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After this week’s “pollercoaster” now YOU predict the election in PB’s Prize Competition

After this week’s “pollercoaster” now YOU predict the election in PB’s Prize Competition

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Politicalbetting's Marf pic.twitter.com/D3MPN5IxJe — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) February 18, 2015 Win a Marf cartoon & a betting prize GE15 Competition Phase 1 Using the bespoke NoJam template you will need to enter seat totals for the main parties. The winner will be the person with the smallest overall error. The plan is to run several competitions as we get closer. I am delighted to announce that Sporting Index, which is sponsoring PB’s General Election coverage, has agreed to provide a…

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Will Jim Murphy arrest Labour’s slide in the Scottish polls or will it get worse? Enter the competition

Will Jim Murphy arrest Labour’s slide in the Scottish polls or will it get worse? Enter the competition

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pic.twitter.com/Drgab0QAIL — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) December 14, 2014 What’s the December Record/Survation poll going to show? There’s little doubt that the biggest uncertainty about next May’s general election is what’s going to happen in the 41 seats that Labour currently holds in Scotland. If recent polling turns out to be right they could be left with barely half a dozen of them – an outcome that could have a catastrophic impact on the party’s hope to return to power. It…

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And the winner of the PB Rochester and Strood competition is…..

And the winner of the PB Rochester and Strood competition is…..

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N.Simms with the winning entry “UKIP by 7.26%” This was 0.02% short of the actual margin of 7.28% and the winner got closest. Congratulations. The winner will receive a copy of the new book edited by Philip Cowley and Rob Ford “Sex Lies & The Ballot Box” which was launched earlier this month and has attracted a fair bit of publicity. Congratulations. Thanks to Mark Hopkins of www.nojam.com for creating the structure for this competition. It has worked well and…

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As the Rochester campaign moves into its final frenetic days your chance to predict the outcome in a PB prize competition

As the Rochester campaign moves into its final frenetic days your chance to predict the outcome in a PB prize competition

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Tories in Rochester attacking Mark Reckless for "studying politics at Oxford". Via @genghisthekahn: pic.twitter.com/QkLCpZnb3s — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 14, 2014 Please enter your prediction on the embedded form below. The winner will receive a copy of the new book edited by Philip Cowley and Rob Ford “Sex Lies & The Ballot Box” which was launched earlier this month and has attracted a fair bit of publicity. I am grateful to Nojam.com for helping create a competition entry system that…

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Who got closest to LAB’s winning margin of 18.36% in South Yorks?

Who got closest to LAB’s winning margin of 18.36% in South Yorks?

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pic.twitter.com/1liyREzEHr — PolPics (@PolPics) November 1, 2014 Time to claim your prize The final result in Thursday South Yorkshire PCC by-elections had LAB ahead of UKIP by 18.36%. If you think that you are near please submit your claim by 1800 tomorrow to Competitions@politicalbetting.com. The winner will receive a copy of the new book edited by Philip Cowley and Rob Ford “Sex Lies & The Ballot Box” which was launched this week and has attracted a fair bit of publicity….

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Predict Thursday’s South Yorkshire PCC by-election and win the political book that everybody’s talking about

Predict Thursday’s South Yorkshire PCC by-election and win the political book that everybody’s talking about

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pic.twitter.com/VFY8BtH0Cw — PolPics (@PolPics) October 28, 2014 Which party will win and what’ll be the winning percentage margin? Last night I attended a splendid book launch for the book by the academic duo of Phil Cowley and Rob Rord featured above. Extracts have received a fair bit of coverage in the past couple of days particularly on the sexual traits of different party supporters. The book is a compendium if fascinating political tales aimed, I’d suggest, at the political geek…

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The “Wisdom of Crowds/PBers”: What you/they think will happen in 2014

The “Wisdom of Crowds/PBers”: What you/they think will happen in 2014

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PB 2014 competition predictions now out (Firstly, apologies for the delay in getting these predictions released – I’ve been absolutely flat out at work with year-end, so thanks for your patience.) 80 pundits took part in PB’s annual crystal ball-gazing exercise, looking at everything from UK leaders at Christmas, the Scottish independence referendum and the Euro-elections, to key international elections, and predictions for the opinion polls from ICM. Full details of the player-by-player predictions are available here.   UK leaders:…

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The PB 2014 Prediction Competition

The PB 2014 Prediction Competition

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It’s time to make your predictions for 2014… It’s going to be a busy year ahead – the Euros, Scotland, and the world’s four biggest democracies all voting. Who’ll win the UK Euro-Elections, and will Scotland be on the road to independence by the end of the year? Will the coalition still be in place at Christmas? It’s time to dust off your crystal ball and make your competition predictions for 2014. As before the competition is being hosted by…

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