If the betting markets have this right today’s Republican primary winner will be the next President of France
Francois Fillon is a 69% chance
Francois Fillon is a 69% chance
A bird’s-eye view, from over the pond by Julian Glassford The political earthquake that the Republican Party’s president-elect has sparked is bigger than the United States of America, and bigger, even, than the ego of “braggadocios” Donald Trump. With tremors still being felt right around the globe, the shock outcome has taken virtually everyone by surprise and left not just the Democratic Party but also donkeys in the media looking rather jolted, dazed, and confused. Meanwhile, the call goes out for…
Final weekend LD leaflet seeking to make the by-election about BREXIT We are being given numbers for a reason not as a poll alternative With just four days left to the Richmond Park by-election it looks as though there won’t be a final published poll and to fill this void the Green Party backed Lib Dem campaign has made some numbers available to the Observer. These are: Zac 46.7% LDs 43.3% LAB 9.5% This is not a poll but what…
Their stupid voting system could let in an unpopular extremist Just as one never-ending presidential election ends, another begins. France goes to the polls again tomorrow to pick the centre-right candidate of Les Républicains; their choice being between former prime minister Alain Juppé and former prime minister François Fillon. Fillon is the extremely strong favourite (1/16 with Ladbrokes, to Juppé’s 8/1); a remarkable turnaround given that the polls in the week of the first round of the primary indicated a…
At last a positive step from LAB to help the LDs in the Richmond Park by-election. Corbyn is visiting the constituency on Sunday — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 25, 2016 https://twitter.com/ChrisTwick/status/802213361358401537 Billionaire's son Zac Goldsmth whinging again about facing opposition in the by-election caused by HIS resignationhttps://t.co/eMFBpvVPJ3 pic.twitter.com/yFuULjBYoC — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 25, 2016
@MSmithsonPB pic.twitter.com/DBtOt3sQHk — Sir Radfoot Strongdoctor (@rstrongdoctor) November 21, 2016 THE UK is now odds-on to still be a full member of the EU on the 1st of January 2020, according to Ladbrokes. Tony Blair’s claim that Brexit can be stopped has moved the market, making it now just 10/11 Britain remain as full members, with 3/1 offered on another vote taking place before the same date. As a result Blair is also now at the centre of a long-odds…
Brexit: Sir John Major says 'perfectly credible' case for second referendum https://t.co/TsTpGa4JYU — Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) November 25, 2016 And he warns against the “tyranny of the majority” The big BREXIT development overnight has been a speech by the former Tory leader and PM, Sir John Major, which seems to run directly against that which Theresa May is seeking to achieve. According to a Press Association report he told a private dinner “that the 48% of people who voted to…