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Re: Nigel Farage is now the favourite to be the next Prime Minister – politicalbetting.com
It's a big defeat for Iran and a big defeat for Russia. That's good news in itself geopolitically. It remains to be seen if it's good for Syrians or that West. The poor outcomes are if there's a new factionalised phase of the civil war begins (like in Libya) or it a radical Islamist group ends up in control (like in… -
Re: Let’s talk about your favourite Tube lines – politicalbetting.com
Good spot, interesting to see that countries that rapidly increase their populations are still not immune from the trend. I suspect it’s mostly to do with a change in attitude towards women’s education, with many more now graduating with advanced degrees and going into the professional workplace. -
Re: Eclipsing Badenoch. Soon Farage could be the favourite to be the next PM – politicalbetting.com
Libraries. Big things. In or around town. You can get books from there. Really cheaply. 😎 -
Re: Starmer achieves in 5 months what it took the Tories 14 years – politicalbetting.com
Actually, he is a Trumpist. But the photos do look interesting. -
Re: Like Thatcher in her first term Starmer finds himself third in the polls – politicalbetting.com
I know Goodwin suggests a cap, but I can't remember what it is. I'd go for 250k gross inward (not including Ireland). I think this would be politically acceptable and achievable, and it would lay down the principle of a limit. It could then be adjusted up or down as public enthusiasm waxed and waned. -
Re: If the referendum were rerun today there would be a very different result – politicalbetting.com
her actually. Taylor Lorenz is female and identifies as female.. -
Re: Brits really do not like the odious Trump – politicalbetting.com
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Re: A popular government policy – politicalbetting.com
No we wouldn't. With PR our voting would evolve differently and our parties would evolve differently. The idea you can take an FPTP election results and apply it to PR is just insane, it doesn't work that way. -
Re: The Planning Problem – politicalbetting.com
Cats don't have owners. They have staff. That's all you need to know. -
Re: Losing your marbles – politicalbetting.com
As an Irish person and a philhellene I think the Marbles should go home to Athens but do think we should acknowledge that the British didn't steal them as much as save them. Quite happy to slag off the looting Brits but in this case they deserve credit for saving them. -
Re: A game changer or a QTWTAIN? – politicalbetting.com
Due process and a jury of his peers believed he did, so that is good enough for me. Provide me with the evidence to the contrary. -
Re: Guest slot from Moonrabbit – politicalbetting.com
At least it helped TSE out, not having to come up with another one he could go Christmas shopping instead. Getting a header approved on PB is a bit like Sauron must have felt, helping the Elves make Rings of Power. -
Re: Defence of the realm – politicalbetting.com
Used battery fears will be part of it, the other is that the technology is developing so quickly, which will cause faster depreciation in older models. -
Re: Hell – politicalbetting.com
This is the latest in a series of articles by me. They fall into three broad camps: the Measurement Series, about how we measure political concepts, the Ideas series, about current political concepts, and the Chronicle of a Bet Foretold series, about the logistics of betting wrt specific election. Some were lost after the… -
Re: Will Elon Musk be proven right? – politicalbetting.com
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Re: How tomorrow’s vote is shaping up – politicalbetting.com
I think you have been mis-informed about his training. On your point about doctors vs pharmacists. The training to be a pharmacist is fours years of MPharm plus one year or pre-reg training (on the job) after which you must pass the professional exam (only get three goes at this). So five year. Doctors I think are longer… -
Re: Following in Ted Heath’s footsteps – politicalbetting.com
In a Sheffield by election last night Labour went from first to third and lost 60% of their voter base. Outside London and the Central Belt of Scotland Labour is becoming a toxic brand. Labour is starting to panic. Sitting in Scotland I am more aware than the English that the Westminster elections are only one part of the… -
Re: Smoking, like cash, will soon be obsolete for younger generations – politicalbetting.com
How does one pronounce Aontu ? It's easier to say than, perhaps, Illaungraffanavrankagh - but can someone elucidite? -
Re: Irish General Election Predictions [Part 2/2] Constituencies F – W – politicalbetting.com
Some over on Buildhub have done it. You may well be dealing with high voltages - say 420V. And you will not be able to connect it to the mains without the required qualifications, or an electrician to do the checks and make the connection. Said electrician will want some spondulicks. If it is all off grid (eg to charge up… -
Re: Irish General Election Predictions [Part 1/2] C & D Constituencies – politicalbetting.com
I once had a day in Montevideo. Uruguay has a claim to be the best run country in South America. You may not know it but it produces some of the best wines in South America - they keep it mostly to themselves. The most well known is Tannat which was introduced by Basque settlers.