Into the weekend in the PB NightHawks cafe
Once again the overnight discuss can continue – under the banner of Marf’s spoof of the Hopper painting. Have a good night.
Marf’s take on the Greek Eurozone crisis
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In spite of the allegations Cain continues to top the GOP polls
Why the mismatch with the nomination betting? The Georgia businessman, Herman Cain, who is involved in a battle over past allegations of sexual harassment, is continuing to lead the polling of likely primary voters for the Republican party nomination for the White House. The latest, from Rasmussen, has Cain with 26%, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on 23% and the big mover, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 14% support. No other GOP contender is in double figures. The initial assumption…
PB NightHawks Cafe – in London December 1st
News of another Dirty Dicks gathering for PBers Thanks again to Fat Steve for fixing this but we’ve got another Dirty Dicks gathering scheduled for Thursday December 1st from about 6.30. If you like we can think of this as the PB NightHawks cafe coming alive. Dirty Dicks is a pub directly opposite the main entrance of Liverpool Street station in the City of London. For those who can’t wait and want to continue PB’s big conversation here’s tonight’s PB…
Poll: LAB voters would prefer being in opposition to a coalition
Would Ed Miliband go along with that? A new poll by TNS-BMRB has come up with what seem to be remarkable figures about the view of Labour voters towards a hung parliament. Over half said that they would rather go into opposition than form a coalition government with either of the other parties. This was, as can be seen from the chart, more than twice the number who would be happy to see a coalition. If Labour do fall short…
Why did Betfair void all election date bets?
Is the betting exchange politically illiterate? Yesterday the betting exchange, Betfair, closed down it’s election date betting markets and voided all wagers. All money was handed back to punters. The firm’s reasons were set out in an email:- “Dear Michael We are contacting you in reference to bets that you had matched on the – Next UK General Election – Election Date Month & Year Markets. The rules for the above markets were based on the government, in its usual…
Will Alexander’s Offer Be Enough to Avert Strike Action?
Henry G Manson on the government’s proposal The news today of a significantly improved offer towards public sector pensions means that large-scale strike action on 30 November is now considerably less likely than it has been. If it does prove to be the case then their will be collective sighs of relief across many quarters. From the trade union side the unions will still maintain plans for strike action. This is understandable. They will be keen to wait for the…
Marf on Wednesday afternoon
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