Browsed by
Category: Coalition

Will this be a successful strategy for the Lib Dems

Will this be a successful strategy for the Lib Dems

Comments 0 Comment

According to reports, The Liberal Democrats are to attack their Conservative coalition partners in the new year by telling voters they can’t be trusted to look after the interests of normal people and are focused only protecting the very rich. A leaked script of party lines to take in the media urges MPs, candidates and councillors to say that only the Lib Dems are committed to building a fair society. It was distributed by the Lib Dem director of communications, Tim…

Read More Read More

Happy Christmas to everybody

Happy Christmas to everybody

Comments 0 Comment

Tomorrow we have the traditional PB Christmas Crossword compiled, as usual, by StJohn. For me personally it’s been an up and down year with a couple of health worries which thankfully seem to be under control. All I need to do now is stop eating as much and this isn’t the season to try to do that. PB has been dominated, inevitably, by the White House race which I personally love and hope to profit from. We’ve had some great…

Read More Read More

What was the PB post of 2012 and who wrote it?

What was the PB post of 2012 and who wrote it?

Comments 0 Comment

The top post of the year – the nomination stage Each year at this time it has been traditional to hold an election for the poster of the year. This time it will operate somewhat differently – which of the 400,000+ comments published on PB during 2012 stand out for their political insight, their humour or were the best betting tips? If you can please copy and paste your nominations on the thread below. You can self-nominate and there is…

Read More Read More

The PB-William Hill White House race prediction competition – UPDATE

The PB-William Hill White House race prediction competition – UPDATE

Comments 0 Comment

We still don’t have the final results from all the states and we can’t yet settle the competition. The big problem is the state of New York which could have final results that push this even further to Obama. Currently, according to the excellent spreadsheet being maintained by Andy JS, Obama is on 50.97% to Romney 47.29%. The three prizes go to those who get the final gap closest to two decimal points. These are the entrants that look good…

Read More Read More

In that memorable phrase of LBJ Cameron needs to get Mitchell inside the tent pi**ing out rather than the other way round

In that memorable phrase of LBJ Cameron needs to get Mitchell inside the tent pi**ing out rather than the other way round

Comments 0 Comment

The Mitchell affair could start to get messy for Cameron.See Indy front page twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 21, 2012 David Davis and Andrew Mitchell are a formidable pair Mike Smithson 033 For the latest polling and political betting news from the US and UK Follow @MSmithsonPB