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Re: I wonder how J.D. Vance must be feeling today? – politicalbetting.com
Sir Gordon Richards was called as a witness and confirmed he had employed Woodage as a stable lad and as a jockey since 1956. He was then asked about the horses he trained and the races in which they ran. He said that Woodage never had authority from him or on his behalf to go give any sort of drug or powder such as… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Stand by for Ed’s next unlikely election victory. CON win m
Ed's 'zero-hours' 'U-turn' coming in for flak: Why has Labour watered down its plans to tackle zero-hour contracts? The party previously suggested that workers would be offered a full-time contract after 12 weeks. But that period has been extended to a year.… -
Re: Just 1 in 6 Brits are heating their home as much as they want – politicalbetting.com
I have been in London for the last few weeks and as my son is now responsible for the bills he is taking the "save energy / save money" dictum very seriously indeed. He is out at work all day, wears thermals and goes swimming and cycling in his free time. So he does not really feel the cold. An electric blanket and extra… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Local By-Election and Westminster By-Election Results : Dec
Excellent result for Labour and a slight move to the centre in the PLP. interesting for me is the inability of anyone to park their tanks on labour's pacifist lawn. In years gone by the Lib Dems would have been very competitive here but it looks a long road back for them now. It would appear that UKIP look both amateurish… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Nighthawks is now open
FPT @tim tim As we discussed a couple of days ago, the rise in rental yields on property mainly results from post financial crisis falls in house prices and the decline in mortgage lending which, in combination, has led to illiquidity in the residential property sales market. Commercial landlords gain a return on their… -
Re: Cuomos and goings – politicalbetting.com
That's a great story. Back in the eighties, my parents nearly bought a derelict house in South Derbyshire, located in a place called, of all things, 'Boggy Bottom'. It's not marked on the map as such; it's what local villagers refer to it as. I think the name alone caused my mum to not want to buy it ... Anyway, they ended… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Let’s not forget that Johnson’s precarious parliamentary situa
Given the House of Commons has refused to vote for May's Deal, has refused to vote for No Deal and is trying to amend the Boris Deal, Boris has had to act as he has to try and deliver Brexit. Had the 21 Tory rebels who voted for the Benn Act been allowed to stand again then even had Boris won a majority after the next… -
Re: Le Pen and Zemmour still haven’t got enough nominations – politicalbetting.com
On the war, I can't help feeling that the last 24 hours, unlike the 24 hours before that have not been good for Ukraine. Russia is taking the gloves off a bit and is getting a bit more casual about what sort of weaponry it uses and what it hits. The death toll has risen precipitously. They have concentrated their forces in… -
Re: Are you a one hole or two hole person? – politicalbetting.com
My oldest friend (and best man at my wedding) works for one of the big water companies doing future usage prediction work. He has to try to predict the probable water usage 5, 10, 20 and more years into the future The problem is simple. We are building too many houses in the South and East of the country where, even with… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Remember this from June 23/24 2016 – the final 12 hours on the
Which opponents do people think will have most for which to answer for what results if the Deal goes down? Some thoughts, and btw anyone who votes for the deal is exempt from this: 1. Con Brexiteers voting againstt the Deal: they are part of the governing block, voted for A50 on Mansion House, yet are blowing up a… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Attention Mark Carney: Marf has some further suggestions fo
TBH, the way things have been going over the last couple of months 0.6% is at the bottom end of expectations. I would not be surprised to see it increased in due course when more information is in. It is nice to see construction showing a positive contribution for a change. The next key steps in the recovery of UK plc… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » How a minor change to the electoral system could stop Farag
TBH, the way things have been going over the last couple of months 0.6% is at the bottom end of expectations. I would not be surprised to see it increased in due course when more information is in. It is nice to see construction showing a positive contribution for a change. The next key steps in the recovery of UK plc… -
Re: A bit of movement away from Trump on Betfair – politicalbetting.com
Bad news, but expected: The three-house-owning millionaire has been re-elected in Vermont. Good news, but also expected: One of our better governors, Phil Scott, has also been re-elected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Scott -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Jeremy Corbyn needs saving from his “friends”
I said on the subject of who the Tory party are likely to elect, that I knew information not on the complete workings of the Tory party (my reply was as far as I recall, 'I think I do this subject). As for where I get the info from, it's just Westminster Village stuff - having read a number of articles on Osborne and how… -
Re: And now help for Sunak from the hard left – politicalbetting.com
I would not be at all surprised to see the Tories get only 26% at the GE. They are, frankly, an absolute shower. And in denial. I met my local MP - or the one who will be under the new boundaries - recently. Nice chap. Has worked hard on local issues, some of them on a cross-party basis, and been pretty effective.… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As UKIP surges Ipsos-MORI finds that support for wanting to
And cause a house price crash affecting every one else? One reason interest rates are 0.5% has been to keep house prices up and negative equity and repossessions off the table. Find a way of forcing house prices down and electoral disaster awaits. Mucking about with the market will hit too many ordinary people as… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The constituencies where the LDs will be most vulnerable at
UK's current problem is that there are not enough homes (and especially affordable ones) where there are jobs and too many empty houses where there are not jobs. The whole thing is exacerbated by GB's house price bubble which is general has not been pricked and in many cases house prices are double what they should be. Of… -
Re: The confidence vote takes place tonight – politicalbetting.com
I disagree. He's easily the worst of my lifetime. Lazy, no grasp of detail, indecisive, insecure, says the first thing that comes into his head, no clear policy other than whatever's best for Boris today. And a thoroughly dishonest and unproncipled person as you do clearly say. There are some upsides to this - his laziness… -
Re: Three Tory by-election defences in the offing? – politicalbetting.com
We also need to build at (much) higher density. I grew up in a council house in Scotland - a terrace of 4 3 bed houses. The agricultural land behind it has been newly developed and in the same space there are 2 3 bed detached houses. Half the density. It’s nuts - on the other side of town there’s even greater waste of… -
Re: Why things can get worse for the Tories – politicalbetting.com
Osborne didnt have a monopoly on shit decisions he simply carried on the policies of Blair and Brown. And I would also say that the political nostrum that Osborne had policies to favour oldies is also suspect. He gave with one hand and took with the other. I bailed my kids out on extortionate uni fees so that they did not…