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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The 2018 London Local Elections : The religious factors analys
To be fair, elsewhere it's said that Crowley did do a fair amount of campaigning: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/joe-crowleys-loss-to-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-is-an-earthquake-in-democratic-politics.html? “Shocking,” one senior Democratic House aide said of the result Tuesday night, noting that Crowley had… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Last Thursday’s local elections: Andy JS’s annual compilat
I don't know who you have been talking to but as a renter for years and knowing lots of other renters I can assure you as far as the council are concerned the one living in the house is the one responsible for paying council tax not the one owning it. I have never yet not had to pay council tax as a renter and the landlord… -
Re: After the weekend’s dramatic Boris U-turn the papers are not good for the PM this morning – politica
Which is probably why so many countries are banning flights from the UK. France also has a roll-on, roll-off ferry port to deal with - and thousands of lorry drivers who have been sat, motionless, in Kent for several days. A 48 hour break to take stock of the situation is not an act of war or sabotage, it is a sensible… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The CON leadership race is now down to ten with the first MP v
Things have got considerably worse at Dulles in recent months. A two-hour wait for US passport holders is now not uncommon. This follows a period were every US citizen used a passport reading machine, in the same manner as global entry. But all those machines have been pulled. Who knows what's going on and why it has… -
Re: Wow, Lib Dem Chief Whip takes action to stop a defection to Lab in The Commons –politicalbetting.com
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all. We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP nomination polls
Medical professional maybe, but lawyers, accountants etc are likely paying similar premiums. And making their own pension contributions etc. There's a limited amount of sympathy for grumbling doctors from those of us paying the tax that pays their salaries, whilst working under the same conditions they seem to be moaning… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Osborne’s new job: Rewarding failure
Where do people get the money for the deposit from though? Let's assume 10% which is circa 45k. It's perfectly possible for me to save a grand more a month on my salary but it certainly wasn't possible for me to save more than a hundred quid a month five or six years ago and most of the time that got eaten up by landlords… -
Re: What an extraordinary first week for PM Truss – politicalbetting.com
I'm sure this has been said before, but this truly is the wisdom of crowds in action. Yes, we have pomp and pageantry, but left almost to themselves, the British have come up with the perfect way of commemorating the Queen: a massive queue. A really, really big one. A well organised, polite one. With cups of tea and toilet… -
Re: With 10 weeks to go to the Holyrood election new Scottish poll has the SNP down to lowest point sinc
Poor choice. A Conservative minister who was in favour of allowing fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) at motorway service stations and amusement arcades has been put in charge of a landmark review of gambling laws, the Guardian has learned. Campaigners for gambling reform voiced concern after it emerged that John… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In defence of John McDonnell. Don Brind denounces the “intervi
I've taken heed of the comments below. So to try and explain how things have become so shouty in politics. One side keep claiming anyone in Labour is a communist - Red Ed would destroy investment by regulating energy and building houses, yet when the Tories do the same thing they say its sensible. And then on my side we do… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ukip could be contesting 70 percent of the council seats up
Temporarily yes, but as the income tax threshold rises to £10,000 and - hopefully - the economy begins to heal, lower-paid working class people should gradually become better off in work than they have ever been (my guess is that VAT will return to 17.5% at some point and future govt's will do more to help with energy and… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Why Corbyn could be the one to extend Article 50 in the New Ye
Somewhat boringly I agree with the consensus on here, that the Palace would call upon anyone who was thought to be capable of securing a majority in the House. That pretty much rules out Corbyn, short of the ERG suddenly announcing their support of him, which is unlikely. I think if a VonC passed, and it seems unlikely if… -
Re: LD making gains in Blue wall – LAB not making progress in Red wall – politicalbetting.com
And there is a second supporting viewpoint. Where a whole council isn’t up at once, but thirds over 4 years, direct comparisons with four years ago isn’t the whole story. What has happened in between plays a part in a distinct local narrative. Do you know HYUFD by the way? He is another very polite and clued in Tory like… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Hubristic Overreach – what happens to dominant parties
Not any more. Before 2012 executives from the BBC and ITV would sit in a room for hours and thrash out a deal for who shows what. And, yes, this did include both saying before the tournament that they'd both show certain games. Around 2000-2002 the two were quite competitive. Had England progressed beyond the group stage… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Sir Robert Peel and the Corn Laws – the ghost that haunts Ther
Here in deepest Leaverstan and one of the whitest corners of the country I've just spent 3 + hours in the town centre. Armistice Day and the day before Remembrance Sunday and perhaps 1 in 25 wearing a poppy to be generous. And of those 1 in 25 a huge number were at least 70 +. It does put the public Poppy fascism where… -
Re: The video played at the start of the Senate Impeachment hearing – politicalbetting.com
Politico.com - Trump was quite displeased with his impeachment defense team The former president was frustrated with the meandering arguments. Some close to his defense team quit watching. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/09/trump-impeachment-team-468112 For former President Donald Trump, the opening day of his second… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » New YouGov finds Corbyn’s best PM ratings amongst the young ho
I've been thinking about a number of posts I've seen on here In the last few days. I have noticed the argument that that the EU referendum was close therefore we should not enact it fully, I.e. Stay in some sort of close relationship with EU. Whilst I voted remain, it does not mean that I support a watered down Half in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Corbyn’s power within LAB will soon hinge on perceptions o
I've had chance to gather my thoughts on Friday's atrocity. SeanT once said that I specialised in stating the obvious, which is probably the nicest thing that anyone has ever said about me. So here are a few things that seem obvious to me. 1) This was a direct assault on the way that we live, intended to strike maximum… -
Re: A 2023 Truss exit now a 58% chance in the betting – politicalbetting.com
I don't believe anywhere in the west is prospering when you consider the life of the median citizen, they are finding housing costs rising, tax rising,energy price rising and food rising all more than their pay over the last 3 to 4 decades. All the west has been doing the social democratic lie of we can have more and more… -
Re: Seasonal factors and the timing of general elections – politicalbetting.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-59003457 A sad case - one question is though if the ambulance had been summoned by the 111 operator would have it have reached the family in a timely fashion. I could certainly have reached my local hospital more quickly than the previous time an ambulance reached my house via a…