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Paddy Power have a market up on will Donald Trump accept the result of Presidential election, the exact wording of the bet is ‘Donald Trump to publicly confirm he accepts the result of the poll at the post election rally.’

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    First .... again!
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    I think I'm beginning to understand TSE why we hear so little from you these days as regards betting matters.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016
    Bronze medal.
    Does Trump have it in him to concede gracefully? If he has evidence of genuine election fraud he needs to come up with specifics quickly, or he's going to be a laughing stock by November 8th.
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    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    National Panel Tracker - LA Times - Sample 3,052 - 17-22 Oct

    Clinton 44.1 .. Trump 44.3 - (538 adjusted Clinton +4)

    http://graphics.latimes.com/usc-presidential-poll-dashboard/
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181
    Sandpit said:

    Bronze medal.
    Does Trump have it in him to concede gracefully? If he has evidence of genuine election fraud he needs to come up with specifics quickly, or he's going to be a laughing stock by November 8th.

    Surely he already is a laughing stock? Or at least, he would be if his gaffes were in any way funny.
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    DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300

    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.

    Or is it the other way round and Trump needs to concede and move on quickly to restore the damage to his brand? Trump means quality to his millionaire customers -- or it did until this campaign.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Pennsylvania & Florida - IPSOS/Reuters - Samples 553/631 - 14-20 Oct

    PA - Clinton 49 .. Trump 39
    FL - Clinton 48 .. Trump 44

    Via 538.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181
    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    ydoethur said:

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.

    Chortle .... :smile:

    Presently Trump is cremated bread.

    With his inept performance in the second half of the last debate he lost his last significant opportunity to move the dial. Barring a black swan event this race is done. The question is the scale of the Clinton win and the down ballot implications of the Trump debacle.

    This is my current projection - Clinton wins Obama 12 + NC and AZ but misses GA, UT and NE-CD02 - 358/180 :

    http://www.270towin.com/maps/RvDN4



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    RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    edited October 2016

    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.

    Will be interesting if his brand collapses and he spends the rest of his years fighting off law suits from assaulted women and people stop using his hotels for fear of catching fleas.

    It's odd that no one revisited the experience of Selina Scott. She made it public knowledge years ago that he was a Savillesque sleazeball. She's an unimpeachable character witness. If she wasn't the lady we know her to be she'd have been in the US getting some serious publicity from it.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3424519/The-comb-creep-hates-women-know-SELINA-SCOTT-reveals-Donald-Trump-failed-seduce-stalked-20-years.html
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016
    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
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    ThomasNasheThomasNashe Posts: 4,970
    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016

    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.

    Or is it the other way round and Trump needs to concede and move on quickly to restore the damage to his brand? Trump means quality to his millionaire customers -- or it did until this campaign.
    Very true. A property developer in the UAE dropped Trump's name very quickly from a golf course and luxury villas complex a year ago, when he first made his call for muslims to be banned from entering the US. His name and face were on billboards all over Dubai at the time and disappeared literally overnight. Even the fence around the development doesn't have his name on it any more. His Presidential run is trashing his own brand.
    https://www.damacproperties.com/en/projects/trump-prvt-at-akoya
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    IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    edited October 2016

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Funny how the same people that have been bashing the evil scumbag bankers since 2008, now recoil in horror at the idea of financial services moving out of the UK.
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    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    We are all descended from immigrants. How many generations does it take to turn us into Brits? I'm sure Mr Nashe knows better than I do. So come on, sir, spit it out :o

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    ThomasNasheThomasNashe Posts: 4,970
    Sandpit said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Funny how the same people that have been bashing the evil scumbag bankers since 2008, now recoil in horror at the idea of financial services moving out of the UK.
    This is the problem. What should be the primary concern of any government: ensuring the country's continued economic wellbeing does not appear to be top priority for either government or main opposition party.
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    619619 Posts: 1,784
    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    except it isnt looking close at the moment. Only if you are very selective with polls and squint a lot
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    BromptonautBromptonaut Posts: 1,113
    Sandpit said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Funny how the same people that have been bashing the evil scumbag bankers since 2008, now recoil in horror at the idea of financial services moving out of the UK.
    Yes indeed, and it's far better to fix our over-reliance on the banking sector in an unplanned and destructive act than a careful restructuring of the economy over a reasonable timescale.
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    CD13CD13 Posts: 6,351
    Mr Sandpit.

    Too big to fail, remember.

    Of course, they'll announce plans to leave. Just like unions announce plans to strike unless ... Unless the governments gives them guarantees, more favourable tax perks or other advantages. They see an opportunity to make more money.

    They'll just up sticks and go and take all their staff with them, no doubt. The threat is enough.

    The unions used to wait until the company announced bigger profits before threatening to strike. The banks can lose billions and still pay bonuses - because they're worth it.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    Tory peer Lord Hill said: "I think we have this kind of false choice in the UK often between 'hard Brexit' and 'soft Brexit'. I think the choice is between stupid Brexit and more intelligent Brexit and that is what we need to go for."

    Lord Hill also hit out at the notion put forward by hardline Brexiteers that the EU will offer Britain favourable trade terms because it needs the UK to keep buying products like German cars and French cheese and wine.

