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Re: Lineker gets his job back with the BBC bosses the losers – politicalbetting.com
Politico.com - Former Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Elizabeth Warren — two key architects of the post-2008 system of Wall Street regulation — are at odds over what’s dragging down banks once again. Frank, who chaired the House Financial Services Committee in the wake of the global financial crisis and wrote sweeping new rules… -
Re: Some of the front pages after Hunt’s budget – politicalbetting.com
Now, of course, we have a Conservative PCC and County Council. In 2015 both were Labour, up to 2017 for Notts County Council and 2021 for PCC. If you add in that it is AIs nearly sweeping the board in Ashfield, and taking all the County Council seats in Ashfield, which beheading of Labour was a factor that gave County to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » “Continuity Corbyn” contender Long-Bailey gets the worst ratin
#NippyKnew But as shock about Mackay’s conduct reverberated around Holyrood, questions also emerged about the timing of Sturgeon’s actions. Today it emerged that the Scottish Sun first told Sturgeon’s office about its plans to publish Mackay’s messages at about 5.30pm on Wednesday, putting in train an urgent series of… -
Re: Why Mr Bond…we’re not expecting you… – politicalbetting.com
Putin is playing a long(ish*) game. He may well want to go past Ukraine. Indeed, why not - was he not personally once stationed in Dresden: why not aim to have Russian soldiers there again one day? As you point out, the problem - bar Moldova - is NATO so the solution, from his point of view, is to degrade NATO; to render… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How whether Scotland remains part of the UK is totally do
@SeanT We have air bases in Cyprus, we have drones, we have cruise missiles. We have access to US satellite surveillance, we and the Yanks have intel operatives in Kurdistan. How hard can it be to *pintpoint* an ISIS Abrams tank, FFS. The UK has very few cruise missiles and even fewer available to launch East of Suez. In… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » It wasn’t just at the May 2015 general election that the po
Indeed he has messed up. It was Tsipras' posturing that made the terms of the deal worse. By not accepting what was on offer, he wrecked the Greek banking system, turning crisis into catastrophe. By doing so, he made sure those terms were no longer applicable. By insulting the people trying to sort out the mess, he… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast. Deal or no deal. Plus are th
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Re: It’s the alpacalypse for Geronimo – politicalbetting.com
I know, I know, and personally if things get that bad I'd be all in favour of doing... various things to them that aren't repeatable here. But the problem is, if anti-vaxxer illnesses pose a material risk of burning down the healthcare system come the back end of the year, does the will exist to implement alternatives… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Defining Britain: who wins that battle will likely win GE2022
A good, thoughtful header I think. I'd add that the problem the Conservatives face is not that they don't have a vision of Britain post Brexit - but that they have two, and they're contradictory and incompatible. The first, mentioned in the article is the Powellite, UKIP one where we pull up our drawbridge first, stop the… -
Re: If Johnson wants a sacrificial lamb Raab looks the best choice – politicalbetting.com
I'm not shrugging off the struggles. Clearly it has been hard for all of us. But it's not like we are utterly isolated with modern technology. We now have phone calls and even video conferencing at virtually no financial cost. My parents were reading stories to my kids while we left the WhatsApp chat on for hours. My Nan… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Biden drops 15 in new Democrat primary poll as Mayor Peter mov
Afternoon all :) Easter greetings for all and it's certainly a glorious day weather-wise in this part of lowland East London. The environmental issue is complex and multi-faceted - I suppose it comes down to the premise that those who have yet to see the full prosperity of capitalism want it whether it be a nice house, a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Monday’s front pages are now coming through
You appear to be under the illusion that Salmond hasn't already debated with Darling. He did a few years ago and even the press were pretty much of the view that Darling came a pretty poor second. He's going to debate Darling again anyway at some point so we'll see if the man little Ed didn't even rate enough to give a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How Cameron’s view on the referendum could be decisive
My first point is not an exaggeration. It's what's been happening in Turkey with the headscarf ban. As an example, women who want to wear headscarves were not going to university, and there is some anecdotal evidence that women are suffering because they feel they cannot attend doctors surgeries or hospitals. (I think I… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Losses for the LDs and Tories in latest local elections plus p
I have watched IDS today deride Tony Blair and seen comments like yours. I think the Iraq war was one of the big mistakes in post second world war Britain. HOWEVER, IDS LETS REMEMBER UNDER PRIVY COUNCIL ACCESS CONDITIONS ENDOURSED THE IRAQ WAR. He saw the same information/ intelligence that Blair did and advocated… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Based on YouGov’s first three polls this week the gap is ge
I don't agree. The legislation in Factortame was designed to prevent Spanish fishing boats buying up all of our quota for fish under the Common Fisheries policy at the time. It was effectively contrary to the EEC law on the right to establish businesses elsewhere in the EU because Spanish companies were setting up… -
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Smart work from the UKIP candidate Sam Gould in Caerphilly. His leaflet is all about the new hospital in Ystrad Mynach (the huge, unbelievably slick-looking one by my house, which Labour talked-up for years.... with no doctors and no A&E in it. An enormous white elephant). Residents of the borough have been tamping about… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » With sentiment edging away from REMAIN it’s been the bigges
No, I've been doing it for nearly 50 years now, and the number of people who were what I'd call rude is in single figures. You should try it. Sure, you get people saying "Not interested", or "Labour? No way.", but people don't tell you to f*** off - the instinct to be reasonably polite to someone on your doorstep takes… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The immigration poster that symbolises the Dave’s dilemma.
The poll shows that 50% of 2010 Labour support the poster campaign and a higher number from the North and Midland/Wales give their support. Today's YouGov shows 9% of 2010LD going to UKIP and that highest UKIP support comes from North and Midlands/Wales. The LDs could find themselves (again) on the wrong side of public… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A year after being touted as Maggie Mark 2 the coming reshu
Wonderful, wonderful good news in the ONS Labour Statistics today. What is especially encouraging is that recent labour market surveys have been reporting flat figures in April with increases in employment planned for May and beyond. Take Reed's survey of the jobs market published on 3rd June for example: The UK job market… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The chronology suggests that the momentum is with Leadsom
So you don't want the government to show leadership, come up with a decent plan, and put it to the House of Commons and the population? Or doesn't it matter whether Britain stays in the single market, allows Poles and Romanians to come here when they want, allows millions of Turks to come here in five years' time, or…
