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Re: Reeves, nearly as bad as Covid and Truss & Kwarteng but Lab still continue to lead on the economy
@BartholomewRoberts You've drawn a line in the sand at 1997. I am saying Thatcher set the wheels in motion in 1979. Without an availability of RTB properties coming up on the secondhand market twenty years later there would not have been the available stock for BTL -
Re: Wow, Lib Dem Chief Whip takes action to stop a defection to Lab in The Commons –politicalbetting.com
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Re: Ed Miliband is impressing a key demographic – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Should we start adding a Trump effect to the polls and betting strategies? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Trump dominates our news cycle – politicalbetting.com
The economically inactive rate in the UK is 22.1%. That is lower than the EU average - 24.4% It is lower than France (24.8%), Spain (25%), USA (25.1%, Belgium (28.9%) and Italy (33.6%). Japan, Germany and Canada are doing better than us but we are in the top half of the OECD and G7 for economically active population. -
Re: Marf delivers her take on the Trump/Putin phone call – politicalbetting.com
Two excellent local by election results at Harborough and Abbots Langley yesterday. This follows the Finchley by election a couple of weeks ago where a similar pattern emerged. Conservatives may do much better on May1st than everyone thinks. -
Re: At what point do the Tories think about ditching Badenoch? – politicalbetting.com
Well not really, Nigel. I merely failed to be the one and only person in the pre IR35 City with a limited company to put themselves voluntarily on PAYE instead of dividends. I don't think supporting Labour requires that sort of sainthood. It would have cost me a shedload and for what? To avoid a bum rap of "hypocrisy" in… -
Re: How low can Elon Musk sink? – politicalbetting.com
Prevailing view here seems to be as it’s Tesla, which is effectively Musk, it’s okay. Probably the same people who think those posters on the tube are hilarious social commentary. -
Re: The age cohorts least likely to be conscripted are the most in favour of conscription
He pretty much had to as the war is the only thing that's keeping him out of jail from all those corruption scandals. I know that's cynical, but when you're dealing with men like Netanyahu, Putin and Trump the worst interpretation is generally accurate. -
Re: The New Rome? – politicalbetting.com
The issue seems to be the idea that if you have a mental health condition you should not work. Plenty of people work through mild to moderate mental illness, wurh or without periods of sick leave - just as people do with physical conditions - yet if they happen to be out of work, they get a fit note and claim they are not… -
Re: Punters continue to think Labour will win the most seats at the next election – politicalbetting.com
Mea culpa on the Own Outright category: I read that wrong. What stands out for me on the socio-economic group chart is now similar the vote share is across all the groups. Class is not the major determiner of voting intention it once was. It’s age and education level that matter more, and there are still plenty of people… -
Re: Punters agree with Farage – politicalbetting.com
B minus? I'd rate her a little higher but fine. That (unlike "terrible") is in the overton window of reasonableness. -
Re: The power of Trump – politicalbetting.com
And have you forgotten Truss? Short-lived, but exquisitely awful. -
Re: Has Donald Trump killed Scottish nationalism stone dead? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: The first poll in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Support for rearmament continues to grow – politicalbetting.com
Let them go bust. This is beyond taking the piss; its outright contempt for government, regulator (who merits it), and customers. Why the fuck should we bail them out again ? Thames Water begs to be spared fines and costs warning bidders will walk away… -
Re: This explains modern politics today – politicalbetting.com
You hadn't said you thought he shouldn't compete on this particular thread, if you did elsewhere on the page, then apologies. If you don't believe that, but believe they have female genitalia, then why? Are you just speculating the same as me, but your speculating is good and mine is not. You said that I said he had… -
Re: The great Reform revolt? – politicalbetting.com
Nope. This is bad news all round. I mean, give me an upside to the specific scenario you raised? However other taxes or even tariffs usually have pros and cons to them eg taxes to provide services or tariffs to stop dumping. You might not agree with a tax or tariff, but there is usually a counter argument. However your… -
Re: We have our first by election but will the Reform rammy have an impact? – politicalbetting.com
My wife felt the same way after meeting our now-resigned MP. It was particularly tasteless she *had to* meet him again a few times on behalf of her organisation. Perhaps one way to improve politics would be for every successful candidate to be personally introduced to voters before they are confirmed in place. -
Re: Every Cheltenham Festival Race Winner 2025 - And the Long Shots You Must Consider
Nah, someone mentioned earlier in the week that he is a latter day former Eurofederalist HawHaw.