    "People here, I think, forget that for the Europeans the project, it's an emotional project, it's a political project and actually it's quite a romantic project and so if we think in the UK that ultimately economic rationalism will win out in terms of negotiation, that is to misread how the Europeans will approach the negotiation," he said.
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    JackW said:

    ydoethur said:

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.

    Chortle .... :smile:

    Presently Trump is cremated bread.

    With his inept performance in the second half of the last debate he lost his last significant opportunity to move the dial. Barring a black swan event this race is done. The question is the scale of the Clinton win and the down ballot implications of the Trump debacle.

    This is my current projection - Clinton wins Obama 12 + NC and AZ but misses GA, UT and NE-CD02 - 358/180 :

    http://www.270towin.com/maps/RvDN4



    McMullin for Utah!
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    619619 Posts: 1,784
    Sandpit said:

    Bronze medal.
    Does Trump have it in him to concede gracefully? If he has evidence of genuine election fraud he needs to come up with specifics quickly, or he's going to be a laughing stock by November 8th.

    'Genuine evidence'??? He is clearly talking shit because he hates losing
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181
    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    Sanders vs Kasich would have been a fine contest, I think, with a grown-up debate leading to a reasoned conclusion with genuine implications for the future course of America.

    But the first was kept off the ballot by the party machine, and the second by the members. Which merely goes to prove that both systems for choosing candidates are more broken than Jeremy Corbyn's record collection.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Jonathan Easley of "Politico" reports on Georgia and whether Clinton might run Trump close - Probably not this cycle :

    http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/302275-why-clinton-and-trump-are-in-a-close-race-in-georgia
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    PlatoSaidPlatoSaid Posts: 10,383
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    ydoethur said:

    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    Sanders vs Kasich would have been a fine contest, I think, with a grown-up debate leading to a reasoned conclusion with genuine implications for the future course of America.

    But the first was kept off the ballot by the party machine, and the second by the members. Which merely goes to prove that both systems for choosing candidates are more broken than Jeremy Corbyn's record collection.
    Sanders lost because wasnt very good, all he had going for him was he was attacking Clinton from the left. Listen to his interview on Univision about Latin American. It was Gary Johnson levels of ineptitude.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    CD13 said:

    Mr Sandpit.

    Too big to fail, remember.

    Of course, they'll announce plans to leave. Just like unions announce plans to strike unless ... Unless the governments gives them guarantees, more favourable tax perks or other advantages. They see an opportunity to make more money.

    They'll just up sticks and go and take all their staff with them, no doubt. The threat is enough.

    The unions used to wait until the company announced bigger profits before threatening to strike. The banks can lose billions and still pay bonuses - because they're worth it.

    Of course, and from what I can quickly research this bankers' group leader is like the chief of the CBI - his pro-EU voice is not necessarily that of his members.

    From those commenting on here and elsewhere who actually have their ear to the ground in the City, there's not going to be any wholesale offshoring as we leave the EU - maybe a branch office in Dublin or Frankfurt, depending on the deal we can get as we depart, but the work is staying very much in London.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181
    Alistair said:

    ydoethur said:

    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    Sanders vs Kasich would have been a fine contest, I think, with a grown-up debate leading to a reasoned conclusion with genuine implications for the future course of America.

    But the first was kept off the ballot by the party machine, and the second by the members. Which merely goes to prove that both systems for choosing candidates are more broken than Jeremy Corbyn's record collection.
    Sanders lost because wasnt very good, all he had going for him was he was attacking Clinton from the left. Listen to his interview on Univision about Latin American. It was Gary Johnson levels of ineptitude.
    Which still puts him a light year ahead of Clinton.
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    JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    edited October 2016
    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
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    FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    Indigo said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
    You broke it, you bought it.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Roger said:


    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.

    Will be interesting if his brand collapses and he spends the rest of his years fighting off law suits from assaulted women and people stop using his hotels for fear of catching fleas.

    It's odd that no one revisited the experience of Selina Scott. She made it public knowledge years ago that he was a Savillesque sleazeball. She's an unimpeachable character witness. If she wasn't the lady we know her to be she'd have been in the US getting some serious publicity from it.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3424519/The-comb-creep-hates-women-know-SELINA-SCOTT-reveals-Donald-Trump-failed-seduce-stalked-20-years.html
    What a creep the guy is!

    I am now really hoping for a Hillary landslide, so we can watch him flounder and gasp. Dem take Texas, Alaska, Georgia etc.

    Does anyone know what time the TV coverage starts? Wednesday the 9th is looking to be a busy day.
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    CD13CD13 Posts: 6,351
    Mr B2,

    That quote gets to the heart of the matter.

    "for the Europeans the project, it's an emotional project." is spot on, although it should be "For the European elite, it's an emotional project." It is too for the Internationalists, and I've no quibble with the views of the latter if they're honest. But I do wish people would be honest.

    That's why the lies about the economics predicting accurately 15 years ahead (ho, ho, ho) and the concentration on the economics. Because if they mention their true intentions, they may find that sovereignty issues still matter and the pesky voters might take fright.

    Why not "We want one big happy European country with one language (French?), one army one currency and one government."

    Be loud, be proud.
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    RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    Indigo said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
    I'm with you all the way. The collapse of our service industries which provide 70% of our exports is a price well worth paying. We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    ydoethur said:

    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    Sanders vs Kasich would have been a fine contest, I think, with a grown-up debate leading to a reasoned conclusion with genuine implications for the future course of America.

