A sign of things to come in the UK? Although we now have had three confirmed deaths in the UK the overall scale here is much less than in several other countries that are almost on our doorsteps which is why most of the papers are leading on what’s going on in Northern Italy. Could this be an indication of what things will be like here just a few months on? Northern Italy, after all, is a part of the…
How dangerous is the corona virus to Trump? The big development in what is by far the biggest betting market of all, who’ll win WH2020 has not been the emergence of Biden as the clear Dem contender but the growing doubts about how the White House is handling it. His recent boasts have not helped perceptions. This from the Washington Post. “I like this stuff. I really get it,” Trump boasted to reporters during a tour of the Centers for…
Ladbrokes have this market on the name of the baby Carrie Symonds will give birth to later this year and quite frankly this seems like a brilliant way to contribute to the Christmas bonus fund for Ladbrokes politics team. Whilst the screenshot at the top of this article doesn’t show the full list there’s nothing that sounds truly appealing, especially given we do not know the gender of the baby which will eliminate around fifty per cent of the names…
It’s coming. A month ago, Covid-19 was just a news story from China. No longer. It is rife in Iran and Italy, the USA seems barely to have a handle on the scale of the problem it is facing and there have been cases on six continents. Britain has had its first deaths from the disease. It is practically certain to see many more. There is good news. It doesn’t seem as though we’re all going to die. Not of Covid-19…
I have a long history of always losing money betting on who will be the Vice Presidential nomination in an American presidential election. Even for WH2020 I’m in negative territory having had a small wager on Elizabeth Warren before the big moves ahead of Super Tuesday that saw Pete Buttigieg and Amy klobuchar get behind Joe Biden It his piece this morning David herdson suggested Julian Castro was a good bet and that has helped shift him on Betfair to…
Predicting running-mates is notoriously difficult but he ticks the right boxes US Vice Presidents have four main jobs. Firstly, once elected, they are the president’s most senior dogsbody; picking up the jobs that the president might do were he interested or have time, but where is doesn’t or hasn’t. Usually that means attending state funerals but for the moment it also appears to encompass praying for salvation against pandemics. Secondly if necessary – and it might well be next year…
How the market’s moved now Biden’s set to be the presumptive nominee
Coronavirus: 47 new cases confirmed – taking UK total to 163 https://t.co/kqwvbw7xPU — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 6, 2020 While the worldwide total tops 100k Mike Smithson