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Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Leadership ratings: a good guide but not a magic measure
The good unemployment figures are one thing to be praised in how this recession (now single Brownian dip) has been managed. There has been both wage restraint and reductions in hours, but crucially employment has stayed good. These people will find it much easier to get better paid work or increase their hours when things… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Will the next Tory leader be elected unopposed?
Meanwhile, the diehards in the House of Lords are moving beyond parody: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10097771/Lord-Dannatt-Gay-marriage-Bill-goes-against-what-Ive-fought-for-as-a-soldier.html I burst out laughing at the url, but even better was to come in the article: "Hereditary peer Lord Hylton has hit out at… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The polls might still be overstating Labour
Before some people get to much on their high horse. Buy to Lets became popular because many people saw their private pension value plunge down the toilet. After all the scandals many would come into the Bank (where I worked) and would not invest in another pension scheme after the latest fiasco do not trust them. At least… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Could it, should it, will it soon be Lord Farage?
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Re: Oh Mandy (as he becomes Peter Pants) – politicalbetting.com
California has a jungle primary: the top two candidates, irrespective of their party go through to the November General election. If there are a whole bunch of Democrats and only two or three credible Republicans, then it's far from impossible that you could end up wither with Hilton v another Republican, or Hilton v… -
Re: Look What You Made Me Do – politicalbetting.com
How can the liberal Judge be a member of the "deep state" when she has been elected to her position ? The MAGA idea of the "deep state" is that it is an unelected bureacracy with its own hidden liberal agenda, and which works to undermine elected right-wing office-holders & stops these politicians from carrying out their… -
Re: Tears for Keir as we approach the end of the Keir show? – politicalbetting.com
In one email dated April 2, 2011, which CNN has independently reviewed, Epstein emailed Maxwell: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. (REDACTED) spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. Police chief. etc. im 75 % there.” Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » On an explosive day the latest CON leader betting and chart
Correlation is not causation. Our politicians were burying their heads in the sand about the issue that a very significant part of the population is hugely exercised - and for good reason. It has forced their housing costs up and wages down. Frankly if this referendum had not made the penny drop in a peaceful manner I… -
Re: I’m a leftist who didn’t vote Labour; why am I happy with the election results?
1) The number of houses has not grown faster than the population: Population growth since 2000 has run at 0.6% / annum. Housing growth has run at 0.5%. So even on a percentage basis (which as Barty points out is not actually the correct comparison, because household composition has changed as the population has aged, plus… -
Re: Eyes on the Blue Wall: Raab is in danger – politicalbetting.com
Hmm. Forgive my slight disagreement here, Horse. Are you sure you just haven't been looking? I think we can forgive any absence of "Big Plans" for the last 2 years of pandemic. Personally I associate demands for "big plans" with the inevitable failure of much of socialist inspired government. In the areas you highlight:… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Make of these Tweets what you will – but certainly lots of rum
)The withdrawal agreement may be ratified only if— (a)a Minister of the Crown has laid before each House of Parliament— (i)a statement that political agreement has been reached, (ii)a copy of the negotiated withdrawal agreement, and (iii)a copy of the framework for the future relationship, (b)the negotiated withdrawal… -
Re: The polling that shows even Starmer could beat Reform at the next general election
Why are we not building critical infrastructure on the basis of house prices? In any case, good connectivity improves house prices, not decreases them. This has been shown time and time again. Do you not think high quality phone signal and broadband is important? -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » As relations get even more strained with Mr. Putin Marf on
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Re: Some optimism for the Tories in the latest YouGov poll – politicalbetting.com
There are lots of other rules that make no sense. For example, the crazy regulation that means that a shop of 3,001 square feet has to close after 6 hours on Sunday, while one of 2,999 square feet can open as long as it likes. Would society really end if the 3,001 square-footer were allowed to open whenever it wants? Or… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Ex-LAB MP Nick Palmer says “Don’t underestimate the interes
Mr. 565, can you not see the difference between wanting the government holding to account by a credible alternative government [subsequently to be a valid choice at the ballot box], and being greatly concerned that a recently elected government has had a finance measure voted down by the unelected Upper House? Come on, old… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Guest slot: The impact of leaving the EU on London’s techno
Desperate stuff. Unelected elite speak. "Former Cabinet Secretary Lord Butler has suggested the House of Commons could use its pro-EU majority to trigger a second referendum if there is a vote for Brexit next week." -
Re: The latest Makerfield betting – politicalbetting.com
Per The Telegraph: "Andy Burnham’s Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) used a “deeply flawed” analysis to justify £140m in loans to a skyscraper tycoon, a court has heard. The Mayor’s authority has been accused of failing to carry out basic checks on property developer Daren Whitaker before approving loans worth… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Now Corbyn and TMay are scrapping over whether the BBC or ITV
If the House of Commons backs someone - anything - it will be a massive constitutional outrage to see the unelected Lords attempt to stymie both the referendum result and the Commons own verdict on it. Can't see that happening, it is the Commons where the battle has to happen. -
Re: Restore set to hand Andy Burnham victory in Makerfield new poll shows – politicalbetting.com
I think all of them. From memory (so I might be wrong) house prices tripled between 1995 and 2008, then crashed by 20-25%, then recovered a bit and stabilised, then started to take off after 2013/4 and Osborne's stupid HelpToBuy. Since then the increase has been about 75%, with the drop in flats dragging down the rise in… -
Re: politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The case for betting on a Trump victory in November
The difference is that this time Trump is the incumbent and, notwithstanding your point about mainstream, I don't think it bites like it did in 2016. Johnson was riding the Brexit bandwagon in the face of what he and Cummings successfully portrayed as the Remainer Parliament. The House of Commons had done just about…
