General Election 2019 (UK)

[sa7med]

The popular illusion is that bright people are Tory and those less fortunate are Labour but the stats show that the higher the level of education, the less right wing people are.

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Not that I disagree, but that's not really a citation. More like some colours arranged inside a rectangle without an actual source

[Naffman]

The popular illusion is that bright people are Tory and those less fortunate are Labour but the stats show that the higher the level of education, the less right wing people are.

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Not that I disagree, but that's not really a citation. More like some colours arranged inside a rectangle without an actual source

Wonder how many of those are meaningless arts degrees

[ShaunWhite]

Not that I disagree, but that's not really a citation. More like some colours arranged inside a rectangle without an actual source

YouGov. But they're all the same. It's not intellectual snobbery either, I failed my A-Levels.

[ShaunWhite]

Wonder how many of those are meaningless arts degrees

I've no idea but a degree proves a capacity to collate information and to draw approprate conclusions from it, the subject is fairly irrelevent.

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[IanG]

Hi Guys

Reminder if you're involved in the result don't trade. The real question here is that the
Tories are a short favourite. Is it a domination strategy or lay the favourite?


Edit: Maybe lay the draw?

[Euler]

I've been watching a lot of pundits and it's sort of amusing to see the bias leak through their predictions, summaries and writings.

Must be the hardest market to keep emotion in check.

[ShaunWhite]

I've been watching a lot of pundits and it's sort of amusing to see the bias leak through their predictions, summaries and writings.

Must be the hardest market to keep emotion in check.

The media's stock-in-trade is shock, jeopardy and tension. Saying it's getting close makes people tune in. Not really bias just doing their expected hype-job. They'd be doing the same if it was the other way round.
Seems like an undisputed Tory win to me. +40?

[Euler]

Was talking more about betting pundits than the media. But I despair at the lack of real debate and discussion during elections. But I can't pretend to know what the answer is.

I liked the question time format as it got rid of the comedy of the debates, which I thought were useless.

[ShaunWhite]

Was talking more about betting pundits than the media. But I despair at the lack of real debate and discussion during elections. But I can't pretend to know what the answer is.

I liked the question time format as it got rid of the comedy of the debates, which I thought were useless.

Being a one topic election has definately spoilt the deeper debate. All the talk is about what Labour leavers will do, but Tory remainers are a question mark too. Do they vote to leave Europe permanently, or choose to stomach Corbyn for a few years and go for the slim chance of staying in via ref2. Labour leavers should probably vote Labour to get what they want (but are unlikely to), it's not like Labour are trying to stop it, they just want a confirmation.

[ShaunWhite]

Was talking more about betting pundits

That's interesting, I hadn't even thought of looking at politics tipsters.

What outcome would you prefer to draw in the office sweepstake?

[Dallas]

I'm just reading the rules/laws if to finish off this 3.5 barmy years we've had what would happen if the Tory's got a majority but Boris lost his seat.

Surprising to me it appears "there's no constitutional bar to the PM not being a member of either House of Parliament".
It does go onto say that in reality in this day and age someone in a safe seat will immediately be stood down and a by-election triggered with Boris catapultied in!

Nothing would really surprise me anymore and no matter what happens tomorrow I'm fully expected some form of crazy twist or turn before this week ends.

[Dallas]

Then again knowing Boris he may just use the consitution in his favour and remain PM while being answerable to no one but the Tory members

[Derek27]

I wonder if Boris could continue to run the country as PM from prison.

[Euler]

Best tweet of the night

The good news is that whatever the result tomorrow we'll all accept it and move on.

[dragontrades]

Prices getting tasty again