PB Video Analysis: UK Property wealth could rest on Castles of Sand

PB Video Analysis: UK Property wealth could rest on Castles of Sand

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Only in the UK is the phrase “property porn” a real thing. Home prices dominate polite conversation. And little wonder: housing dominates UK personal balances sheets. In no other country does it make up such an enormous share of assets. Why? Because UK property has outperformed that in other developed countries in the last 38 years. This video asks why that is, and asks if the UK property wealth rests in castles of sand. Robert Smithson Follow @marketwarbles Tweet

Get ready for a lot of Russia points scoring if they end up playing England in the semi-final

Get ready for a lot of Russia points scoring if they end up playing England in the semi-final

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Please stop. Tired of your fake patriotism. England beat Spain on penalties in Euro 96. I know because I was there. Who will you be supporting in the semi-final if it is England v Russia? https://t.co/eUg1JxiNQ1 — Dr Phillip Lee (@DrPhillipLee) July 4, 2018 If Russia manages to dispose of Croatia in their quarter final and England succeed against Sweden on Saturday then we could have a semi-final tie next Wednesday that has quite a number of political undertones. For…

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The Electoral Commission decision on Vote Leave should make TMay’s task on Friday a bit easier

The Electoral Commission decision on Vote Leave should make TMay’s task on Friday a bit easier

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Vote Leave broke electoral law, Electoral Commission expected to say – BBC News https://t.co/OLgnv1GxCb — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) July 4, 2018 It gnaws away at the democratic legitimacy of Brexit Two days before the critical cabinet meeting at Chequers on Brexit the Electoral Commission report on Vote Leave that is being published looks set to state that the officially designated Leave campaign broke electoral law. This has the potential to take the debate to a new stage and could provide…

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Hubristic Overreach – what happens to dominant parties

Hubristic Overreach – what happens to dominant parties

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From ex-LAB MP and longstanding PBer Nick Palmer It’s pretty widely-believed that politicians are all in it for themselves – the fame, the money, the sense of power. On the whole, that’s not true in most democratic countries. Fame is a double-edged sword: the media will build you up and then tear you down. If you’re good enough to get a Cabinet salary, you’re good enough to earn more for less work outside. And few retired politicians report that their…

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The danger for LAB is that its equivocation over Brexit could be alienating its GE2017 tactical voters

The danger for LAB is that its equivocation over Brexit could be alienating its GE2017 tactical voters

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LAB drops to a its lowest share this parliament There’s a new YouGov poll out this morning that has LAB down at 37% which equals its lowest share in any public poll since GE2017. That this should happen while the Tories are in almost total internal war over the Brexit negotiations might seem surprising. This is just one poll but the overall trend is very clear – we’ve moved from a situation when there were almost solid Labour leads to…

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If Betfair punters are right the Republicans are set to hold onto the House in the November midterms

If Betfair punters are right the Republicans are set to hold onto the House in the November midterms

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Betdata.IO This would be a big victory for Trump While we are all focused on the Tories and Brexit in the UK the biggest political betting market at the moment continues to be the above one on the US midterm elections and, particularly, whether the Republicans can hold on to the House. The current RCP polling average has the Democrats 6.4% ahead but that’s not thought to be big enough to see change. In many states the congressional district boundaries…

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To force an early election Jezza needs CON defectors – but would Tory remainers really back him?

To force an early election Jezza needs CON defectors – but would Tory remainers really back him?

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“We would force a general election” if there was a bad deal or no deal for the UK, says @jeremycorbyn #bbcsp pic.twitter.com/03Qqqodm64 — BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) July 1, 2018 During the weekend the Labour leader was talking about forcing an early election over Brexit. What he didn’t say was exactly how this would come about because as things stand at the moment the Commons electoral arithmetic is very much against him. While Labour has sometimes acted…

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