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Tories deliberately made unpopular so as to keep Wallace in?

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  • Moby
    Moby Posts: 3,918 Forumite
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    Conrad wrote: »
    made my day :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Doesn't take much to make you a happy chappie does it!
    Don't forget David Milliband may be itching to get back. There is some real talent now on the Labour front bench!
  • Fella
    Fella Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Haha 3 posts in a row you sound increasingly frantic by the second.

    Cameron's masterstroke this week has really got you cacking your pants hasn't it? You must be sitting their absolutely gutted that Miliband et al may well have lost the election this week.

    Quick, post another 20 or 30 times, maybe you can persuade the entire country to vote Labour. Or maybe not.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Fella wrote: »
    Haha 3 posts in a row you sound increasingly frantic by the second.

    Cameron's masterstroke this week has really got you cacking your pants hasn't it? You must be sitting their absolutely gutted that Miliband et al may well have lost the election this week.

    Quick, post another 20 or 30 times, maybe you can persuade the entire country to vote Labour. Or maybe not.

    The bookies are not quite as delusional as you ;)
    http://www.oddschecker.com/politics-and-election/next-uk-general-election/most-seats
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    Fella wrote: »
    Haha 3 posts in a row you sound increasingly frantic by the second.

    Cameron's masterstroke this week has really got you cacking your pants hasn't it? You must be sitting their absolutely gutted that Miliband et al may well have lost the election this week.

    Quick, post another 20 or 30 times, maybe you can persuade the entire country to vote Labour. Or maybe not.

    You can bet Labour are cacking at the moment.

    The characteristic response will be Balls coming up with some "soak the rich" scheme in the next week or two. This in the hope that some of their Eurosceptic followers can be lured back by some good old fashioned, dog-in-the-manger, redistributionary-for-its-own-sake socialism.
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    The bookies are not quite as delusional as you ;)
    http://www.oddschecker.com/politics-and-election/next-uk-general-election/most-seats


    If you believed in the infallibility of the bookies you'd bet on the favourite in every horse race. Does anyone believe that would be the way to make a fortune ?
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    GeorgeHowell wrote: »
    If you believed in the infallibility of the bookies you'd bet on the favourite in every horse race. Does anyone believe that would be the way to make a fortune ?


    I should imagine more favourites win than lose in 2 horse races, you are fully entitled to disagree on the odds and make yourself a few quid :)
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    I should imagine more favourites win than lose in 2 horse races, you are fully entitled to disagree on the odds and make yourself a few quid :)



    These are just ante-post odds, we haven't got anywhere near starting prices yet. :)
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    GeorgeHowell wrote: »
    You can bet Labour are cacking at the moment.

    The characteristic response will be Balls coming up with some "soak the rich" scheme in the next week or two. This in the hope that some of their Eurosceptic followers can be lured back by some good old fashioned, dog-in-the-manger, redistributionary-for-its-own-sake socialism.

    Why do they need to lure voters back?
    Yesterday we had two polls conducted partially after the referendum announcement, from YouGov and TNS, neither of which showed any boost for the Conservatives. Today’s YouGov is the first conducted entirely after the referendum announcement and has topline figures of CON 33%, LAB 43%, LDEM 10%, UKIP 9% – so no obvious impact at all.
    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • BertieUK
    BertieUK Posts: 1,701 Forumite
    Gosh I think that I have a ringside seat tonight and the battle of words are not letting up.

    I am not entering the ring at all. i just wonder will it be a knockout or a points win for George.
  • GeorgeHowell
    GeorgeHowell Posts: 2,739 Forumite
    StevieJ wrote: »
    Why do they need to lure voters back?
    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/

    A week is a long time in politics, let alone two years.

    Remember Kinnock ?
    No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. He had money as well.

    The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

    Margaret Thatcher
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