    But the first was kept off the ballot by the party machine, and the second by the members. Which merely goes to prove that both systems for choosing candidates are more broken than Jeremy Corbyn's record collection.
    The system for choosing candidates is indeed completely broken, in both parties. Hopefully they will wake up and learn the lessons of this year before the next contest, but not putting any money on it!

    Whichever party loses, probably the Republicans, should do something radical next time - like choosing their candidate a year early and running a 'shadow presidency' and cabinet in a similar way to the UK. Get their candidate commenting on the news every time the President says or does something.
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    logical_songlogical_song Posts: 9,709
    Trump seems to think that he's a great businessman, with businesses that interact with the public such as hotels and casinos.
    How will a policy of not accepting the result go down with his customers?
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,973
    Good morning, everyone.

    If I had a PP account, I'd back this.

    Speaking of bets from men with dubious records, I'll be looking at my pre-race piece, just as soon as the coffee kicks in.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181

    Trump seems to think that he's a great businessman, with businesses that interact with the public such as hotels and casinos.
    How will a policy of not accepting the result go down with his customers?

    He'll say that times are hard and ask them for a small loan of a million dollars...
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Roger said:

    Indigo said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
    I'm with you all the way. The collapse of our service industries which provide 70% of our exports is a price well worth paying. We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice
    Financial services are one thing (though I expect the moves to be piecemeal, as hiring stops here, natural wastage occurs and new jobs are in Frankfurt and Geneva), but the Brexiteers risk trashing the brand in a Trump like orgy of narcisstic pique. Our cultural brand is a large part of the value of our exports in design, fashion, music, TV etc; the damage to these could be very significant.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859

    Roger said:


    Trump cannot concede defeat. It would destroy what's left of the equity in his brand. All this rigging rubbish is about that.

    Will be interesting if his brand collapses and he spends the rest of his years fighting off law suits from assaulted women and people stop using his hotels for fear of catching fleas.

    It's odd that no one revisited the experience of Selina Scott. She made it public knowledge years ago that he was a Savillesque sleazeball. She's an unimpeachable character witness. If she wasn't the lady we know her to be she'd have been in the US getting some serious publicity from it.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3424519/The-comb-creep-hates-women-know-SELINA-SCOTT-reveals-Donald-Trump-failed-seduce-stalked-20-years.html
    What a creep the guy is!

    I am now really hoping for a Hillary landslide, so we can watch him flounder and gasp. Dem take Texas, Alaska, Georgia etc.

    Does anyone know what time the TV coverage starts? Wednesday the 9th is looking to be a busy day.
    The White House is no place for a creep, maybe he'd end up doing something awful - like getting a blowie from the young intern. ;)

    Polls start to close around 2am UK time, and they start counting immediately. The TV networks will try and call states as quickly as possible, based on the county level counts as they come in. If it's a landslide, it could be all over bar the shouting by about 6am UK time, if it's close it will be UK lunchtime before the counts finish.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    edited October 2016
    CD13 said:

    Mr B2,

    That quote gets to the heart of the matter.

    "for the Europeans the project, it's an emotional project." is spot on, although it should be "For the European elite, it's an emotional project." It is too for the Internationalists, and I've no quibble with the views of the latter if they're honest. But I do wish people would be honest.

    That's why the lies about the economics predicting accurately 15 years ahead (ho, ho, ho) and the concentration on the economics. Because if they mention their true intentions, they may find that sovereignty issues still matter and the pesky voters might take fright.

    Why not "We want one big happy European country with one language (French?), one army one currency and one government."

    Be loud, be proud.

    Nevertheless it is food for thought for the negotiations, and the rather naive Brexiters who post comments along the lines of "of course the EU will do X and Y because we buy their cars and Camembert". I am sure the EU was saying "of course they will vote Remain because who would vote to be worse off?" before the vote.

    The lesson is that, for politicians (and often for people) the politics will nearly always trump the economics.

    It is also worth noting that the political consequences of an economic cost from Brexit are, for Mrs May and the Tories, potentially very considerable. For the politicians of the EU, not so much. (Edit/ except perhaps in the ultimate 'EU collapses' disaster scenario and, even then, politically, we have generously stepped up to take the blame).
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    PongPong Posts: 4,693
    edited October 2016
    Alistair said:

    ydoethur said:

    Sandpit said:

    ydoethur said:

    JackW said:

    Latest Fox News Projection :

    Clinton 307 .. Trump 181 .. Toss-Up 50

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2016/presidential-race

    So even if all the toss-ups go to Trump, Clinton has a 10% margin for error in the EC.

    This must be over. If only she were fit to hold public office.

    When the Republicans look back next year, they will surely be astonished that they managed to pick the one candidate in the whole of the US that was worse than HRC. This has been the most shockingly inept campaign since Horace Greeley ran for the Democrats in 1872 on a platform of vegetarianism before having to be sectioned at the end of it.
    And when the Democrats look back, even assuming she wins, they will wonder how the hell people are still saying it's close with a fortnight to go. Against Donald Trump.

    The two worst candidates of all time, up against each other. Pence v Kaine would have been a lot better as a contest.

    If there needs to be a huge political discussion about the direction America takes, then bring on two candidates who can at least debate the issues, maybe Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz.
    Sanders vs Kasich would have been a fine contest, I think, with a grown-up debate leading to a reasoned conclusion with genuine implications for the future course of America.

