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Month: November 2017

Stop, Hammond Time

Stop, Hammond Time

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TELEGRAPH main story #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/lqkbGX0WUj — Helen Miller (@MsHelicat) November 21, 2017 Which will be in better shape this time tomorrow, Philip Hammond’s Budget or England’s Ashes defence? — James Forsyth (@JGForsyth) November 22, 2017 Is Hammond or McDonnell best for the country? Over two thirds don't know. With #Budget2017 just about to start, it's fair to say neither the Chancellor nor the Shadow Chancellor are winning the battle for public opinion – even among their own voters. pic.twitter.com/6X94JVnHn9 —…

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Today’s budget buzzword bingo

Today’s budget buzzword bingo

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Ladbrokes have put up their customary Budget buzzword bingo, I’m avoiding this market as nothing leaps out as value and I really don’t fancy contributing to the Ladbrokes Christmas bonus fund. Ladbrokes also have a market up on the colour of Philip Hammond’s tie, this is another market I’m going to avoid for the same reasons. There is one bet that does intrigue me and I think is worth a few pounds, 16/1 on Ken Clarke to fall asleep during…

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This is one betting market I’m absolutely confident the punters have undoubtedly got right

This is one betting market I’m absolutely confident the punters have undoubtedly got right

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Let's have a look at where the money has been going in next year's exciting Russian Presidential Election. pic.twitter.com/DHb1eEsKo1 — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) November 21, 2017 For laughs, MI6 should start buying Facebook ads and start a troll factory in Birmingham to derail Putin's chances in the next Russian Presidential election. — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 21, 2017 But in good news for Mrs May the latest Kantar polls gives the Tories a 4% lead, at the general election they were…

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Deal or no deal

Deal or no deal

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Why I can’t see a deal being agreed before the 1st of April 2019 Ladbrokes have a market up on a few Brexit related markets, out of these three I’m quite keen to take the 6/4 on there being no Brexit deal being agreed before the 1st of April 2019. My logic behind this is that for a long time I’ve had the feeling that 2 years to do a deal is practically impossible even for a competent government with…

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Do you want to bet on some Robert Mugabe related betting markets? Now you can

Do you want to bet on some Robert Mugabe related betting markets? Now you can

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In news that will shock most punters, Paddy Power become the first and only bookmaker to have some Robert Mugabe related bets in light of the recent attempted coup d’état in Zimbabwe. My initial reaction to these markets is this is a market that you’d rather be the bookie than the punter, however if Mugabe does manage to cling on to power, then that 30/1 Grace Mugabe to be Robert Mugabe’s successor might be a coup de grâce for Paddy Power,…

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Tonight’s Brexit related news

Tonight’s Brexit related news

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NEW: Electoral Commission launches fresh inquiry into whether Vote Leave, Darren Grimes & Veterans for Britain broke campaign rules in EU ref. Watchdog says it has "reasonable grounds" to believe offence has been committed in light of new info. — Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) November 20, 2017 I understand crucial cabinet sub-committee moves government towards offering circa £40bn as divorce bill if rest of EU ready to move talks to trade in December — Robert Peston (@Peston) November 20, 2017 Perhaps…

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Letter to Laura. Does Momentum want to help Jeremy control the party or run the country?

Letter to Laura. Does Momentum want to help Jeremy control the party or run the country?

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“When are we going to convert you?” I was frankly rather flattered to be asked that question by Laura Parker, then political secretary to Jeremy Corbyn and now national director of Momentum. Her question was whether, in effect, I had abandoned my Corbo-scepticism following the General Election in which her boss had led Labour to a better than expected result. I pointed her to my PB verdict on that result. I said I was wrong – and right — about Jeremy:…

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Betting on the location of the new HQ of the European Medicines Agency

Betting on the location of the new HQ of the European Medicines Agency

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Today we get to see an early dividend of Brexit when the EU27 have a vote to choose the new host city for the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to replace London. London will no longer host the HQ post Brexit because of Mrs May’s desire to implement the result of the referendum and the campaign therein to ‘Vote Leave to take back control of our laws’, since the EMA is underpinned by the ECJ that means our withdrawal…

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