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Post by cronus » Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:22 am

Well, screaming blue labour Jeremy...reluctant but when is the best time to kick a man when he's down? :read:
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:16 pm

Any chance at all that Labour could win? What are the odds at the bookies?
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Post by cronus » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:37 pm

pErvin wrote:Any chance at all that Labour could win? What are the odds at the bookies?
No chance, Michael Foot the second. :coffee:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:40 pm

Very little chance of not returning a Tory government, even with the Tories natural rivals the Lib Dems opposing Brexit - if Labour opposed Brexit then things would be far more uncertain for the Conservatives. What May is hoping for is to increase her slim majority at Westminster so that she's not being held hostage to the hard-Brexit right-wing of her own party. In that she's been very canny: those hard-Brexiteers will now have to go out into their constituencies and actively promote her political agenda above their own. Like the Brexit referendum itself this is all about micro-managing the bubbling internecine conflict within the Conservative party - all May's rhetoric about strong leadership and national unity has to been viewed in that light.
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Post by Svartalf » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:49 pm

Seriously, May has done this move because labour is at lowest ebb and she's sure it will give her a full term to negociate Brexit and adjust to the changes.
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Post by Hermit » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:52 pm

pErvin wrote:Any chance at all that Labour could win? What are the odds at the bookies?
Surprisingly good. Currently the odds range from seven to ten for one for a Labour win, while the range for a Conservative win is one for ten to 14. You can check for changes offered by over two dozen UK bookmakers here.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:55 pm

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pErvin wrote:Any chance at all that Labour could win? What are the odds at the bookies?
No chance, Michael Foot the second. :coffee:
It is exactly what I said when he was elected leader. I was booed down in no uncertain order. That nobody else saw that?
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:57 pm

What are the odds for Corbyn being criticised for his jumper choice during the campaign?
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:57 pm

Svartalf wrote:Seriously, May has done this move because labour is at lowest ebb and she's sure it will give her a full term to negociate Brexit and adjust to the changes.
She first requires 2/3 majority to get the election. Is the PLP going to be turkeys voting for xmas? Labour is in no state to go into an election.
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:59 pm

Well we all know who the Blairites are going to be voting for. Imagine being that much of a political elite that you would vote for your main rival.
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Post by Strontium Dog » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:41 pm

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pErvin wrote:Any chance at all that Labour could win? What are the odds at the bookies?
Surprisingly good. Currently the odds range from seven to ten for one for a Labour win, while the range for a Conservative win is one for ten to 14. You can check for changes offered by over two dozen UK bookmakers here.
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Post by NineBerry » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:51 pm

Bookmakers were so wrong with regard to Brexit and Trump...

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Post by Hermit » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:01 pm

NineBerry wrote:Bookmakers were so wrong with regard to Brexit and Trump...
...the odds of getting one right again are improving. :mrgreen:
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Post by PsychoSerenity » Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:56 pm

Oh fuck off politics and news. I need you out of my life for a while and you do something like this?
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:40 pm

I hope you'll express your feelings at the ballot box then PS.

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