As we get nearer the General Election there will be more active moderation in order to ensure that the site remains a place where people from all parties can feel comfortable discussing the effect of issues in relation to political outcomes on which betting takes place. We should try not to get into debates on the issues themselves, particularly if they are controversial, and we should avoid being offensive to others who make comments

We have slightly changed the posting arrangement so that the site will no longer accept comments without a name and an email address. Hopefully this will not cause too much inconvenience – most browsers now remember this information so you should only need to type it in once.

Also please remember the laws of libel. Anything that is potentially defamatory will be edited as I had to do yesterday.