Do you enjoy big Commons votes? Then you’ll enjoy this tomorrow. Lose – and the government must reveal all its Brexit subcommittee papers! pic.twitter.com/CYIZFbpKWV — Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes) May 15, 2018 A hard one for the Government to defend
There’s not been a “normal” election here since GE2005 One of the intriguing facets of the current speculation over the Speaker, John Bercow, is that there could be a by-election within the next year and a half in the Buckingham parliamentary constituency. There were reports at the weekend that Mr Bercow has indicated to friends that he plans to stand down in 2019 though there could be something earlier if the pressure on him continues. If he does step aside…
The ‘gammon’ insult is fuelled by class hatred. It expresses the visceral contempt felt by bourgeois Corbynistas for people further down the social ladder. We now know how thoroughly Labour has been captured by a new elite. Brendan O’Neill in @spectator https://t.co/DCGrYh5f8k — spiked (@spikedonline) May 14, 2018 No, "gammon" is not a racist or a classist slur. https://t.co/mFropaEmgm pic.twitter.com/nc1bMNKfnt — Owen Jones? (@OwenJones84) May 14, 2018 Remember, you can’t serve both god and gammon. — Tim Stanley (@timothy_stanley) May…
Ever since the local elections last week there has been talk of moving on from “Peak Corbyn”. Maybe? But what about “Peak Rees-Mogg? If punters are correct and the betting movements are indicative there is less certainty about they he will succeed Mrs May as next prime minister. The chart above shows the last 5 months of market moves on the Betfair Theresa May successor as prime minister market. As can be seen Rees-Mogg has been the favourite for several…
Yet again sides from Leave areas get relegated The 2017/2018 English Premier League season came to an end yesterday and the above chart shows the final rankings linked to the Brexit referendum Remain shares. As can be seen the top half of the table is almost totally made up of sides from places where there was a high Remain vote while the bottom is dominated by team where Leave did best. With three Leave area sides being relegated to be…
Backing Labour to get over 60% seems like value. Ladbrokes have a market up on Labour’s share of the vote in the Lewisham East by election where Heidi Alexander polled 67.9% last year. It is clear that the Lib Dems are going make the focus of the by election Labour’s position(s) on Brexit but I’m not sure that’ll have much of an impact. So far Corbyn has managed to appear all things to all people when it comes to the…
ICYMI: Courtesy of the always resourceful @EIAgov, I got data back to 1949 of U.S. *net* petroleum imports (that's crude oil and refined products). The latest forecast is for 2019 net imports to drop to 1.5m b/d — lowest since 1958. #OOTT Full story here: https://t.co/itjliIuOzT pic.twitter.com/LXz1GvmULM — Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) May 9, 2018 When Peter the Great died in 1725, the Russian empire covered an extent unimagined when he came to power. From his deathbed, he commanded his successors…
Mar 29 ’19 still favourite but not as strong as it was Yesterday’s ruling about Vote EU’s referendum expenses has inevitably led to those betting that the March 29th date will be achieved reviewing their positions. In recent weeks the market had been moving strongly towards it happening on time and it is still odds on. But as the Betdata chart, based on actual Betfair trades shows there has been movement. It simply adds to the uncertainty and allows some…