    But the first was kept off the ballot by the party machine, and the second by the members. Which merely goes to prove that both systems for choosing candidates are more broken than Jeremy Corbyn's record collection.
    Sanders lost because wasnt very good, all he had going for him was he was attacking Clinton from the left. Listen to his interview on Univision about Latin American. It was Gary Johnson levels of ineptitude.
    I don't think Sanders lost at all.

    He's been the most successful presidential candidate for decades in terms of influencing the policy agenda for the next four years.

    It's a remarkable powerplay for an independent senator from the far left - to shift the centre so far left without hemorrhaging the establishment support required to win.

    Sanders would never have pivoted and consequently lost to every/any other GOP candidate - trump included.

    Instead, he emerges as the biggest winner.
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,937
    CD13 said:

    Mr B2,

    That quote gets to the heart of the matter.

    "for the Europeans the project, it's an emotional project." is spot on, although it should be "For the European elite, it's an emotional project." It is too for the Internationalists, and I've no quibble with the views of the latter if they're honest. But I do wish people would be honest.

    That's why the lies about the economics predicting accurately 15 years ahead (ho, ho, ho) and the concentration on the economics. Because if they mention their true intentions, they may find that sovereignty issues still matter and the pesky voters might take fright.

    Why not "We want one big happy European country with one language (French?), one army one currency and one government."

    Be loud, be proud.

    Because that extreme Europhile is just one grouping; there are less extreme pro-EU views as well.

    You might as well say: "Why aren't the anti-EU crowd honest and mention their true intentions: everyone who does not have a history in the country going back to at least William the Conqueror should be removed. Oh, and the same for anyone not wanting to declare war immediately on France."

    Although TSE might favour that last clause ... :)

    There are as many different pro-EU perspectives as there are anti-EU ones.
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    FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Probably hope talking but the most recent poll in terms of fieldwork has a McMullin +4 lead. I think he's going viral and the trend is your friend. A few more polls like that and he can call on Trump supporters to stop splitting the conservative vote
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,181
    Sandpit said:


    The White House is no place for a creep, maybe he'd end up doing something awful - like getting a blowie from the young intern.

    Not the least worrying part of this election is that there's going to be a creepy sex pest in the White House whichever one of the two wins.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016
    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
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    CD13CD13 Posts: 6,351
    Roger,

    "We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice."

    I agree on that, but why should we need more people trying to sell things we don't need, to people who don't need them. "Let's a form a project group to alter the colours on this chocolate bar. It's for the greater good of the nation and for the just cause of diabetes."

    You're an Internationalist and would approve the old Coca Cola advert ... "We'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." .... A nice ambition, but anyone who disagrees with you is a subhuman and a racist.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    edited October 2016
    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016
    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
    Err, no. That's 11/10, damn nearly evens.
    Edit: you edited first! Yes, Donald is 1.8 something - odds on favourite but closer than anyone expected. @Alistair's 25/1 is a great bet!
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    PongPong Posts: 4,693
    edited October 2016
    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
    Err, no. That's 11/10, damn nearly evens.
    Worth keeping an eye on Trumps utah odds if bookies/punters overreact.

    I got Trump @ 5/4 courtesy of betfair sportsbook.
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    IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    edited October 2016
    Roger said:

    Indigo said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
    I'm with you all the way. The collapse of our service industries which provide 70% of our exports is a price well worth paying. We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice
    When it happens, then cry about it. Sterling being slightly lower than it was for half of the last decade is not the end of the world, especially with inflation will being well below target and markets growing nicely. But you know all that, but its more fun crying.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
    Err, no. That's 11/10, damn nearly evens.
    Edit: you edited first! Yes, Donald is 1.8 something - odds on favourite but closer than anyone expected. @Alistair's 25/1 is a great bet!
    Yep. I just woke up and am still a bit dozy.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
    Err, no. That's 11/10, damn nearly evens.
    Edit: you edited first! Yes, Donald is 1.8 something - odds on favourite but closer than anyone expected. @Alistair's 25/1 is a great bet!
    Yep. I just woke up and am still a bit dozy.
    Ha, no worries. The advantage of being 11am where I am - several coffees down already!
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,973
    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,937
    CD13 said:

    Roger,

    "We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice."

    I agree on that, but why should we need more people trying to sell things we don't need, to people who don't need them. "Let's a form a project group to alter the colours on this chocolate bar. It's for the greater good of the nation and for the just cause of diabetes."

    You're an Internationalist and would approve the old Coca Cola advert ... "We'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." .... A nice ambition, but anyone who disagrees with you is a subhuman and a racist.

    I'd have a bit more sympathy with that if the people who disagreed actively argued with the racists, sexists et al within their midst. Instead, they ignore and use them. Worse, they often excuse them and, perversely, try to make safe spaces for them.

    As we saw well during the EU referendum.
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    IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    Christ... BrExit recrimination thread number 363.

    See you later guys.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    Pong said:

    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12)
    That's 2:1 not evens, and the republicans are still favourites. But a good bet nevertheless.

    Edit/ sorry, I am wrong! The reps are odds on and it is close to evens.
    Err, no. That's 11/10, damn nearly evens.
    Worth keeping an eye on Trumps utah odds if bookies/punters overreact.

