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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Betting on the Democratic Party California primary
Morning all :) ON topic (vaguely), the truth remains the GOP won't win California and they'll lose it heavily and in a proportional race, Clinton will likely pick up as many delegates as Sanders so it's only the symbolism of the result itself. I tend to avoid two-horse events on the racecourse and it's tempting to do so… -
Re: Kaboom. A truly terrible day for Trump and now Johnson – politicalbetting.com
Look, obviously I do not like Boris, not at all, but I have been willing to praise him on specific issues and I feel like I am capable of giving him a fair hearing to some degree even lacking superhuman objectivity. With that said, I really hope people don't buy his sob story - he is not being forced out by a handful of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Johnson’s Tories still ahead with Opinium but he’s a net 30% b
These yobs have been with us for yonks. Regardless of what you thought about Colston (a genuinely contentious statue) failing to properly police that gave carte blanche to mobs nationwide. So we ended up (within 72 hours) with virtually every major national figure from the last 300 years being targeted, with the media not… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The betting strategy if for some reason Trump or Clinton ar
The Germans developed quite a few variants of equine gas masks in WWI (they were even more dependent on horses for transport then). Strange they didn't think it worth it in WWII, though I guess gas masks would have been ineffective against the nerve agents they were developing. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Donald Trump’s horizontal jogging with a porn star might see M
Why do you think freedom of movement of people is an essential component of the EU? It worked so long as there was broad equivalence between the economies of the member states, but the direct consequence of the EU enlargement and the economic malaise of the PIIGS has been to create a race to the bottom where vast numbers… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If the Rennard case leads to any further seepage of support
IoS - Nick Clegg’s job on the line: Lib Dem leader to face decisive vote on whether to allow Lord Rennard to return "Angry Lib Dem peers are planning to openly defy the Deputy Prime Minister by blocking a demand that Lord Rennard apologise over sexual harassment allegations, in what would be the most damaging blow yet to… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » In the other election in Copeland on GE2015 day voters rejecte
"It's hard to see why anyone would want a career in the armed forces. Not only are you underfunded, but the government seems quite happy to hang you out to dry when this country's enemies complain about you." I believe the armed forces are struggling to recruit and retain people. Not wholly for the reasons you give but hey… -
Re: Rishi v Boris: Who would make the better PM by English region – politicalbetting.com
TFL are no more or less a basket case than any other passenger transport provider. With Tube passenger numbers only half what they were pre-Covid and at 5% at spells during last year, it's little wonder the service is losing money. The Government, as part of its bailout, insisted TFL ran a full service whereas you could… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The main impact of the energy cap issue will be to firm up
There's no fight like an old fight. The 1990s revival continues. Tebbit: “I have been struggling for almost 24 hours to understand what was behind Sir John Major’s outburst of yesterday and still find it difficult to understand. Of course the poor fellow is still sore that the “bastards” in the Tory Party who prevented him… -
Re: The overnight news that has made me most angry – politicalbetting.com
One of my first jobs, aged 18, (the first one that was medium term - I did 7 years for them in the end) had a uniform policy requiring staff to wear a company branded polo shirt. For some reason I didn't fancy this, and somehow wangled a deal where they "forgot" to issue me with one, and I therefore had a suitable defense… -
Re: Replacing the irreplaceable – politicalbetting.com
As a long time Fortean, and someone who is fascinated by anything like this I love to hear about your experiences. I have never experienced anything that would be described as paranormal. The closest I have come would be seeing a barn owl at night that my Austrian aunt perceived as the ghost of an elderly lady crossing the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » At 4-1 the CON most votes/LAB most seats bet is still the b
Mr. Eagles, and if the Second Punic War had happened a few centuries later Rome would have surrendered after Cannae. And if Alexander the Great had been born five thousand years later he would have ridden into battle on a mecha-horse and wielded a laser rifle. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Only days away now from the Biden VP choice and it’ll be a hug
No way of knowing whether this is true, but on the face of it the guy sounds a credible witness and there are some corroborative indications: Dozens of bags of fireworks were stored in the same hangar as thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate at Beirut’s port and may have been a decisive factor in igniting the explosive… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » After two days of turbulence in the LAB leadership betting
I looked at the article. The man's a fool. Of course nobody cares about Greece, and rescuing it would make no difference. But nor would letting it go bankrupt, and that's why the ECB won't do it. Because it would set an appalling precedent with Spain still in the wings, which WOULD make a huge hole in the Eurozone's… -
Re: David Herdson selected to stand in Wakefield – politicalbetting.com
What I'm suggesting isn't raising taxes and giving it back to us. It's raising taxes (if considered necessary in this fiscal year) on people like me, and giving it to those who won't be able to pay their gas bills and who are finding it hard to pay for food. The NI tax rise wasn't a very good measure, but in any case it's… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » They’ll never admit it publicly but LD chances of retaining
I remember being taken to the the Black and White Minstrals in the very early 70s in Southampton and even then I thought, "really"? My parents had been really keen to go but looked a bit shifty afterwards, my dad especially. But I think the point Nick and others were making earlier is how does our society think and care… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Brexit day party
'Antisemitic incidents in UK at all-time high Charity logs 1,382 hate incidents and 34% rise in violent assaults against Jewish people in 2017' https://tinyurl.com/yb78358d 'Anti-Semitic crime increases in Germany The number of anti-Semitic crimes in Germany rose by 2.5 percent last year despite an overall drop in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » A busy night of local by-elections previewed by Harry Hayfi
Hi Tim_B :) Right, need you to help me gain some sporting street cred with youngest son. For some reason best known to themselves, he and his mates have become avid NFL fans over last few years. So much so, I have on occasion, had to provide copious amounts of snacks and refreshments on Sunday nights while a bunch of… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Clinton and Trump dominate in the build up to “Super Tuesda
I am wondering if this touches on the real issue. Fear of uncertainty and the temptation to play it safe. Most people are brought up to play by the rules, go to school, get a job or run a small business, it's mostly safe, it's unexciting but with luck and application gets you are reasonable standard of living. These are… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Sanders shows biggest weakness in the overnight Democratic
There are some real insights into Hillary's "problem with women" here: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/hillary-clinton-2016-woman-problem-213621 "women in general don’t vote for other women purely based on gender. ... They didn’t do it in the 1970s; they didn’t do it in the 80s; they didn’t do it in the 90s.…