YouGov Poll – it’s 51% Livingstone to 49% Norris

YouGov Poll – it’s 51% Livingstone to 49% Norris

How many of these will YOU be counting on Friday? This is in tonight’s Evening Standard:- Among all potential electors, Mr Livingstone is 11 points ahead of Mr Norris’s 26%. When the crucial second preference votes are taken into account, this translates into 55% to the Tory candidate’s 45%. Among those who say they are most likely to vote, the Labour lead is cut to just three points. After second preferences, Mr Livingstone is just two points ahead on 51%…

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Tony Blair – the Politician Supreme

Tony Blair – the Politician Supreme

What Tony Blair has done to try to fix tomorrow Whatever your personal politics you have to admire the amazing political skills of Tony Blair. Just look at what he’s done to deal with the projected disaster that for at least two years people were predicting for him in the 2004 Euro Election. Will this pay off? We’ve not long to wait to find out and start working out the impact on the General Election, General Election date, Labour Leadership…

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What’s behind the Norris price collapse?

What’s behind the Norris price collapse?

Have any Politicalbetting.com users any idea why the price on Steve Norris has collapsed during the day. It was upto 17.5 at one stage and then went to below 9. Meanwhile the Ken Livingstone and Simon Hughes prices have risen sharply. At 1815 Ken was up to 1.1 – or double what was available just two days ago. Hughes was at 32 and Norris at 9.8 – a drop of nearly half on the day. We were expecting the final…

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Labour London Mayor Survey – “Right-wingers more fired up to vote”

Labour London Mayor Survey – “Right-wingers more fired up to vote”

A report in the Evening Standard says that Labour’s internal polling is showing that this could be very tight on Thurday because the right wing vote is much more motivated to go to the polls than the rest. The report states:- The Evening Standard has learned that Labour’s own internal polling shows that a low turnout would mean a “very tight” fight with Mr Norris. The research reveals that Right-wing voters are much more fired up to use their ballot,…

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Will UKIP really win one in five UK Euro Seats?

Will UKIP really win one in five UK Euro Seats?

Which pollster has got it right? Although political gamblers have been denied any markets on the Euro Elections UK – there’s one group of organisations that have an enoromous amount riding on the results of Thursday election – the pollsters. For polticians who’ve been attacking their methods, for punters who rely on on them for data on how a campaign is going and the public will be able to test their performances against real results. In particular the extraordinary figures…

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London Olympic Price Warning

London Olympic Price Warning

Olympic City – 2012. Now it’s down to five leading cities a healthy betting market has developed. But before you bet on the Ken Livingstone-supported London bid check out other international markets. For there is much less enthusiasm about the bid outside the UK as there is in London itself. For if punters wanting to back London the last place they should put their bets is with a UK bookmaker. The best price here is 3/1 where London is second…

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Bookmaker withdraws from John McCain market

Bookmaker withdraws from John McCain market

We hope that more than a few Politicalbetting.com users managed to get some money on at 14-1 with PaddyPower on the Republican Senator, John McCain, becoming the Vice-Presidential running mate of John Kerry. Only a few hours after our post on Friday evening McCain’s name was deleted from the list of “runners” and now PaddyPower seems to have left the market all together. This is a real problem with this site. If a good value bet is spotted and we…

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Are the chances of this being the White House ticket better than 14-1?

Are the chances of this being the White House ticket better than 14-1?

Republican Senator John McCain sharing a platform with the Democrat’s John Kerry With all bets you have to ask yourself whether the possiblity of something happening is greater than the odds that are available. With just seven weeks to go before the Democratic party convention in Boston an online bookmaker has now opened a market on who the Democratic contender, John Kerry, will choose as his running mate. The favourite at the moment is John Edwards – the youthful Senator…

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