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The Politcalbetting party is going ahead in London on Saturday June 25th and Bookvalue – also known as Philip, is handling the organisation. We are being helped by a generous contribution from IG Index which should cover some of the core costs. The plan is to book a room in London, possibly Westminster. There will be some cost to participants. Please could those interested in going send an email to book_value@hotmail.co.uk as soon as possible. Thanks to Philip and thanks…

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In March I took the opportunity of a job move from the University of Oxford to the University of York to take nearly three months off so I could work almost full time on Politicalbetting.com during the General Election. That period is now coming to an end as I start in my new role next week. This means that the site will revert to what it was before – something that I do in my spare time. I won’t normally…

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Put faces to the names at the gloating-free get-together Whenever in the past few months the idea of a post-election party has been raised my main concern has been that it could turn into an occasion for gloating and that only those supporting the winner would feel comfortable being there. Well the great thing about Election 2005 is that nobody got quite what they wanted so there’s been no gloating. Labour, as predicted, got back with a reasonable majority but…

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We are very sorry for the delays and service problems today. This has been by far and away the busiest day ever on the site and although we had expanded capacity to cope we are being stretched to the limits. Please be patient especially during the 1200 – 1400 period UK time when demand is at its peak. Mike Smithson Robert adds: I’m sorry about the problems, we’ve never seen traffic like this before. I’ve just had to beef up…

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A number of people have been in contact asking how they can help towards the cost of running the site. In response I have now set up a PayPal account. All you do if you wish to make a contribution is to drop me an email at Mikes245@yahoo.com stating the amount. You then receive an email from PayPal where you can make a payment using the secure online facilities. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Our bandwidth usage looks set…

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