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Re: Papa don’t preach – Looking at the contenders to be next Pope – politicalbetting.com
Bridget Phillipson has been giving a statement and answering questions on the SC judgement in the House. It's an impressive performance - calm and reassuring to all sides while sticking to the SC decision. I've been watching, and even MP opponents of the judgement have been praising the way she's handled it. If/when… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Let’s end this lazy assumption that UKIP voters are just To
Off-topic: For our fifth wedding anniversary yesterday, the wonderful and Goddess-like Mrs Jessop gave me two books about the Institution of Civil Engineers. One says that there has not been a single MP with a civil engineering background in the House of Commons since 2005. With the death of Henry Chilver last year, there… -
Re: The end of the Keir show is getting closer – politicalbetting.com
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Re: Kemi’s improving ratings – politicalbetting.com
OMG, this site really has become the bitchy centrist left wing dads club! You really cannot admit it, Kemi Badenoch who you had all written off and ditched has grown into the role of a strong Leader of the Opposition and she is currently knocking it out of the park in the House of Commons and enjoying it while she rips… -
Re: LAB odds on to gain Rutherglen and the LDs Mid-Beds – politicalbetting.com
Balancing the economy on the financial sector - yes, totally true. Aka stopping the country from producing very much at all. Delapidation of public services - one example is the slumification of state-owned housing, which began in the 1980s and has been ongoing ever since, including under Blair and Brown, so it's not quite… -
Re: Now a poll has the Tories BELOW 20% – politicalbetting.com
An immense shellacking is undoubtedly what this Government deserves but they're not going to get it. There's much truth in what you say, but OTOH this is an administration by, of and for older voters - one which has buttered them up with big pension increases almost every year and has a proven track record for frustrating… -
Re: The Tories get their best voting poll for more than three weeks – politicalbetting.com
Off topic: I've just listened to a speech by Doug Specht about the zoning of London and, in particular, the new Nine Elms development and Northern Line extension. This is well worth a read: https://camri.ac.uk/blog/articles/the-northern-line-extension-a-challenge-for-mapmakers-and-for-social-equality/ Battersea Riverside… -
Re: The voters give Starmer a mandate for Palestine – politicalbetting.com
We accepted ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. In December 2023, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stated: "Look for example at what has happened in Azerbaijan and Armenia. A long-frozen conflict that suddenly has been – I would not say solved – but decisively determined by a military intervention… -
Re: When do parties lie? – politicalbetting.com
At Bath lectures start on the quarter hour (e.g. 9.15). You can always tell when a member of staff has no teaching or interaction with students because they arrange meetings on the hour. an hour meeting thus blocks two 1 hour teaching slots. All too common. Lots of staff have been brought in to satisfy outside bodies (EDI,… -
Re: Sir Keir Starmer: The Corbyn slayer? – politicalbetting.com
We sold my Grandma's house "as is" and got a bunch of offers. I think people looked at it and understood it was an estate sale. Just had to make it modestly tidy, which wasn't too hard. Our house has been on the market for six weeks and that was the first viewing so it's rather demoralizing, particularly since we're… -
Re: LizT compared with others who’ve became PM mid-parliament – politicalbetting.com
Optimal outcome: High inflation is matched by equivalent wage growth and without a significant recession, debt falls proportionately relative to income as a result. House prices fall moderately, which combined with high wage growth leads to a significant correction to the better for house price to earnings ratios but… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » PB Video Analysis: Demographics – What We Can Do
Just thought it might be interesting to copy out what the EU Withdrawal Act actually says about the process in Parliament. If there is a deal, the provisions are pretty much a straight vote on approval: The withdrawal agreement may be ratified only if...the negotiated withdrawal agreement and the framework for the future… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Nicola Sturgeon should go for a second Independence referendum
Increase production? It's already happening because of the horse meat scandal. There has been a rush from supermarkets to buy British beef which is reared and processed in the UK rather than a deep supply chain which has Romanian horses sent to the Netherlands and shipped from France with dodgy labels added in Belgium. -
Re: 19 months in – politicalbetting.com
The Tory behaviour on this has been embarrassing, hasn’t it? Opportunistic as soon as thrown out of power. They used it against each other at first, in the party’s own leadership election! Does anyone know how it gets ratified in the US. Just a wet signature from Trump, or a vote in Senate or both houses first? legally… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » If the Tories do win more votes than LAB but get fewer seat
Is that really what is happening here? My understanding is that according to the EU directive the providers of services such as telephony and internet were obliged to retain metadata of who had spoken to whom for 12 months. The EUCJ has now ruled that this requirement is disproportionate and a breach of the Convention… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Nunc dimittis: Theresa May’s exit approaches
I find that very unlikely. You probably wouldn't even get the ERG to support it. For one thing they're very much on the record as saying a second referendum is undemocratic. Secondly, they think that no deal is imment anyway, they just have to hold their nerve, keep voting no, and we'll all crash out soon anyway. The DUP… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Can Ed win support for state funding of political parties?
I have been predicting a modest rise in interest rates next year now for months and grow more confident with every increasing forecast. Where I differ from Tim is that this is undoubtedly a good thing and evidence that the economy is in fact recovering more quickly. Our current base rate is not a new norm but evidence of… -
Re: Carthago Delenda Est – politicalbetting.com
I promised an Ashfield Placard Report. There are quite a few more placards out and about - I've now perhaps seen around ~50-60 in toto, which are probably 30-40 Ashfield Independent, ~10 Reform and 6-7 Labour. Tories, LD, Green are invisible. Ashfield Independents have a stronger ground game, as they have 42 from 45… -
Re: Oh for Fox’s sake – politicalbetting.com
One day we might find out what the White House has been like the past few years. I will be interesting to find out who has actually been making the decisions, particularly of late. The bloke in the debate after a week off and can't function for 90 minutes, certainly isn't the one doing it. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Corbyn is a survivor: back him to last until 2019 at least
The smallest woodstove available has an output of about 4-5 kilowatts. A modern detached house of average size, even of volume developer quality, probably has a peak loss of 5-7 kW and it's only that high on the coldest days. Housebuyers may believe that new houses have a chimney until they buy one and look for the…