    I got Trump @ 5/4 courtesy of betfair sportsbook.
    That's a good call. There's a chance of getting both Trump and McMullin at odds against.

    Me, I'm done with betting on this charade. Grand total of £42 exposure and covered on pretty much everything bar a landslide (>5% pop vote lead) for Hillary.

    Will watch with lots of popcorn as one of the two worst ever candidates becomes president-elect.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    CD13 said:

    Roger,

    "We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice."

    I agree on that, but why should we need more people trying to sell things we don't need, to people who don't need them. "Let's a form a project group to alter the colours on this chocolate bar. It's for the greater good of the nation and for the just cause of diabetes."

    You're an Internationalist and would approve the old Coca Cola advert ... "We'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." .... A nice ambition, but anyone who disagrees with you is a subhuman and a racist.

    But that is the economy! 5% of us make the food that everyone eats. People from overseas come along to harvest it. Another 5% of us make lots of stuff, at least half of which most of us don't need. The other 90% sell the food and the stuff, lend the money to make it, sell insurance against losing the stuff, write about the food or other people's stuff, spend the time painting each other's hair, cutting nails, or tattooing rude slogans about the EU onto foreheads, and do the cleaning up afterwards.
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    Indigo said:

    Christ... BrExit recrimination thread number 363.

    See you later guys.

    Out of a series of 3000...
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    FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486

    CD13 said:

    Roger,

    "We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice."

    I agree on that, but why should we need more people trying to sell things we don't need, to people who don't need them. "Let's a form a project group to alter the colours on this chocolate bar. It's for the greater good of the nation and for the just cause of diabetes."

    You're an Internationalist and would approve the old Coca Cola advert ... "We'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." .... A nice ambition, but anyone who disagrees with you is a subhuman and a racist.

    I'd have a bit more sympathy with that if the people who disagreed actively argued with the racists, sexists et al within their midst. Instead, they ignore and use them. Worse, they often excuse them and, perversely, try to make safe spaces for them.

    As we saw well during the EU referendum.
    You're right. There have never been any Guardian articles about right wing racists, Owen Jones just pretends they don't exist. Xenophobic demonstrations go unnoticed and unharmed by left wing students.
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    FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486

    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.

    That's a bit like saying "Yeah, my car had its roof ripped off . And I've had to make a cover out of bin bags. But hey, who doesn't love convertibles!"
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    edited October 2016
    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
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    AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    Seema Malhotra's take on the post-referendum intolerance:

    http://ebx.sh/2et6cjh
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    AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
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    CD13CD13 Posts: 6,351
    Messrs Jessop and B2,

    There are differing flavours of Remainers. Economic frits are the biggest group but economic forecasting is notoriously difficult. There are the Internationalists - I respect those views, but being old, I suspect they have some way to go to convince others; they know that and tend to hide their views. And there are the smug 'I know best' virtue signallers, who show their mental superiority by insulting everyone else.

    I think we should take some economic migrants, although I'm not so keen on selecting those with the sharpest elbows and the money to pay their way to Calais. I'd rather select those at greatest risk who will contribute what they can.

    The argument has always been dishonest because Remainers are swimming against an undercurrent of nationalism. Hence the concentration on economics. Yes, there are racists but that doesn't make the other arguments invalid. We can, in theory, vote out things we don't like. We're not yet ready for a European Superstate - perhaps we never will be.

    I'd like a Catholic Caliphate but atheists aren't evil. That's democracy.
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,937
    Freggles said:

    CD13 said:

    Roger,

    "We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice."

    I agree on that, but why should we need more people trying to sell things we don't need, to people who don't need them. "Let's a form a project group to alter the colours on this chocolate bar. It's for the greater good of the nation and for the just cause of diabetes."

    You're an Internationalist and would approve the old Coca Cola advert ... "We'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." .... A nice ambition, but anyone who disagrees with you is a subhuman and a racist.

    I'd have a bit more sympathy with that if the people who disagreed actively argued with the racists, sexists et al within their midst. Instead, they ignore and use them. Worse, they often excuse them and, perversely, try to make safe spaces for them.

    As we saw well during the EU referendum.
    You're right. There have never been any Guardian articles about right wing racists, Owen Jones just pretends they don't exist. Xenophobic demonstrations go unnoticed and unharmed by left wing students.
    That's absurd, and doesn't address the point I was making. Well done!
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    Seema Malhotra's take on the post-referendum intolerance:

    http://ebx.sh/2et6cjh

    She is right on this:

    "In my 20 years of political activism, I cannot remember a time when we had such an unshared sense of who we are as a nation."



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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    Hey ho. Some lucky bugger got that, and some very unfortunate bugger was on the other side of it!

    Seriously, who the hell puts up four and a half grand to win a fiver, three or four months out?
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    "EU leaders are clearly puzzled by what May wants from Brexit. No surprise, because she doesn’t know yet either, and her fractious Cabinet is divided over the crucial trade-off between single market access and control of migration. For now, May is embroiled in a phoney war with the EU. The real one will be much more bloody."
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    NigelbNigelb Posts: 62,479
    Not the least reason for continued bickering about what happens next is that much the same appears to being conducted, sometimes quite publicly, within the cabinet.
    When there's no settled policy, it seems rather otiose to argue that those who voted remain ought just to shut up.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    edited October 2016
    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    Hey ho. Some lucky bugger got that, and some very unfortunate bugger was on the other side of it!

