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Could Shadsy be the hero at Ladbrokes tonight?

Could Shadsy be the hero at Ladbrokes tonight?

BBC News Online Will the bookie win back its party sponsorship and more? Judging by level of activity going through PB’s odds comparison micro-site the Ladbrokes market on the words that Gordon Brown will use in today’s Congress speech has been one of the most popular non-election political betting events that we’ve seen. It will be recalled that punters have been offered odds on a range of words and phrases that the PM might use in the speech and if…

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Is the Washington visit going wrong for Gord?

Is the Washington visit going wrong for Gord?

Times Online Could it be said that Obama is snubbing him? Clearly Barack Obama or his advisers can read opinion polls and it appears that they have made their minds up about Gordon Brown. For not too long after the British party arrived in Washington news came through that there will be no joint press conference between the two leaders. Instead Brown is going to have to make do with what’s described as a a “pool spray”. This is where…

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Tory spreads move back to the previous high

Tory spreads move back to the previous high

PB’s “The Money Says” Index : CON MAJ 56 (+2) We’ve barely mentioned the commons seat spread betting markers over the past two or three weeks because there’s been hardly any movement. But I do like to do an article every two to three weeks if only as a matter of record. The day has seen a bit of a change following since the weekend YouGov and ComRes polls. Now the Tory buy level on both main markets – from…

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Is “Woolie’s Woman” the defining demographic?

Is “Woolie’s Woman” the defining demographic?

Cartoon first published on December 11 2008 Is “She” the shorthand for the end of NuLab? A key media development in the past eight weeks has been the regularity with which programmes makers and writers have looked to former Woolworths employees, almost all of them women, to illustrate what’s gone wrong with the economy. BBC2’s Newsnight did it again last night. So while “Mondeo Man” and “Worcester Woman” might have defined key voters in recent elections the 2009/2010 general version…

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Gaudeamus PB.com

Gaudeamus PB.com

Peter the Punter ruminating on the site that Mike built The 5th Anniversary of the birth of our favorite Site arrives on Monday March 23rd and will be duly celebrated at the National Liberal Club from 6pm until they kick us out. More details will follow shortly but please put a note in your diaries now. By some peculiar coincidence my own first post was delivered on the Site’s first anniversary and Mike is able to tell from one of…

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Happy Christmas and thank you

Happy Christmas and thank you

Thanks to you for all your support this year, for your contributions and for making the site by far the most important and busiest online political discussion forum in the UK. Thanks for your civility and general good manners which has enabled PB to continue to be a place where people of all allegiances have been able to come and publish instantly without the need for heavy moderation. Thanks especially to those who have provided insight and information to help…

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When will the new media be given the green light?

When will the new media be given the green light?

Why Linford’s right about bloggers in the lobby The former Westminster journalist and now leading blogger, Paul Linford, is stepping up his calls for members of the new media, bloggers, to be allowed into the lobby. He notes: “…what we must now call the Big Five political blogs are, by virtue of their size, influence, and networks, practically part of the mainstream media already. They are, in no particular order, Iain Dale’s Diary, Guido Fawkes, Political Betting, Conservative Home and…

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Move over PoliticsHome

Move over PoliticsHome

The PB community wins the battle of the predictors Above are the final predictions from Wednesday’s PB online poll on who we thought would win Glasgow East and the Politics Home panel of 100 “insiders” and “experts”. Notice anything? Without crowing (well only a little bit) this was an overwhelming victory for the site over the PH100 which very much represents received opinion. We can feel proud this morning. Mike Smithson