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Re: Let them eat cake – politicalbetting.com
The computer systems controlling signs on smart motorways have been nicknamed “Die Now” by staff after they became “unusable” three times in just four days, The Telegraph can reveal. Signals across hundreds of miles of the M1, M4, M5 and M62 could not be changed prompting a “horrified” whistleblower at National Highways,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » ConHome members’ survey finds just 36% wanting TMay to lead pa
I had the misfortune to watch an hour of the X Factor on Sunday when visiting my mum. It's jaw dropping how Brexity it is. You could see Cowbell creaming himself at the prospect of a Leave vs Remain final between the vanilla rough trade Plaster and the talented, articulate, queer , Oxonian duo. It's always been there since… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Big danger for TMay is that the Tory process for ousting a lea
Yes - some of us had coughs before and far worse and did our jobs. But authority is essential in a PM. And effective public speaking is one essential part of gaining and maintaining that authority and inspiring her troops, as well as the country. This speech was important and, if she was suffering from a cold, then maybe… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The EU referendum: An attempt to analyse the in-play bettin
Thank you Michael for this fascinating article. I think most of us PBers made a fair bit of money on referendum night. This kind of information and analysis is exactly what we need to learn how to do it again. One feature of the first period, ending at say 2am, is certainly the slow reaction of many punters once results… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Test post from Dirty Dicks
Forget the peripheral rubbish about Boston. Let's talk about DD's tonight! Only capable of posting one time as I'm about to collapse however... What a great evening. My first time and I was treated royally. A super lot of conversations with all ages from the very young lurkers up to the venerable Jack. Nice to meet Ave it… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Why betting on the Republicans in the House mid-terms may be t
Hello all. Personally am cautiously optimistic that Putinists are going to take it in the shorts in 2016 midterms. Beyond historical trends traditionally favoring party out of power at this point in the US electoral cycle, consider that > base Democratic voters are clearly energized and are turning out in record numbers… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » What 2018 could have in store for Trump (and who might he face
Morning all :) Interesting thread from Keiran as always for which many thanks. I don't think the question of "leadership" of the Democrats is important at this stage. The GOP controls all three elected bodies at this time as they did from 2000-06. There are Democrat Minority leaders in the senate and House and inasmuch as… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » London Calling. The clash over the Tory candidate in London
Handheld Ultrasound Devices Are Speeding Diagnosis of COVID-19 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/handheld-ultrasound-devices-are-speeding-diagnosis-of-covid-19/ When patients with a new disease called COVID-19 started pouring into his hospital, pulmonary and critical care physician Bilal Jalil found himself… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » On the day Chilcot was published the latest PB/Polling Matt
This and the talk here of new parties ignore the fundamental point that the centre-right of the party currently have neither a popular leader nor a popular platform. If they can't even find a viable candidate to stand within the party - which takes almost no effort whatever beyond signing a piece of paper and getting some… -
Re: Rishi now odds on for the PM job – politicalbetting.com
Lord Canning was insufferably woke. For example, in opposing the Holy Alliance - the nerve! from his wiki page Canning was Foreign Secretary (1807–1809) under the Duke of Portland. Canning was the dominant figure in the cabinet and directed the seizure of the Danish fleet in 1807 to assure Britain's naval supremacy over… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Could Alan Johnson lead Labour into the 2020 General Electi
For instance, from memory in the last 24 hours we have had Alan Johnson 25/1 Harriet Harman 33/1 Hilary Benn 33/1 Jess Phillips 66/1 All tipped here for next labour leader... That's a combined 15/2 shot Firstly any headline tip on here will shorten through weight of money and the fact that mike is an acknowledged… -
Re: When assumptions go wrong – politicalbetting.com
Unconscious bias training So, this was billed as an hour-long. Anonymous and to help etc. It had a running % on the taskbar beneath so you could track how far through the course you'd got. Run by Hemisphere. Much of it initially was just good management stuff. Don't judge people by whether they have a firm handshake or… -
Re: 73% of Americans say Biden shouldn’t run again – politicalbetting.com
Did my second longest walk yesterday, just over 29 miles, sort of by accident. I booked a place that I thought was 24 miles from Lorient, but it was 5 miles beyond the nearest town which I’d used as the reference point Those last five miles were pretty tough and I didn’t arrive until after nine o’clock, but it was worth… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The latest French Presidential betting has Marine Le Pen with
If PB had a 'like' button I would have been sitting here mashing it for the last half-hour. I couldn't agree more. By solving the disruptive elements, you improve not only their educational prospects immeasurably, but also the other 95% of the class. And the exasperating thing is that it used to happen. Unpack the phrase… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The LDs winning 50%+ of the Brecon & Radnorshire vote looks go
I remarked on here last Sunday it was clear Hunt camp had taken it to 60/40 loss and could take it no further other than making the noises that would take them to a worse defeat. Two horse races so often go this way, gambling worse result as only chance to bridge gap. I did the same thing in sports day 200m final in 1982.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Cameron’s speech: the reaction
From Dan's article - I was really surprised that Mr Cameron went so personal - normally he just ignores Labour. I'm very pleased that he's dealt with them head on for a change. Gloves off time.Labour’s strategy had been to try to bridge the chasm between the two parties on economic credibility by arguing that the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » For someone who’s got reputation for laziness Cameron’s run
There are a number of problems with nuclear, but by far the biggest one is that it never lives up to expectations for consistency of power production. CCGTs can run - almost maintenance free - at extraordinary levels of uptime. Unscheduled downtimes for modern GE or Siemens turbines can be in the single digit hours per… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Video Analysis: The Changing Nature of Work
I don't believe for a moment that Corbyn voted Remain. He's never ever been pro-EU and he didn't start being pro-EU in 2016. If Labour were to campaign hard now for a new referendum before March 29th on a Remain / May's deal - whatever that turns out to be, even if it turns out to be No Deal and Labour were to campaign for… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The terrible truth about Brexit
Can I first say as a litigator who is heading off to court in an hour that I don't really recognise the somewhat colourful wall of treacle analogy. Court cases do reach a conclusion for good or ill. Frequently, I would say normally, the parties reach a conclusion themselves based on their assessment of the risks but that… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The curtain lifted a little this week on Labour’s civil war
From the "you couldn't make it up" department: "Good morning. Can anyone please help. I am a single mum and own 3 properties, one we live in and two I rent out. I make next to no profit at the rental only just covers the mortgage payments. I am concerned that when George Osborne new rental tax rules are fully implemented…