Now it’s being established that Russia did interfere with EURef what next?

Now it’s being established that Russia did interfere with EURef what next?

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Big Times story on the huge Russian social media effort to influence the Brexit referendumhttps://t.co/NE7FwmPvhh pic.twitter.com/REdGjjRgOZ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 15, 2017 At some stage it might be argued that this undermines the validity of the result In the US the objective of those trying to examine the Russian impact on their Presidential election a year ago is clear – to undermine and possibly get rid of Trump. Whether they succeed or not will be dominate the political narrative…

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Blow for Farage after he loses libel case against anti race hate group

Blow for Farage after he loses libel case against anti race hate group

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Ex-UKIP leader and QuestionTime regular, Nigel Farage just lost £100k libel legal battle after calling anti racist group 'violent' https://t.co/2m5HopfWMb — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 14, 2017 But the former UKIP boss denies that he lost even though he withdrew the comments The political legal story today is Nigel Farage agreeing to withdraw offensive comments about anti-racist group Hope not Hate. The action had been brought against him following an appeal for funds which saw 16,000 people make donations. In…

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Punter anger at the way William Hill settled its LAB MPs resigning in 2017 market

Punter anger at the way William Hill settled its LAB MPs resigning in 2017 market

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Bet definitions are so important In the last thread there was a lot of discussion about the precise definition of what particular markets mean. What exactly, for instance, is defined as Britain leaving the EU? The definitions of political bets can often be problematical and can lead to arguments with bookmakers. A current case involves a prominent PBer who has raised the question of how William Hill has settled its number of LAB MPs to resign in 2017 market which…

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Father of six who has never been a minister nor changed a nappy now favourite to succeed TMay

Father of six who has never been a minister nor changed a nappy now favourite to succeed TMay

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Jacob Rees-Mogg: “I am not a modern man” With all the focus on the Westminster sexual abuse scandal there has been a big change in the Conservative leadership betting. Jacob Rees-Mogg who is not and never has been a minister has now moved above a former Mayor of London and no Foreign Secretary, Mr Johnson, and just ahead of the Brexit Secretary Mr David Davis. He’s also a father of six and back in July admitted that he’d never changed…

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Why the Tory plotters wanting to oust May need have no worries about letting Corbyn in

Why the Tory plotters wanting to oust May need have no worries about letting Corbyn in

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A new CON leader WILL NOT mean an early general election With the Sunday newspaper reports that the CON MPs plotting an early retirement for Mrs May being just 8 MPs short of the 48 required for a confidence vote we could be very close to a formal move against Mrs May. One of the big arguments that May backers and the Tory whips are apparently making to MPs is that if she goes early then it heightens the risk…

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This tweet epitomises why betting on Donald Trump related markets is so difficult

This tweet epitomises why betting on Donald Trump related markets is so difficult

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Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would NEVER call him "short and fat?" Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 12, 2017 Kim Jong Un called Trump a "lunatic old man" who might start a "nuclear war." Trump let "lunatic" and "nuclear war" slide and complained about "old." pic.twitter.com/UM6OlqYCOi — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 12, 2017 Given Donald…

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