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Re: Happy first anniversay First Minister – politicalbetting.com
Yeah that is what I am saying though - they can legislate about transparency over charges, that is about as far as they can go. The drain situation doesn't sound good but I don't think these local authorities/housing associations referred to in the article are part of a great scam, they are just no good at keeping costs… -
Re: Hartlepool: Labour still feels value in the Hartlepool betting – politicalbetting.com
I’m getting more and more concerned that some experts are riding personal hobby horses regardless of facts. For example, masks in schools. There was due to be a report on the effect of this in Scotland. So far as I know it has never been published. Given Scotland had been using them for months up to December, there should… -
Re: Reform isn’t very popular – politicalbetting.com
Ben Franklin's house has been turned into a museum. That's his London house, handy for Charing Cross. https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/ -
Re: Being seen as being pro the odious Trump might be sub-optimal for Farage – politicalbetting.com
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Re: The first polling has BoJo’s speech rated lower than Starmer’s – politicalbetting.com
I think we currently have two reasons why house price inflation is so high. One is that, at least for a while, investing in buy-to-let was far superior to any other form of investment. The returns for some people have been stupendous. This has sucked in a disproportionate amount of money, away from more productive… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf on a great PB gathering at Dirty Dicks and the Saturda
Hell, Mehdi Hassan has turned against the EU http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/eu-referendum-democracy_b_6190712.html "Did May's European Parliament election results - described as a political "earthquake" by the French prime minister, Manuel Valls - convince the continent's leaders, both elected and unelected,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » So far so good. We might just get to the end of the week witho
The USA has a lot more space than we do. Also, a lot more trailer parks. And a highly restrictive immigration policy. I'm not sure a like-for-like comparison really works. Additionally, their rate of CGT is 10-20% depending on income and how long you have had the asset for, so much lower than the 28% faced by UK… -
Re: If this poll is correct then the value is with Labour – politicalbetting.com
I think this kind of thing has been going on for a while - how long ago is it that Cliff Richards house being searched was all over the BBC and press? -
Re: Penny Mordaunt now favourite in next CON leader betting – politicalbetting.com
I agree. The law should be determined in Parliament and subject to democratic consent and not unelected judges in Europe. Civilised common law nations around the world don't need the ECHR, while the ECHR didn't stop Vladimir Putin who led Russia as an ECHR member for nearly a quarter of a century. The ECHR might have been… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Would President Hillary Clinton inspire Labour to choose a
Box office ? I'm interested in politics but this campiagn has been so dire, the next fortnight can't go fast enough. Faced with the choice of watching Boris Bullshit and Nicola Nitpick lying for an hour I'll be watching House of Cards box set instead. I think you're getting carried away with what people actually want to… -
Re: Once again Reform voters show they are massive outliers – politicalbetting.com
I wasn't talking about Russia and Ukraine, I was pointing out that Trump has attempted to extend the powers of the Presidency in ways that have never been done before. Even if they'd wanted to, I don't think the Biden White House would have considered it within their powers to issue secondary tariffs, because even primary… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Latest YouGov tracker finds the Brexit “wrong” lead over “righ
Andrea Leadsom has been whingeing about how reluctant she is to publish the advice even if she will publish it, at around 11.30am. About how mistaken the Commons was yesterday. About how future parliamentarians will regret it. Bercow should tell her to stuff a sock in it. Interesting that she doesn't say "Fine. We'll obey… -
Re: George Osborne argues that the way Trump’s been constrained shows that democracy is working – politi
I've just been out for a local walk and was staggered by the number of white vans around and maskless workmen going in and out of houses. Chris Whitty was asked about tradesmen being allowed to enter houses on BBC Breakfast this week and he said that it was important to keep the economy going. But given the hospitality… -
Re: Things to look forward to in 2021: An exciting by-election – politicalbetting.com
Unless the house has been repossessed by a bank - they will stay in the property until they have found another property to live in. Having had to deal with a few issues for friends in the recent past Rule No 1 as a tenant is that you don't leave a property until you have somewhere else to live or a High Court Bailiff is… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Marf gives her take as EdM prepares to give his big speech
FPT @tim Amazing really that Osborne only started to wake up to housing halfway through the parliament.After slashing the social housebuilding budget in half in 2010. Whether you think like I do that the govt should've thrown the kitchen sink at housing three years ago,or whether you believe like Avery that stoking up the… -
Re: Johnson exit date betting moves sharply to 2022 – politicalbetting.com
FPT and I know we have done this to death but I am interested in @HYUFD view on this: Re that Town Council election that has had more written on than most GEs: What do you think would have been the reaction of the 4 Tory candidates if you told them what you had done and it had resulted in them all being unelected and how… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » My 7-1 and 10-1 bets that Cameron will be the first leader
My parents bought the house I grew up in for £20k in 1979 with a 10% deposit. When my Dad sold the house in 1997 to move in with his new wife - who refused to live in "downmarket" Streatham - it was sold for about £140k (I thought to a developer who would break it up into flats). A google search finds that it has been… -
Re: I am optimistic that things can get worse – politicalbetting.com
That's some way off I think. A lot just happens. According to Water UK, it has run at about £10 billion a year since 2000 - though I'm sure we would all question some places that the water companies get the money from (ie corporate borrowing): https://www.water.org.uk/news-views-publications/views/record-levels-investment… -
Re: The (lack of) incumbency bonus – politicalbetting.com
Having lived in places where there is no housing shortage, no, everyone doesn’t try to get an 8 bedroom house. Hell, when I was in Peru, I could have gone full drug lord - rented a palace. Didn’t. We stayed in the family house - the areas not great, but the locals have their own police force and keep order. Empty bedrooms… -
Re: Who on earth prefers margarine to butter? – politicalbetting.com
The close votes are the most dramatic and the most thrilling when you win though. I always remember Macaulay's description of the passing of the Great Reform Act in 1832. He was a remarkable writer and makes the vote almost as vivid as if I'd been there:: Such a scene as the division of last Tuesday I never saw, and never…
