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The Dems, surely, are. not going to choose someone in their late 70s to oust an incumbent in his mid-70s

22/1/2019 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

2020 GE:Biden 53% (+12)Trump 41%.Sanders 51% (+10)Trump 41%.Harris 48% (+7)Trump 41%.O'Rourke 47% (+6)Trump 41%.Warren 48% (+6)Trump 42%.Booker 47% (+5)Trump 42%.Gillibrand 47% (+5)Trump 42%@ppppolls 1/19-21https://t.co/MheHlB8QH6 — Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) January 22, 2019 But Biden and Sanders head the polling We are going to see a lot of polling like this over the next 18 months as the Democratic party goes through the prolonged process of choosing who should be the one to block Trump’s second term. Joe Biden, of course, was…

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Brexit looks set to be the biggest non-election political betting even market ever

22/1/2019 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

Lots of bookies of different sorts have ranges of markets on Brexit from PaddyPower’s “What foodstuffs will be rationed first in 2019?” to the above bet on whether or not the UK will leave the EU on March 29th. What’s been very striking is the level of activity which is building up sharply as we get closer to the date. The Betfair exchange is just about the only one which publishes in real time how much has been agreed on…

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With “cabinet resignations” in the air who is going to be first to quit

22/1/2019 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

TMay’s dogged resolve could lead to more exits We are going through turbulent times and there’s little doubt that the next few weeks as we edge closer to March 29th are going to see dramatic developments which are going to be hard to predict. The main story in the Times this morning is that possibly up to 40 ministers could resign if CON MPs are banned from voting on plans to stop a no-deal Brexit. That such threats should be…

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Theresa May – the wrong woman for her time?

21/1/2019 TSE Comments 0 Comment

So this is how constitutional settlements are brokered: not at a measured pace with Olympian detachment and the wisdom of Solomon but at high speed in a blind funk with a deal cobbled together in shadowy alcoves. It’s not pretty. It’s also something that the Prime Minister must hate. Successful governing politicians who have to answer to the electorate often try to avoid making hard choices. Angela Merkel has been so effective at this that her name has been verbed…

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Kamala Harris, betting favourite for the Democratic nomination, chooses today, Martin Luther King Day, to launch her campaign

21/1/2019 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

JUST IN: @KamalaHarris on announcing she will be running for president in 2020: "I feel a responsibility to stand up and fight for who we are." https://t.co/qUX1sERxxZ pic.twitter.com/NcSHFTRIny — Good Morning America (@GMA) January 21, 2019 Will she be able to stop Trump? The big news in the 2020 White House race is that as expected, Kamala Harris has formally announced that she is running for the Democratic nomination, and of course, the presidency. In recent months her star has…

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Why HealthSec Hancock should be factored in as a potential TMay successor

21/1/2019 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

The ambitious Osborne protégé who wasn’t purged by Theresa Over the weekend I’ve been trying to look through other possible contenders for TMay’s job which might become vacant in a matter of weeks or a few months. Who are the dark horses who might be a good punt at long odds? Of all the Tory ministers who have been wheeled out recent weeks to argue the government’s Brexit position two of them, to my mind, stand out. One is the…

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Desperate times. A new way out of the Brexit impasse

20/1/2019 TSE Comments 0 Comment

8/ So the Government can't pass its deal The Government can't negotiate a new deal There is no Parliamentary support for No Deal The Opposition can't force an election The Tories can't call a Leadership challenge Immovable object meets brick fucking wall pic.twitter.com/qL16HuqMDO — James Graham (@mrJamesGraham) January 16, 2019 The train is hurtling down the track and the cliff edge of 11pm on 29 March 2019 approaches. The overwhelming majority of the House of Commons is unwilling to countenance…

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A 16/1 tip to start off your Sunday

20/1/2019 TSE Comments 0 Comment

Why I’m betting on Farage to become an MP in 2019 I suspect whatever the outcome on Brexit Nigel Farage will be screaming betrayal as it will not be the precise type of Brexit he wants. I expect that screaming will be heard on Jupiter if Article 50 is extended or revoked. If Parliament does what pre referendum Farage suggested in the event of 52%/48% result in 2016 and hold another referendum then Farage might be very cross. So how…

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