My 100/1 tip for next PM is setting his sights on Number 10

My 100/1 tip for next PM is setting his sights on Number 10

My 100/1 tip for next Prime Minister Jeremy Hunt is setting his sights on Number 10. https://t.co/IgCwfMN8dO pic.twitter.com/w3gH3zJXVe — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 26, 2017 The Sunday Times report The health secretary Jeremy Hunt has sounded out colleagues and party donors about a run for the Tory leadership when Theresa May stands down. Senior Eurosceptics say Hunt is lining himself up as an alternative to Boris Johnson as the main Brexiteer candidate for prime minister after publicly switching his support from…

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A New Ireland?

A New Ireland?

THE OBSERVER FRONT PAGE: Irish warn May: change course or risk Brexit chaos #skypapers pic.twitter.com/6ps0W3Scbx — Sky News (@SkyNews) November 25, 2017 There is no word for schadenfraude in Gaelic, or English, for that matter. Still, the Irish can be forgiven for feeling more than a touch of it as their needs seem to be one of the key – and very possibly the hardest – of issues to be resolved in the Article 50 negotiations. It is probably fair…

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From YouGov: The budget in five charts

From YouGov: The budget in five charts

1/ Extra NHS funding and increases in the National Living Wage were the most well-received ideas of the Budget https://t.co/gLkz3FJTEF pic.twitter.com/YoAeSlNVsa — YouGov (@YouGov) November 24, 2017 2/ The Tories tried to appeal to the under-30s with giveaways on travel and housing… but under-30s much prefer more funding for the NHS https://t.co/gLkz3FJTEF pic.twitter.com/oFkxoTZwvE — YouGov (@YouGov) November 24, 2017 3/ Only around a third of Brits think the Stamp Duty changes will actually make property more affordable https://t.co/gLkz3FJTEF pic.twitter.com/huoKGKNvwS —…

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The sun is rising in the East

The sun is rising in the East

Never mind the crocodile: the dragon is now the power in Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is probably not a man much amused by historical irony. That’s a shame because if he was he might appreciate the various mirror images between his enforced retirement and the downfall of the Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah of Bengal in 1757. The Nawab – at 24, nearly seven decades younger than Mugabe – was deposed by the East India Company after it bribed his commander with the offer…

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Local By-Election Review : November 23rd 2017

Local By-Election Review : November 23rd 2017

Perth City South on Perth and Kinross (Con defence) First Preferences: Con 1,734 (31% +6% on last time), Lab 314 (6% unchanged on last time), Lib Dem 1,597 (29% -6% on last time), Green 102 (2% -1% on last time), Ind 25 (0% -4% on last time), SNP 1,780 (32% +6% on last time) SNP lead of 46 (1%) with no swing between Con and SNP (6% swing from Lib Dem to SNP) Conservative HOLD elected on sixth count Rutherglen…

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With speculation that Michael Flynn is cooperating with Robert Mueller punters think Trump won’t serve a full term

With speculation that Michael Flynn is cooperating with Robert Mueller punters think Trump won’t serve a full term

This has the potential to be so much fun. 'A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller.' https://t.co/gIpUfeW6An — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 24, 2017 Despite the Flynn speculation I won’t resile from my position that Trump will serve a full term because the Democrats won’t be close to having the two thirds vote to successful convict a President following impeachment. Plus the Republicans will only vote to convict in sufficient numbers if Trump is caught in…

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This betting strategy is guaranteed to return you a profit

This betting strategy is guaranteed to return you a profit

A rare opportunity for an arb. By backing Philip Hammond to deliver the 2018 Autumn budget with Ladbrokes at 5/4 and simultaneously backing Philip Hammond not to deliver the 2018 Autumn budget at 2/1 with Paddy Power with the same stake amount, and you’re guaranteed a profit at these odds. If only betting was always as simple as this. Overnight the first post budget polling was released. More from that YouGov poll pic.twitter.com/An9Xd9F6ij — TSE (@TSEofPB) November 24, 2017 TSE