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Is it now all down-hill for Labour in the media?

Is it now all down-hill for Labour in the media?

Guardian.co.uk Ex-Brown loyalist Jackie Ashley puts the knife in The daily press get their first chance this morning to mull over the McBride-Draper smear campaign and for me there is one column that stands out – not the least because it comes from someone who was once one of Brown’s most vociferous media cheer-leaders, Jackie Ashley. In her Monday Guardian column she describes the tactics that over the years that have characterised the Brown style. She writes of “the ideologically…

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Is this the smartest gamble about at the moment?

Is this the smartest gamble about at the moment?

How to improve your odds by combining bets Over the past few days Richard Nabavi has been alerting us to what seems to be a great betting opportunity by combining two bets – the 4/7 that William Hill Politics is offering on the Tories NOT getting 375 seats or more and the same odds that Ladbrokes are offering on the Tories getting an overall majority. This might sound a bit complicated so let’s go through what I’ve done this morning….

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Are these the best consituency bets?

Are these the best consituency bets?

Peter the Punter looks at the Individual Seat Markets In its never-ending quest to find you a bit of value, PB has commissioned at enormous expense some of the finest minds amongst its contributors to see what can be found amongst the markets put up by Ladbrokes, Hills and, most recently, Sky on a number of individual seats at the next General Election. There is no doubt that Ladbrokes have led the way on this. Their politics expert, none other…

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Is this the day to bet AGAINST Barack?

Is this the day to bet AGAINST Barack?

Will his popularity never be as high as this? So we are here, January the twentieth 2009 when the 44th President of the United State will be sworn in at noon Washington time (5pm GMT) As we have seen in the media build-up this is much more than an American occasion for the eyes and hopes of the world will be on the US capital today and there will be overwhelming goodwill towards the new man. It helps that he…

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Should Gord be consulting the Golden Polling Rule?

Should Gord be consulting the Golden Polling Rule?

With five polls showing the same thing should he risk it? The “Golden Rule” has operated in every single general election, EU election, London Mayoral election and in by elections where there has been polling right back to the 1980s – so clearly the wise course for Labour is to look at the worst case scenario. Tory polling figures seem more robust than Labour ones. One of the great things about Decembers is that all the polling activity is normally…

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Should you be taking the 5/1 on a Labour majority?

Should you be taking the 5/1 on a Labour majority?

Will opinion harden behind Gord or Dave? On the thread the other day the question was posed as to whether in the build up to any other general election had there been so many turns. My recall is that while there have been shock results, most notably 1970 and 1992, we haven’t quite had the twists that we have seen in the period from May 2005. It’s perhaps worth repeating that on only one occasion since 1945 has a party…

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Will this man make me £10,000?

Will this man make me £10,000?

My first 2012 bet: Jon Huntsman at 200/1 When the first 2012 White House race betting prices were being compiled last week many of the names that came up were ones we were familiar with already – 2008 contenders and those who had been tipped at one stage or another as John McCain’s running mate. One person who has hardly been mentioned and, indeed, only one bookie is quoting a price is Jon Huntsman, governor of Utah and someone who…

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Re-visiting the McCain “Firewall” betting

Re-visiting the McCain “Firewall” betting

Peter the Punters offers his “money-making” guide Two weeks ago we ran a piece on Ladbrokes’ innovative market, the McCain Firewall Finder, which challenged punters to find the highest State in the list below that John McCain would win in next Tuesday’s election. This generated some lively discussion and apparently quite a few bets, according to PB regular Matthew Shaddick [Shadsy] who devised and is running the market on behalf of the Magic Sign. In view of this interest and…

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