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The 2019 St John PB Christmas Crossword (est 2006)

The 2019 St John PB Christmas Crossword (est 2006)

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ACROSS 1 Retired politician’s live argument over Conservative leader (6) 5 Thatcher’s material restraining Independent once having opposed his own party (8) 9 Soldiers left in charge by local government for instance (8) 10 Diplomat got it and succeeded (6) 11 Returning officer had to cancel (6) 12 Tory Home Secretary backed Gladstone – good! (4-4) 14 American activist bit monarch and so called Prime Minister (4,8) 17 Tory can just about cope at first – right? (6,6) 20 Swinson…

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Prize Competition: Your chance to win the definitive work on what happened at GE2017

Prize Competition: Your chance to win the definitive work on what happened at GE2017

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What’s going to be the Texas Senatorial race result on November 6th? I’ve just got my copy of the Phil Cowley/Denis Kavanagh study of the 2017 general election. As well as an excellent narrative on what was going on there’s also a detailed statistical analysis of the results from John Curtice and others. This series was started for GE1945 and has continued unbroken ever since. From what I’ve read so far it really is excellent read and superb reference book…

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Prize Competition: How long a standing ovation will TMay get at her party conference?

Prize Competition: How long a standing ovation will TMay get at her party conference?

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After an election that didn’t quite go to plan “How long in minutes and seconds will the standing ovation be at the end of Theresa May’s main speech at the Conservative Party conference in October?” This is the subject of the latest PB competition. We’ve got two excellent prizes to give out – “The Times Guide to the House of Commons 2017 Hardcover” which is being published on 21 Sep 2017. Published since 1880, this is the authoritative guide to…

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If you’re expecting final WH2016 vote totals quickly don’t hold your breath. In 2012 we had to wait till January

If you’re expecting final WH2016 vote totals quickly don’t hold your breath. In 2012 we had to wait till January

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After election night in 2012 Obama was 2% ahead in the popular vote. By January 2013 it reached 3.85% At the 2012 White House Race we had a very special reason on PB to pay close attention to the precise national popular vote numbers in the period after the election. William Hill had offered £1,000 in free bets and the competition was to predict the winning national vote margin to two decimal points. My naive assumption in devising it like…

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The PB LAB leadership Election Prediction Competition Winners: Alex Bolton and John Loony get closest

The PB LAB leadership Election Prediction Competition Winners: Alex Bolton and John Loony get closest

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This was the election result. Eligible voters: 654,006 Votes cast: 506,438 Spoilt ballots: 1,042 Corbyn: 313,209 – 61.85% Smith: 193,229 – 38.15% Margin: 23.70% Alex Bolton and John Loony will win in addition to the bragging rights copies of what’s set to be the political best seller of 2016 which has just been published. This is the follow up to the 2015 hit “Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box” called imaginatively “More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box”. It is…

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Use your political forecasting skills to enter the 2016 PB Labour leadership PRIZE Competition

Use your political forecasting skills to enter the 2016 PB Labour leadership PRIZE Competition

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Simply record here Smith or Corbyn;your predicted winning margin & turnout Thanks to Mark Hopkins and his NoJam widget we’ve prepared another PB Prize competition. Simply predict who’ll win the LAB contest and the winning margin. There’s a tie-breaker question as well – the turnout. Your predictions should be to two decimal points and the competition will close at 1900 BST tomorrow night. The two entrants who are closest will win in addition to the bragging rights copies of what’s…

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And the winner the the PB Prize Mayoral Competition is……

And the winner the the PB Prize Mayoral Competition is……

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The prize goes to foxinsoxuk Just looking through the entries the prediction of foxinsoxuk was impressive. Very well done. I will be contacting you about the prize which is one of the nicest, if expensive, political books that I’ve ever seen. It is totally comprehensive and beautifully presented. It contains a mine of information and really is a prize worth winning. Thanks for Nojam once again for all their help Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

You’ve seen the latest London Mayoral poll – now predict the election in the PB Prize Competition

You’ve seen the latest London Mayoral poll – now predict the election in the PB Prize Competition

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Although it has been hugely overshadowed by the EURef the London Mayoral election on May 5th is proving to be an interesting battle. Thanks to Mark Hopkins and his NoJam widget we’ve prepared another PB Prize competition. Simple predict the first round shares for the main parties and the overall winner. Remember that the election gives voters two choices. A first choice and what is effectively a second one which only comes into play if their first choice is not…

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