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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In May we might find out if Corbyn is the liability for Lab
@tig86 I walk through Waterloo everyday and am always as careful as possible - there's nothing worse than someone in a rush bashing into you, but accidents do happen at busy times when people are rushing for their train. There's been quite a focus on sexual assaults taking place on London transport. Take a look at this… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Survation finds that YES could have an 8% lead if Scottish
It's strange how many Religion-focussed debates with atheists, however erudite they are upon other topics, so quickly descend to sub GCSE level hypothesising and infantile straw men. My primary school contained a variety of belief (and non-belief) systems, and I don't think anyone was scarred, or indeed indoctrinated by a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Suddenly polling aggregates become all the rage: Introducin
All eyes on Spain and none on the UK, Robert? Tsk! Tsk! as Gildas might have said. The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI was released an hour later this morning and is surprisingly good news. We have seen monthly indicators turn down if remain good over the past two to three months so the Manufacturing PMI's rise was a… -
Re: For cabinet ministers this could be a career-defining issue – politicalbetting.com
President Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain on Tuesday discussed Mr. Johnson’s recent trip to Ukraine. The leaders talked about providing security and aid to Ukraine, the White House said in a statement. NY Times blog They agreed the trip had been a useful distraction from cake. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The issues facing Britain: Immigration and NHS down/ Defenc
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Re: After the crucial Osborne endorsement Badenoch continues to soar – politicalbetting.com
I just had a superb skewer of Hida beef, some wasabi squid, nine cups of sake, sesame crackers, plum rice, horse chestnut crisps, mochi balls in soy, clear mushroom broth, and a cup of vintage miso soup and these are all snacks before lunch How do the Japanese stay thin? -
Re: Remember when Betfair settled a US election market too early and paid out on the loser? – politicalb
And how will they enforce it? You want to attack Drakeford for changing something unenforceable for something unenforceable. You don't see the hole in your argument...? Why not attack Shagger for setting the unenforceable thing at 3? And don't say "people know what they are allowed to do. Because that has just been changed… -
Re: The challenge for Trump is that white voters are now significantly less likely to support him than a
The local Tory County Councillor has been quiet as a dormant mouse since there last election. Now all of a sudden he's up and charging about on local County Council-related issues. Of course the Greens winning seats in the District elections last year, and doing things, won't have anything whatsoever to do with it. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Today sees the worst set of front pages for the government sin
On testing, I'm a little confused as to why the progress has been slow. The efforts of various journalists have not managed to enlighten me. Roche and others have tests that can be done 800+ times per machine in an 8 hour shift. So how do we end up with a capacity of just 8000/day? -
Re: A personal note from Mike Smithson – politicalbetting.com
Good morning Seems we have both been in the wars recently Mike, and best wishes to you and take care I have had a couple of falls recently, but fortunately did not end up in hospital, and I am more aware and pleased I fitted handrails everywhere in the house and garden recently It seems our family are going through a phase… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Amy Klobuchar coming up strongly in Iowa and now within striki
They are getting data every hour from the 140+ chosen polling stations and are making comparisons on last time at exactly the same point. I'm told by a friend who has been part of the team in the past that they start to get a pretty good idea by the end of the morning. The point is that the sampling points are generally… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Mark Pack on the major event that could yet derail this electi
On the other hand, I've recently been binge-listening to In Our Time. Enough reason in itself to keep the blessed BBC! I'm as critical of the BBC as the next person. But on the whole it has to be the best value entertainment there is. I cannot think of anything else where I get so many hours of joy for £145.50 a year. ;) -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Why UKIP could be heading for a general election share in t
"The son of Portsmouth South MP Mike Hancock has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and pay more than £2,000 in compensation for head-butting and punching a press photographer." http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/mp-mike-hancock-s-son-sentenced-after-attack-1-6140893 -
Re: BoJo judged to have had his worst PMQs for a year – politicalbetting.com
I love the fact that the total prisoner content at the time was (per Wikipedia) "At this point, the Bastille was nearly empty, housing only seven prisoners:[27] four forgers; James F.X. Whyte, a "lunatic" imprisoned at the request of his family; Auguste-Claude Tavernier, who had tried to assassinate Louis XV thirty years… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Polling round-up. Euros, cra
From the Guardian: "Brexit party insiders said Labour’s reliance upon a mainly Pakistani vote in inner-city wards had been the difference between the parties. “Some of these houses had 14 people in them registered to vote. It would be interesting to see what proportion voted Labour,” said one. Labour have denied relying on… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Euro elections are all about vote shares not how many MEPs
You get to be PM if you can show you command a majority in the HoC. Essentially you have to be able to pass a money bill. As you govern you derive your authority from that majority. If you have lost your majority you have lost your authority. This can be partial or absolute. May forgot she had to build a majority for a… -
Re: The Tories should sweep the board in Southend West – politicalbetting.com
Yes what I have heard has been very interesting. Even when it is several hours long. My problem, and the reason I don't listen to him as much as perhaps I would otherwise do, is that on some subjects such as the anti-vax stuff I do find him very partial and that frustrates and angers me. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Sporting Index have Biden on 281 Electoral College Votes in th
From Wikipedia: “ Brown advocated a "Government of All the Talents" (GOAT) in which people who had not previously been members of the Labour Party but had expertise in specific areas would be appointed as ministers. Consequently, five new ministers, including Sir Ara Darzi—a consultant surgeon who became a health minister… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The GE2019 podcast from Keiran Pedley – now with Ipsos MORI
And BT managed to fuck that up pretty well as well. They spent 18 months telling me I could not have Fibre broadband to my house because it wasn't available in my area. What they actually meant was it was available to the box but they were not in a position at the time to do the final loop to my property. EE then contacted… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » To election junkies like me the Cambridge Analytica stuff is f
That's the impression I got from the book. All the interrogators were German speakers and had spent time in the country. It was politeness to do the salute. In the same manner, Germans had probably done toasts to 'God save the King'. One thing I hadn't been aware of was the role of a small house in Godmanchester (near…