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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » I just wonder if Trump could decide to call it a day and quit
Part of me feels a bit like that but as soon as May lost her majority it gave the EU the opportunity to go harder in the negotiations. They knew the landing strip for a deal was tiny and they took the opportunity to make us land on it. If May had a working majority the strip would've been wider. The alternative is No Deal,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Boundaries of Wales : 1950 – 2010
Errr.......Sky news this morning... "The Democratic presidential candidate admits ignoring doctors' advice telling her to rest after being diagnosed with pneumonia. In the interview she admitted she had earlier been diagnosed with pneumonia and was told to rest for five days. But she admitted not following "that very wise… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB GE2019 Analysis: Corbyn’s Satisfaction Ratings at elections
No it's not. The context which you are for obvious reasons so keen to ignore, was that unskilled labour has been able to move to the UK with no job offer, just as is possible within your own country. The new system would mean unskilled immigration only with a job offer and subject to national needs assessment. This stuff… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If the latest Euro polling is right the Tories are near to bei
> @CD13 said: > Mr Meeks, > > The problem has always been introducing MPs into the decision-making process once the voters have made the decision. A recipe for grandstanding, politicking, and internecine warfare. > > The government implements the voters' decision. If they don't like the result, they vote out the… -
Re: The Tories look set to take Hartlepool which has seen a huge turnout – politicalbetting.com
One reason why the UK, especially England, is more conservative-Conservative now than in 1945, is because of the contribution of the Labour Party to the increased personal prosperity and material security of the mass of the people. Not all, but most, including many who in 1945 had been ill-housed, low-paid, under-educated… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » My 100/1 tip for next PM is setting his sights on Number 10
I have to say it was rather reassuring that we have had the Panama and paradise papers and none of our senior politicians have been found to up to their neck in shit. Compare to India where I believe 70 MPs are in the doo doo, Iceland's president was found etc etc etc . The worst the guardian could dig up was the likes of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The harsh fact for the Tories is that parties that appear d
Apologies in advance if this is in bad taste, but don't you think this woman had issues in her life other than the £20 a week that caused her to make somebody accidentally kill her? She may have been a lifelong Tory hater who wanted to get some bad publicity for them. I'm finding it really hard to have believe that having… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Polling analysis: Rochester is a far far bigger challenge f
@AllyPally "A part of me was slightly disappointing to have never visited when the wall was up, but my tourist interest is not worth the misery of millions of Germans." Shortly after reunification I went to Halle with a business delegation to buy a local firm. It was an extraordinary experience. Imagine going into a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Nighthawks is now open
Nope you're right, she came to fame as a bit of a cross between an It Girl and a rock groupie around the time there was a bit of a 'scene' around the likes of Pete Doherty and a few British guitar bands, had a brief dalliance with television a few years later as a BBCThree 'voice of youth', who weren't so enamoured, seeing… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » YouGov polling round up
The second most interesting aspect of the last 24 hours for me (after Obama's decision to go to Congress) has been seeing how aggressively the Conservatives have been counter-briefing. Earlier in this parliament the CCHQ press office was justifiably described as complacent and incompetent; now quite the opposite. However,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » London falling – a look at next May’s elections in the capital
It's a good job the EU has always protected the food chain. I mean I wouldn't like to think that my beef lasange was actually horse lasange, made from broken down Romanian nags of untraceable lineage. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » YouGov on Labour’s recent policy announcements
Campaign advertising is hotting up in the last few weeks. On October 2nd Obama made an incredibly stupid comment during a speech, saying that although he wasn't on the ballot, his policies are. Democrats groaned, as they are running as far as they can from Obama, and THAT NIGHT Republican commercials began running… -
Re: Two highlights from this morning – HealthSec Hancock the main target – politicalbetting.com
From the Grauniad live blog: Carol Monaghan (SNP) asks how a previous PM would have dealt with this (the prospect of another lockdown). Cummings says if you took “anybody at random from the kind of top 1% competent people in this country” they would do things differently. Q: Was it arrogance or complacency? Cummings says… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » And now for the Corbyn of the Right
Anxiety Over Brexit “Brexit Anxiety” has been a theme of recent polling on the topic and a lack of confidence in whether the government will secure a good deal for Britain is apparent: Which of the following statements is closest to your view? I am confident that the UK government will secure a good Brexit deal for the UK,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Whatever the rights and wrongs of “#Traingate” Corbyn needs
FPT @rcs1000 I was talking about such practices in general worldwide not necessarily in the organisation that I suspect you assumed *I was referring to (plenty of supranational organisations have similar functions such as the CIS in the former USSR, the African Union or even the federal government in the USA) However that… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » LAB lead moves from 5pc to 11pc with Populus online
The Indy on Messina this time last year "Jim Messina was in Hawaii, with a handful of other top Obama aides at the end of 2010, a few weeks after the Democrats had been put to the sword in the mid-terms. Out in the surf one day, his boss made an offer he couldn't refuse. "I've got a favour I want to ask," the President… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » We could be just a week away from Biden’s VP pick and the bett
The Pope Benny bit was sarcasm. Up until today, Nixon is only example of president resigning mid-term. Even IF Tricky Dick had been tried, convicted, sentenced and jailed for his crimes, he'd still have been Mr. President in strictly honorific sense. Like Lord Archer is still a Lord. IF Biden is elected, you can bet your… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Tactical voting didn’t win it for the Scottish Tories
Never let it be said that I can't be positive about european countries. Some genuinely really good news: https://bearingarms.com/jenn-j/2017/06/30/czech-republic-aims-arm-citizens-combat-terrorism/ In December, when the European Commission responded to terrorist attacks by passing stricter gun laws, only three countries… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Boris backs Brexit but will it have an impact if he’s not g
Apologies for the lack of analysis by me on this thread header. I've got a busy few hours ahead and had been expecting Boris to announce his decision at 10pm and had planned accordingly. Boris, you git. -
Re: Latest betting next CON leader and PM – politicalbetting.com
In among the excitement, I'm internally following my own internal thread about covers of tunes in different styles - another one from Boss Hoss: Say a Little Prayer: just lovely. Like letting out a breath you didn't know you'd been holding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DmF_koHS3s And on a different tack, Glitzy Bag…