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Could the first by-election of the 2017 Parliament be at Ashford in Kent?

11/12/2017 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

One of the problems about running a website dedicated to betting on politics is that we need things on which we can gamble where we’re going to get a result in the not too distant future. The past year has been helped by a couple of unexpected by-elections and of course Mrs May’s decision in April to go to the country for a general election. We have also had some interesting overseas elections including the ones in France, the Netherlands,…

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With the Alabama polls showing the Farage-backed Moore 3.8% ahead the betting makes him an 83% chance

11/12/2017 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

What Alabama's Senior Senator thinks of the man Farage is campaigning for in Tuesday crucial election https://t.co/GiUQ9ZuUwP — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 10, 2017 The big political event this week is tomorrow’s special election in Alabama to choose the next senator. This is critically important because currently the split in the Senate is 52 Republican to 48 Democrat. If the controversial, Moore who has been accused of having sex with girls as young a 14,loses then that would become 51-49…

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Nick Robinson says the “very widespread expectation in Westminster is that Damian Green will resign in the next few days”

10/12/2017 TSE Comments 0 Comment

I’m smelling toast. https://t.co/LQg5efbbcU pic.twitter.com/yLRYCbhBmN — TSE (@TSEofPB) December 10, 2017 After her best week as PM, it might be back to the status quo for Mrs May. The Sunday Times are reporting that A male associate of Damian Green has approached the Cabinet Office inquiry into the conduct of the deputy prime minister and spoken in support of the woman who had accused the politician of sexual misconduct. The man, who works in a sensitive position and does not want…

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It is time to salute the brilliance of the visionary that is Diane Abbott

10/12/2017 TSE Comments 0 Comment

Another reminder not to dismiss seemingly outlandish political predictions A year ago this weekend Diane Abbott made this prediction Labour will be level-pegging with the Conservatives within a year, Diane Abbott has said amid more woeful polling for Jeremy Corbyn’s party. Labour slumped to fourth place in the Sleaford and North Hykeham by-election this week, while the Conservatives enjoyed a 17-point lead over the official opposition in a YouGov survey on Friday. The Shadow Home Secretary suggested the party’s recent poor showing…

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For the first time in over a year more people now think the Britain will be better off out of the EU than remaining

9/12/2017 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

Controlling immigration seen as more important than free trade Fieldwork for the poll took place at the end of last week before this week’s events. Mike Smithson Follow @MSmithsonPB Tweet

Why are the Eurosceptics not kicking up more of a fuss?

9/12/2017 David Herdson Comments 0 Comment

May looks set for an easier ride The Conservative whips are doing their job well. Evening after evening, the government records consistent majorities in the teens or twenties as it protects its Brexit Bill unamended through the Commons. More innovatively, we saw this morning a flurry of tweets and statements from Tory MPs and ministers lauding Theresa May for her tough diplomacy in delivering a good interim Brexit deal. That helped set the news agenda. To some extent, there was…

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It is now five months since “right to Leave” had lead in YouGov’s Brexit tracker

8/12/2017 Mike Smithson Comments 0 Comment

Could this swing back following today’s deal? Ever since the referendum PB has been monitoring the regular tracker that has been issued at regular intervals by YouGov. The wording is in the chart above which seeks to show the trend since Britain voted to leave. What I have done is to take the average monthly “right to leave” figure and deduct from it the average “wrong to leave” number. I am using monthly averages in order to illustrate the trend….

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CON loses another seat to LDs in latest Local By-Elections

8/12/2017 Editor Comments 0 Comment

Newport on North Devon (Con defence) Result: Con 373 (37% -3% on last time), Lab 83 (8%, no candidate last time) Lib Dem 390 (39% +7% on last time), Green 159 (16% -12% on last time) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 17 (2%) on a swing of 5% from Con to Lib Dem Highway on Enfield (Lab defence) Result: Con 620 (27% +8% on last time), Lab 1,619 (70% +23% on last time), Green 79 (3%…

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