    Seriously, who the hell puts up four and a half grand to win a fiver, three or four months out?
    Surely it could be lots of small bets - people trying to make the sort of return that once-upon-a-time banks used to offer as guaranteed, by betting on things that at the time look like dead certs?

    In every previous Labour leadership contest a left-winger has stood, often helped onto the ballot, half-heartedly gone through the motions and been well defeated by a mainstream candidate. At the moment that Corby was helped onto the ballot it looked like a sure fire lay.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,973
    Mr. Sandpit, betting with hindsight would be rather easier, although one suspects if bookies had hindsight nobody would ever win.

    Mr. Freggles, I'm not sure it is.

    Whilst access to the Single Market may be reduced (remains to be seen) we retain significant advantages, not least of which are Common Law and the English language.

    The sky is not falling in, and nor should we be complacent. We're probably in for a turbulent few years.
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859

    Seema Malhotra's take on the post-referendum intolerance:

    http://ebx.sh/2et6cjh

    What's her view on the intolerance of homosexuality within certain communities, or the intolerance of harassment of those going about their business of buying and selling alcohol in certain parts of east London?
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    My £1 each way on Leicester City winning the league at 3000/1 came out very nicely.

    My re-investment of £50 on winning again, less so. Yesterday's performance against Palace was the first sign of last years team returning. Spurs away next Saturday...
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253

    Mr. Sandpit, betting with hindsight would be rather easier, although one suspects if bookies had hindsight nobody would ever win.

    Mr. Freggles, I'm not sure it is.

    Whilst access to the Single Market may be reduced (remains to be seen) we retain significant advantages, not least of which are Common Law and the English language.

    The sky is not falling in, and nor should we be complacent. We're probably in for a turbulent few years.

    Access to the full spectrum of fruity English swear words may well come in very handy indeed.
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    Mr. Sandpit, betting with hindsight would be rather easier, although one suspects if bookies had hindsight nobody would ever win.

    Mr. Freggles, I'm not sure it is.

    Whilst access to the Single Market may be reduced (remains to be seen) we retain significant advantages, not least of which are Common Law and the English language.

    The sky is not falling in, and nor should we be complacent. We're probably in for a turbulent few years.

    Not as turbulent as if we had stayed in while their governments get taken over by far right loons and the whole thing ecentually implodes.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,973
    Dr. Foxinsox, I agree on that.

    There are rather uncompromising sorts on the fringes of both sides calling one another's whole groups traitors or racists. Which is tosh.

    Hopefully this is just the immediate reaction to an unexpected result whereby one part of one side is devastated, and one part of the other side is drunk on triumph.
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    JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 38,937
    CD13 said:

    Messrs Jessop and B2,

    There are differing flavours of Remainers. Economic frits are the biggest group but economic forecasting is notoriously difficult. There are the Internationalists - I respect those views, but being old, I suspect they have some way to go to convince others; they know that and tend to hide their views. And there are the smug 'I know best' virtue signallers, who show their mental superiority by insulting everyone else.

    I think we should take some economic migrants, although I'm not so keen on selecting those with the sharpest elbows and the money to pay their way to Calais. I'd rather select those at greatest risk who will contribute what they can.

    The argument has always been dishonest because Remainers are swimming against an undercurrent of nationalism. Hence the concentration on economics. Yes, there are racists but that doesn't make the other arguments invalid. We can, in theory, vote out things we don't like. We're not yet ready for a European Superstate - perhaps we never will be.

    I'd like a Catholic Caliphate but atheists aren't evil. That's democracy.

    The other week I split pro-EU sentiment into three distinct groupings (though they are far from distinct in reality): the high church, the mid church, and the low church.

    In negotiations we have no chance of getting much from the high church, who see integration as desirable and unarguable. We need to work with the mid-church - let them know that we will remain friends with the EU and work with them in ways that are to be to both our advantages - and the low church - let them know that trade and jobs will continue. We are not pulling up the drawbridge.

    Most of all, we need to let it be known that it need not be a zero-sum game: both the UK and the EU can emerge from Brexit stronger and more prosperous. This is why I objected so thoroughly to comments from people who want to see the EU destroyed. That sort of talk almost guarantees us a poor settlement.
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.

    language is the strategic advantage that can't be replicated. Arabs and Chinese don't want to do business in French or German. If the City moves wholesale then it will lose that business.

    A deal with Dublin strikes me as the most likely outcome. It intrigues me that Ireland has not been as publicly aggressive as France and (to a lesser extent) Frankfurt in seeking to attract business from London
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ? .. :smile:

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    Hey ho. Some lucky bugger got that, and some very unfortunate bugger was on the other side of it!

    Seriously, who the hell puts up four and a half grand to win a fiver, three or four months out?
    Surely it could be lots of small bets - people trying to make the sort of return that once-upon-a-time banks used to offer as guaranteed, by betting on things that at the time look like dead certs?

    In every previous Labour leadership contest a left-winger has stood, often helped onto the ballot, half-heartedly gone through the motions and been well defeated by a mainstream candidate. At the moment that Corby was helped onto the ballot it looked like a sure fire lay.
    Oh sure, but at 1/900 I think most of us would just leave it in the bank, offsetting the mortgage for a few months.
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    Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 60,973
    Mr. Bedfordshire, I agree. I think the EU will implode sooner or later, and we're better to be outside the edifice when it collapses. That doesn't mean it'll be plain sailing.

