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Re: The Boris numbers in these comparisons with Rishi and Keir should be worrying for the Tories – polit
Falling house prices will leave many people who "have already got a home" without a home. It's a difficult problem that has been debated here quite a few times. The "fairest" solution is house price stagnation in my opinion. Something I wouldn't have a problem with. -
Re: Jenrick puts some epic spin on a poll showing him as a loser – politicalbetting.com
Another person who is finding out the FO part of FA&FO. The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire. Lucy Connolly, whose husband Raymond serves on West Northamptonshire Council, posted the expletive-ridden message on X, formerly… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Salmond’s ICM victory in the 2nd IndyRef debate triggers a
Another option that has sometimes been put forward is for the House of Commons to be a single English Parliament and the House of Lords to be reconstituted as a general Assembly of a Federal United Kingdom. It might work, but again, making sure the revamped Lords was not invariably swamped by English members would be quite… -
Re: Why’s crickets still going ahead but not football? – politicalbetting.com
This was my list: So a quick review and summary of all the changes we can expect: 'God Save the Queen' becomes 'God Save the King' New coins, banknotes and stamps to be issued in due course CiiiR postboxes to appear slowly QCs become KCs (fees to remain the same) Members of the House of Commons will be banned from wearing… -
Re: Blow for Truss in first voting poll as PM – politicalbetting.com
I just installed a Tado system this weekend and can recommend it. Not sure if the deal is still on but I got the wireless starter kit and four connected radiator valves from Screwfix for £275. It’s genuinely great. I can control the heating in every room of the house separately apart from the bathroom (which is next to the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » ConHome survey: Tory party members getting more gloomy abou
My feeling is that the current bounce in the economy has been caused by the borrowing for lending scheme which started 18 months ago. This has loosened monetary policy, helped cheaper mortgages, reduced saving rates and created a small consumer boom. But borrowing for lending is now going to be focused on business lending,… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Osborne could have a branding problem that would make him a
My feeling is that the current bounce in the economy has been caused by the borrowing for lending scheme which started 18 months ago. This has loosened monetary policy, helped cheaper mortgages, reduced saving rates and created a small consumer boom. But borrowing for lending is now going to be focused on business lending,… -
Re: Your regular reminder that words matter – politicalbetting.com
Finally got a bed at 6am, 20 hours after arrival. It’s a trolley bed, but it’s quite comfortable and has been pushed into an ED consulting room rather than a corridor. I was finally able to breathe relatively comfortably, lying on my right hand side, and get my first sleep since I woke at 5am yesterday Between midnight and… -
Re: Could the Senate races in key swing states be telling us Trump will lose bigly?
But PB has been claiming this for a decade. “Ooh you’re turning into Plato” “you’ve finally gone down the rabbit hole”. Blah blah blah it’s so fucking boring And still you keep saying it, perhaps even more persistently. But not because I’ve changed - because PB has got ever narrower and crabbier and stupider with only a… -
Re: The revolting Welsh. Will they reject Labour? – politicalbetting.com
London also has a higher proportion of social housing than the rest of the country. So it's not as if everyone who raises a family in London is rich by any means. There's been an above average share of kids on free school meals at all my children's schools. -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Floods: Is this going to start impacting on Voting Inte
I think around a thousand or two houses have been evacuated. And that small number is why they'll keep on being built on the floodplain, and why making such houses more resilient is vital. It's nowhere near the crisis that the media have built it into, but the issues that it has highlighted are very important for the… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Nick Clegg’s ratings move from the negative to the positive
I'd agree with some of that in sentiment. Osborne has been an ordinary chancellor in extraordinary times. He has managed the cash bit ok in that we haven't run out of money, but where he has been weak is in putting in place conuter-measures to the EU slowdown - personally I wouldn't bet the economy on house prices, but… -
Re: Like a slow motion Liz Truss – politicalbetting.com
There has been a long period of increasing wealth. That is now not happening. A large chunk of he population is seeing a lifestyle *retreat*. The younger people I row with find going to the *pub* an expensive, planned outing. Not the casual, not-doing-anything-else thing. Eating out, similarly. They find that the housing… -
Re: Biden moves to an 84% chance of victory on the exchanges as the scale of his likely victory becomes
Hopefully, Pelosi will go. She and her acid tongue and San Francisco liberalism has been a huge turnoff for the Dems in the House. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/524503-centrist-democrats-talk-leadership-changes-after-negative-election-results?amp#click=https://t.co/x1QzSgT7Jb -
Re: Who knew the London elite were so numerous? – politicalbetting.com
MY view, for what little it's worth, is ROSALLION looks the better option currently - the Hannon horses are running really well (I actually think HAATEM, the Craven winner, is the each way value at 20s) while the Ballydoyle horses have been slower to come to hand and it's only been 12 months since AUGUSTE RODIN was… -
Re: Today’s front pages – politicalbetting.com
IMV it's the better solution. Turkey has housed millions of Syrian refugees for well over a decade, and has allowed them certain rights. It has been hard on Turkey's economy. Perhaps the best route is for other countries to pay neighbouring countries to help them with the costs? But when Cameron proposed such a deal with… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Another reason why Cameron shouldn’t hold the referendum ne
Wings are spitting out the first bits of info from their latest Panelbase poll. Should Scotland be an Independent Country. Yes 49% No 51% And fun for Scottish Labour who can't seem to get anything right. Do you feel that you personally understand Labour’s position on Trident? ALL VOTERS Yes, I understand – they OPPOSE… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » What a great idea for Labour’s leadership contest – test ea
I can't understand how Rod Liddle keeps voting Labour http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/05/what-labour-must-do-is-estrange-its-awful-voters/And so now we have to suffer the epic delusions, temper tantrums and hissy fits of the metro-left. They simply cannot believe how you scumbags could have got it so wrong… -
Re: Unlike WH2016 Trump’s opponent this time has strong positive favourability ratings – politicalbettin
Going back to the Politico article yet again, Alberta points out that the boot is on the other foot this year. ...Generations of pollsters and journalists have fixated on the question of which candidate voters would rather have a beer with—a window into how personality translates into political success. Here’s the thing:… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Punters are just still expecting Trump to serve at least a ful
LOL about the sewage. There has presumably been a huge government incentive to let sleeping dogs lie over this (suddenly a less available option post-Grenfell) because of the huge upward pressure on demand for housing and for housing benefit if you move everybody to somewhere habitable, legal and non-overcrowded.