours even in Leon's case, Boris Johnson has been boxed into a corner. If and when the Sue Gray report appears he's in deeper trouble. I still expect him to refuse to resign but it's certainly going to get lively.
