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Re: The change in Johnson’s approval rating region by region – politicalbetting.com
The new tories believed the hype, not realising that the soul of the Tory Party had been cleansed and only the believers remained. Imagine their surprise when instead of delivering a sensible, levelling up, open and imaginative Brexit, their Party made it clear they are determined to bring the house down on everyone… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Damian Hinds – the 100/1 CON leadership longshot who at Oxford
Its arguable with Corbyn, he's been there for a while but he's never really been heavily involved in shaping things aside from his vote as an MP and a small influence on a few others. There are lots of factors each way and like I said it depends on what criteria you use. If we had a BNP or neo nazi MP who had been in the… -
Re: Why stoking the culture wars ensures a Tory shellacking – politicalbetting.com
Its not that far back that Supermac campaigned successfully on how many hundreds of thousands of council houses his government had built. The hyper-partisan aggro only really started in the 1970s. Yes, the extremes of policy and ideology have always been there. But making them mainstream is a reasonably new phenomenon. -
Re: Increased geography. Devolution, independence, and Brexit – politicalbetting.com
There's a lot Trump can do between now and 20 January, and it doesn't follow that because things have been fairly quiet since 3 November they will stay quiet. We can assume he wants to stay out of jail, so it makes sense rationally for him to use what he can to reach a "great deal". What some Chinese analysts are saying.… -
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Yep. With you all the way. At the rate we are going it won't matter that Bonkers Boris doesn't want to shut our borders. Everywhere else will have done so no one will be able to come and go from here either. This is primarily about lives and families. The desperate messages coming out of Italy today about people dying on… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Things that nobody knows. What to watch out for in the coming
Give over. If I was an MP and I stood up and did my obvious best to overturn a democratic vote, then I would expect a violent reaction. I would expect death threats. I would anticipate the need for police protection. The whole point of democracy - votes, referendums, elections - is to take away the anger of war and strife,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As we edge toward a possible general election the latest Commo
Syston is not so far from me. It is quite a pleasant little Leicester suburb. Middle income with some Asian families who have drifted out from the City itself. Quite a few Poles too dating back to the resettlement camp here in the postwar period. Charnwood Council is usually true blue, but there is one Green already. Not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The pressure ratchets up on beleaguered Theresa
Been out and about enjoying a beautiful Saturday afternoon but not surprised to come on here and find the usual parallel universe bubble of hysteria. So the previous thread suggests the government should resign and give the keys to No.10 to crackpot Corbyn and his Red Shirts, who won 50 fewer seats in the GE held just one… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Corbyn’s Ipsos-MORI ratings take a huge tumble with 72% saying
Corbyn's a complete mess and his letter simply reveals the chasms in his own party. I commend the Daily Telegraph at the moment. Its journalism through Brexit has been the best around, with many brilliant articles. It's well worth the sub especially if you can get the 3-month deal. This is fascinating:… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A Dilemma
An interesting take, and I half agree with it, in that the mere fact of a level of chaos and intense angst around difficult, divisive questions has been over egged as being evidence in itself of failure. Just 9% of British people think politics isn't broken - and I'm one of them When I reported this finding, the response… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Comres online poll sees the Blues up by 3 points
I must say I have been largely in the "let the voters decide" camp regarding Hamilton, if UKIP want to put him forward, and the voters elect him, then he has in effect offered himself before the highest court in a democracy as that should be the end of the matter. If on the other hand they reject him, then he deserves… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Most of the counting following the May 22nd local elections
Henry has been a UKIP councillor in Newry & Mourne District for a fair while. Former defector from, I think, the Ulster Unionists, Henry IS UKIP in Northern Ireland. The curiosity factor in the Euros and local council elections will be the performance of NI21, the stupidly named unionist but without sashes experiment of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If LAB does come top in the Euros then he should send a tha
Hey, if we want to compete in a global world, that means our corruption has to keep up too. None of this fiddling to pay for packets of biscuits and second home allowance or house flipping; I'm talking millions! (Again being serious, my wish to see it happen is more out of academic curiousity than anything else) On another… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Farage gives in to UKIP’s Facebook revolution over Syrian r
I honestly don't know. Farage does seem to make far too many decisions on the spur of the moment perhaps in reaction to the comments or pressure from very few people. All I can say is that on the UKIP groups there was very strong support for the original position and a lot of confusion and some dismay about the revised… -
Re: This is going to dominate the news for the next few days and a good politician will be able to explo
But that isn't the story is it? Although we agree on half of it. Labour corruption in local authorities run by those wearing a red rosettes in safe Labour areas (not a worry these days) has been endemic, post war. The rebuilding of war ravaged towns and cities in the 1960s and 1970s was possibly the point of peak… -
Re: A Cambridge madness – politicalbetting.com
Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone. I shall try to respond later this afternoon. Apologies for not being here for my own threader, but it might be interesting to know why I was not here. Earlier this week, a 17 year old lad went missing from a nearby village. This morning, at least 100 of us - possibly up to 200 -… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Can anyone challenge the green and orange waves?
True. And this has been well-noted by Scots, who are about to punish both the Labour and the Conservative & Unionist parties. Neither will get anywhere near the post of FM until and unless they make a sharp turn: - Labour would need to veer back towards genuine, caring social democracy, lead by pleasant, likeable… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » TMay doesn’t need reminding. Within a month of making his CON
You're saying that the survivors are fine for now, and shouldn't expect more ("none of that can and should happen...") until the technical report is complete in 20 months or so? I'm not being political when I say that this isn't a reasonable way to address their issues - they are in a total mess though not actually on the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The revolt of the Shires: Cameron’s last warning
Indeed and this is why I keep telling Avery that his economic triumphalism will only cost the Conservatives support. We're in for a generation of low growth / economic stagnation. For many people this has been happening since 2000 but was initially hidden by increased household borrowing and rising house prices. But within… -
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Interesting piece suggested by David Goodhart on Twitter: "London is a new, migrant, city – where nearly 40 percent of the population is born abroad and less than 45 percent is white British. London is not the city of Orwell, a foreign country to that of Dickens. This is a city of basement mosques, builders’ dreams, and…