Now you can spread bet on Johnson’s daily coronavirus briefing
Now from @SportingIndex spread betting on Boris's daily briefing https://t.co/kd6N9wj1NK pic.twitter.com/UHZB5tiqzD — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 18, 2020 The firm says: We appreciate that the situation is a serious one, we’re just trying to look for glimmers of light-heartedness during an otherwise dismal period. We hope you’re all staying as safe as possible and look forward to the not-too-distant future when the sports that we love are back up and running. Assuming this will be a daily fixture it will…
The rise and rise of Rishi Sunak as seen on the Betfair exchange
What is really incredible about the Richi Sunak is that barely anybody had heard of him just 6 months ago. Now he is barely off the front pages, one of the key faces of the Johnson government and miles ahead of anybody else in the betting for Johnson’s successor as Conservative leader. Increasingly he is looking like the PM in waiting should something happen to Johnson in the short or long-term. It was in November less than 6 months ago…
Tonight’s PB cartoon from Helen Cochrane
Biden way ahead in tonight’s four big primaries
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio look set to give him big victories When the timetable of primaries for this year’s presidential election came out a lot of people were looking at tonight as being when the race would finally be resolved. That is no longer the case because Joe Biden effectively wrapped up the nomination at the start of the month on Super Tuesday. The big question now is how long is Bernie Sanders gong to stay in the race…
Budgeting for a crisis
It used to be that after a Budget the days and papers would be full of analysis and reactions and, often, the discovery of nasty surprises or other changes backfiring on the government. (Remember Osborne’s “pasty tax” or Hammond’s NI surprise?) Not this year, obviously. The measures introduced in the Budget to help deal with the economic consequences of the coronavirus, however welcome, now seem too little for the scale of the task. In summary (the details are here – in sections…
Dramatic front pages as life for many is put on hold
My bets over the past couple of days – Ed Davey and Matt Hancock
Hancock for next CON leader and PM: Davey for LD leadership I understand that the LD leadership contest to find a successor to Jo Swinson will take place in May though, clearly, there will be nothing like the level of hustings meetings that we’d normally see.I understand that the LD leadership contest to find a successor to Jo Swinson will take place in May though, clearly, there will be nothing like the level of hustings meetings that we’d normally see….