O/T Theresa

[tarquinbeech]

There's a lot of scoffing and triumphalism from the left-wing types on TV and social media tonight, which is actually a good thing for the Conservatives, because that type of politics doesn't sit well with the public in the long run. It won't save Theresa May (and nor should it), but it suggests the mood amongst Labourites is not dissimilar to the one of arrogance and over-confidence around the famous Sheffield rally in 1992, which ultimately wrecked their chances. I don't think Corbyn's a bad guy to be honest, but there's something about a number of his followers that's really vitriolic and unpleasant. They need to be given enough rope to hang themselves.

Totally agree....there are people on here that love it when the country starts to collapse.....MagpieTony mentioned it months ago when people were actually delighting in us struggling with Barnier and the EU stance....they delight in Anarchy and failure....Labour would be the biggest disaster to hit this country since the Black Death IMO......they are a party full of weirdos, backed by militant extremists and a half-decent leader.

TM is toast, find a better leader and let's fight it out on ideology and not personality

[tarquinbeech]

I would say most of my bets are losing ones, but that doesn't stop the winning ones making an overall profit. Value is the key.



Yes. Thankfully, that should be a loser.



I have two types of bets - serious ones which I think offer value for money, and 'consolation' bets which are designed to dull the pain a bit if the worst happens. Here's a recent example:

EVENT SELECTION PRICE E/W TERMS RESULT STATUS
Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United ENG League Championship Match Betting - 90 Mins Nottingham Forest 13/8 Win only Won Settled
Mansfield Town v Notts County ENG League Two Match Betting - 90 Mins Mansfield Town 5/4 Win only Won Settled
Bet ID: ***96160100 20:20 Bet Type: Double Stake: £ 5.00

That was a fiver double on the 'worst case scenario' of Notts losing and Forest winning at the weekend. Sadly it was a winner, even though I would much rather have lost the fiver than suffer the pain I did at Field Mill. It's really just a little mind game I play with myself and I really don't care what you or anyone else thinks about it. I know why I do it and that's all that matters. Regarding sitting on the fence, you are talking out of your arse. My opinions are very clear and specific, it's not my problem if you are incapable of understanding them.

Well done on betting Notts to lose.

Your views are rarely "clear and specific"......you publicise one thing on here....then back the opposite so that you have both ends covered....strange.

Basically, like the Bankers that sell Sub-Prime Loans, then back that they lose......you are one of life's opportunists.....congratulations

[Elite_Pie]

2. To simplify then: There will be no leadership contest and the longer she's there, the stronger she'll get.

Only in that weird little blue bubble that you and Soccerman inhabit! It's an open secret that the Tory party don't want her as leader, they just can't decide when to get rid and who to replace her with. The longer she stays, the weaker the Conservative party will get.

[Elite_Pie]

Your views are rarely "clear and specific"......you publicise one thing on here....then back the opposite so that you have both ends covered....strange.

It's not strange at all, it's more that you just don't have the intelligence to understand it. Your problem not mine. I have backed FGR at 11/2 to beat Notts on Saturday, but I can guarantee that there will be no-one in the ground wanting Notts to win more than me. Now that is clear and specific, but I expect it's probably more than your brain can comprehend.

[tarquinbeech]

Only in that weird little blue bubble that you and Soccerman inhabit! It's an open secret that the Tory party don't want her as leader, they just can't decide when to get rid and who to replace her with. The longer she stays, the weaker the Conservative party will get.

Now we finally agree on something.......the problem is that the Tories need to find someone that appeals to both right and left of their own party.....PLUS to the wider electorate....Boris is my choice BUT I know that I am not Joe Public......I backed Leadsome in the original in-party election and got it wrong.....now I'm not sure who fits the "perfect" bill

[tarquinbeech]

It's not strange at all, it's more that you just don't have the intelligence to understand it. Your problem not mine. I have backed FGR at 11/2 to beat Notts on Saturday, but I can guarantee that there will be no-one in the ground wanting Notts to win more than me. Now that is clear and specific, but I expect it's probably more than your brain can comprehend.

Strange how you resort to insults once again......have I insulted you anywhere in this conversation?

[Elite_Pie]

Strange how you resort to insults once again......have I insulted you anywhere in this conversation?

I didn't insult you. I merely pointed out your failure to understand. That's factual rather than insulting.

[tarquinbeech]

I didn't insult you. I merely pointed out your failure to understand. That's factual rather than insulting.

So because I disagree with you....I have a "failure in my understanding...a difficulty in comprehension...a lack of intelligence"?

How do you know this?.......maybe I am actually smarter than you, with full understanding and comprehension....and it is you that is wrong, again

I warned you not not to go to Cuba in the hurricane season, you went and got locked in your room for 2 days....who is the smart one Elite?

Oh yes.....you got a free holiday out of it and bragged about it on here....Wow, risking the life of your wife and daughter......not exactly very smart IMO.

[drillerpie]

Back to the speech yesterday, did anyone find it strange that she made a passionate defence of the free market then announced caps on energy bills because, erm, the free market isn't working?

[sidders]

Back to the speech yesterday, did anyone find it strange that she made a passionate defence of the free market then announced caps on energy bills because, erm, the free market isn't working?

God point, Driller. On a similar plane, she pledged herself to more council houses (call it affordable/social housing, whatever) without pointing out that it was the Tories' great champion, Thatcher, who authored this mess by selling off council stock. And people wonder why I question the virtues of capitalism.
In fact her speech yesterday pinched from Labour's canon left, right and centre - social injustice, racial prejudice (stop & search). Most of what she said chimed with me but after 7 years why are the Tories still lacking in these areas?