Will the mood about Tory prospects now change? One of the most satisfying moments in betting is when you are transferring your profits into your bank account and it was good to see that Betfair settled the London mayoral market so so soon after last night’s results. For this activity is more than about the money but tangible confirmation of your predictive abilities. Anybody can have a view on a political outcome – the gambler backs up his with hard…
The figures are in line with the final poll? With the final result imminent it’s looking as though the final result will be in the region of a 6% margin for Boris Johnson – almost exactly in line with YouGov’s final poll that was reported exclusively here on Monday evening. This will come as a great relief to the online pollster which has found itself a political issue in the campaign. Right from the point that the firm was reporting…
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Picture: a Jeremy Vine stunt from the BBC’s so-called coverage The story is illustrated with one of the stupid gimmicks that the BBC used overnight to masquerade the fact that their election coverage has been abysmal. What we saw was Jeremy Vine going into a bar in the Wild West and “shooting” at cans which then produced number showings how the Lib Dem did at previous elections. Eh? How the BBC must despise us by substituting this for a proper…
The Irish bookie has already started paying out – even though it’s won’t be until this evening that we get the actual result. Looking at the bet date and time it was placed just after Monday’s YouGov poll became public. As soon as the poll news came out I went to every bookie I could to bet before prices were adjusted. The odd stake amount was the most they would let me put on. Nice to see the return come…
Are they underestimating the LD by election machine? Reproduced above is the first Lib Dem bar chart of the Crewe & Nantwich campaign which has been cleverly designed to present the party as the one that will be able to challenge Labour. It’s smart and no doubt will be on leaflets that will thrust through thousands of letter boxes this weekend as hundred of activists pile into the area to support the campaign. The party’s great expertise is Westminster by…
Is this bad news for Ken? After reading Stehert’s comment on the previous thread I’ve just watched the GMTV morning news when it looked as though the Labour Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, was conceding defeat in London. When pressed on the Mayoral race she said that she “did not expect the London result to be any different to the rest of the country.” Certainly there’s been a lot of Tory celebrations and I was amazed that ConservativeHome was ready to…