    A ship in a harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are for.

    Dr. Foxinsox, if only you'd tipped it!

    I wish I'd put more than a few pounds on Verstappen, but can't complain too much about a 250/1 winner in about a week.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,253
    edited October 2016
    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Per chance are you cheer leading you book ?

    I think Trump's chances in Utah improved with when he pushed the conservative buttons effectively in the first part of the final debate. The polling is mixed but I expect Trump to prevail and Clinton to fall to third place.
    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    That's a very good bet. He's damn nearly evens with Betfair now (2.12) Clinton's out to 8 so it looks like it's between the two republicans.
    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/#/politics/event/27865723/market?marketId=1.127658163
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    Hey ho. Some lucky bugger got that, and some very unfortunate bugger was on the other side of it!

    Seriously, who the hell puts up four and a half grand to win a fiver, three or four months out?
    Surely it could be lots of small bets - people trying to make the sort of return that once-upon-a-time banks used to offer as guaranteed, by betting on things that at the time look like dead certs?

    In every previous Labour leadership contest a left-winger has stood, often helped onto the ballot, half-heartedly gone through the motions and been well defeated by a mainstream candidate. At the moment that Corby was helped onto the ballot it looked like a sure fire lay.
    Oh sure, but at 1/900 I think most of us would just leave it in the bank, offsetting the mortgage for a few months.
    Fair point. There must come odds where laying is hardly worth it. Nevertheless Corbyn becoming labour leader must have looked so unlikely that some will have seen the money, if only pennies, as essentially free.

    Edit/ there is also the 60%-ish of the population who apparently do not understand percentages or odds.
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    ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133

    Seema Malhotra's take on the post-referendum intolerance:

    http://ebx.sh/2et6cjh

    She is right on this:

    "In my 20 years of political activism, I cannot remember a time when we had such an unshared sense of who we are as a nation."



    That's probably true in the sense that before the referendum, supporters of the Project thought that the majority of the population either supported it or, at least, could be relied on to acquiesce to it.
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    Paul_BedfordshirePaul_Bedfordshire Posts: 3,632
    edited October 2016
    Charles said:

    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.

    language is the strategic advantage that can't be replicated. Arabs and Chinese don't want to do business in French or German. If the City moves wholesale then it will lose that business.

    A deal with Dublin strikes me as the most likely outcome. It intrigues me that Ireland has not been as publicly aggressive as France and (to a lesser extent) Frankfurt in seeking to attract business from London
    I suspect that RoI with such a vast proportion of their trade with us (in reality domestic trade disgused as international trade for historical political reasons), are wary of stirring the pot overly.
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    SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    edited October 2016

    Mr. Bedfordshire, I agree. I think the EU will implode sooner or later, and we're better to be outside the edifice when it collapses. That doesn't mean it'll be plain sailing.

    A ship in a harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are for.

    Dr. Foxinsox, if only you'd tipped it!

    I wish I'd put more than a few pounds on Verstappen, but can't complain too much about a 250/1 winner in about a week.

    A ship in harbour is safe.. tell that to the Tirpitz.
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    foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Nigelb said:

    Not the least reason for continued bickering about what happens next is that much the same appears to being conducted, sometimes quite publicly, within the cabinet.
    When there's no settled policy, it seems rather otiose to argue that those who voted remain ought just to shut up.

    Cabinet members ticking each other off publically, and being slapped down by the PM does indeed give the impression that there is no plan.

    I have not seen any evidence that there is a plan, or that May is capable of forming one. In the absence of a plan the outcome defaults to Hard Brexit. Get used to it.
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    AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 23,754
    Charles said:

    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.

    language is the strategic advantage that can't be replicated. Arabs and Chinese don't want to do business in French or German. If the City moves wholesale then it will lose that business.

    A deal with Dublin strikes me as the most likely outcome. It intrigues me that Ireland has not been as publicly aggressive as France and (to a lesser extent) Frankfurt in seeking to attract business from London
    why upset your biggest client when taking business from him ?
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    Nigelb said:

    Not the least reason for continued bickering about what happens next is that much the same appears to being conducted, sometimes quite publicly, within the cabinet.
    When there's no settled policy, it seems rather otiose to argue that those who voted remain ought just to shut up.

    Cabinet members ticking each other off publically, and being slapped down by the PM does indeed give the impression that there is no plan.

    I have not seen any evidence that there is a plan, or that May is capable of forming one. In the absence of a plan the outcome defaults to Hard Brexit. Get used to it.
    If it has to be it has to be. Sod them and their freedom of movement danegeld
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    NigelbNigelb Posts: 62,479
    Charles said:

    On financial services: it's almost as if they're setting out to influence* the strategy and negotiations of the UK Government.

    *Obviously, this is fine. But it does mean we shouldn't necessarily take the Exodus of Money as gospel truth. After all, neither New York nor Singapore are members of the EU.

    language is the strategic advantage that can't be replicated. Arabs and Chinese don't want to do business in French or German. If the City moves wholesale then it will lose that business.

    A deal with Dublin strikes me as the most likely outcome. It intrigues me that Ireland has not been as publicly aggressive as France and (to a lesser extent) Frankfurt in seeking to attract business from London
    Ireland has the most to lose of any European nation from Brexit, and potentially much to gain from British goodwill during the negotiations. I'm sure they'll welcome any such business, but quietly.
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    CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    IanB2 said:

    Indigo said:

    Christ... BrExit recrimination thread number 363.

    See you later guys.

    Out of a series of 3000...
    Of course we all know that when OGH pushes a meme this aggressively it's because he's trying to influence the outside world (Like he did with the LibDem local vote before the GE) - ie it's not getting any traction in real life.
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    IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    edited October 2016
    Banks to keep supporting UKIP if Kassam is leader... should add to the gaiety of the nation

    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/10/22/millionaire-donor-arron-banks-backs-kassam-ukip-leader/

    (CiF is imploding with the cognitive dissonance about the "racist" kippers having a brown person in charge)
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    SandpitSandpit Posts: 49,859
    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    IanB2 said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    Sandpit said:

    Alistair said:

    JackW said:

    Alistair said:

    McMullin for Utah!

    Oh, have i mentioned that I have a 25/1 bet on McMullin? How immodest of me.
    My only regret is that I only have fun money available to bet at the moment so it was only a tenner.
    Betting hindsight is a wonderful study of the human brain.

    I wish I'd had more than a tenner on Corbyn first time round too, but at the time thought it was no more than a cover on the 100/1 outsider in a four horse race. Along with most others who were on here that morning.

    Betting for beer money is also less stressful on the night. I'm just gonna sit down with a bottle of vodka and a large tub of popcorn, and see what happens!!
    Pah, only putting a tenner on Corbyn at 100/1 pales in comparison to my not taking the fiver available on Corbyn at 900ish on betfair when I heard he was putting his name forward.
    Hey ho. Some lucky bugger got that, and some very unfortunate bugger was on the other side of it!

    Seriously, who the hell puts up four and a half grand to win a fiver, three or four months out?
    Surely it could be lots of small bets - people trying to make the sort of return that once-upon-a-time banks used to offer as guaranteed, by betting on things that at the time look like dead certs?

    In every previous Labour leadership contest a left-winger has stood, often helped onto the ballot, half-heartedly gone through the motions and been well defeated by a mainstream candidate. At the moment that Corby was helped onto the ballot it looked like a sure fire lay.
    Oh sure, but at 1/900 I think most of us would just leave it in the bank, offsetting the mortgage for a few months.
    Fair point. There must come odds where laying is hardly worth it. Nevertheless Corbyn becoming labour leader must have looked so unlikely that some will have seen the money, if only pennies, as essentially free.
    Indeed. There's a place for odds-on betting, but the risks quickly outweigh the rewards. I emptied the savings account into a number of Tory constituency bets at prices from 1/5 to 1/10, a couple of weeks before GE'15, that's about my personal limit.

    Lots of us had the 1/8 on NOM on the morning of the election and scrambled to unwind it after the Nuneaton result came in and the majority looked possible.
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    RogerRoger Posts: 18,891
    edited October 2016

    Roger said:

    Indigo said:

    Please get with it: the destruction of our financial services, decades of economic stagnation and decline in our international influence is but a small price to pay for Freedom! And we'll also get less immigration.
    Woe woe and thrice woe! The end of the world is nigh!

    Christ what a lot of crying on this board, the decision has been taken for good or ill, move the fuck on.
    I'm with you all the way. The collapse of our service industries which provide 70% of our exports is a price well worth paying. We just need an uplift in nail bars and dry cleaners and no one'll notice
    Financial services are one thing (though I expect the moves to be piecemeal, as hiring stops here, natural wastage occurs and new jobs are in Frankfurt and Geneva), but the Brexiteers risk trashing the brand in a Trump like orgy of narcisstic pique. Our cultural brand is a large part of the value of our exports in design, fashion, music, TV etc; the damage to these could be very significant.
    You make a very good point. The value of the British brand in most of the creative and cultural fields was second to none. We punched way above our weight. The damage that was done to the UK brand by the vote alone is incalculable.

    From representing an outgoing creative powerhouse 'brand UK' has become a symbol of UKIP 'Little Englanders'. Why should those of us in the service sector accept the damage to our livelihoods and the country's livelihood by the votes of some very ignorant people who have no idea of the implications of what they were doing or how the country makes its money.
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    RobDRobD Posts: 58,961
    Charles said:

    IanB2 said:

    Indigo said:

    Christ... BrExit recrimination thread number 363.

    See you later guys.

    Out of a series of 3000...
    Of course we all know that when OGH pushes a meme this aggressively it's because he's trying to influence the outside world (Like he did with the LibDem local vote before the GE) - ie it's not getting any traction in real life.
    I'm petty sure OGH sent a tweet in error that wiped billions of the global stock markets.

    May be exaggerating just a tad on that one :D
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    Paul_BedfordshirePaul_Bedfordshire Posts: 3,632
    edited October 2016
    Charles said:

    IanB2 said:

    Indigo said:

    Christ... BrExit recrimination thread number 363.

    See you later guys.

    Out of a series of 3000...
    Of course we all know that when OGH pushes a meme this aggressively it's because he's trying to influence the outside world (Like he did with the LibDem local vote before the GE) - ie it's not getting any traction in real life.
    .
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