Westminster Election 12th December 2019

[omaghjoe]

Any chance of decimals?

[johnnycool]

Gotta love Mark Carruthers on the View last night.

He gave Steve Aitken an awful time last night and the previous week gave Naomi Long a working and then to cap it off he goes to a panel of "political commentators" to see how the interviewee got on and the blonde woman, Fionnuala O'Connor certainly doesn't hold back on her opinions either.

If he keeps that up Michelle O'Neill and Arlene will be torn asunder.

[Farrandeelin]

Gotta love Mark Carruthers on the View last night.

He gave Steve Aitken an awful time last night and the previous week gave Naomi Long a working and then to cap it off he goes to a panel of "political commentators" to see how the interviewee got on and the blonde woman, Fionnuala O'Connor certainly doesn't hold back on her opinions either.

If he keeps that up Michelle O'Neill and Arlene will be torn asunder.

I don't particularly like Michelle O'Neill

[Don Johnson]

Latest odds by constituency from Paddy Power, updated from 5th November, correct at time of this post.

* Latest odds are the rightmost published next to party & candidate
* Favourite has their odds listed in bold
* Any previous odds for a party & candidate are in light grey
* Odds for a party & candidate not yet published by PP are simply blanked ( --- ) for now
* Odds given by PP for a party in a constituency where they are not standing a candidate has been scrubbed from this list

North Belfast



   

Alliance - Nuala McAllister DUP - Nigel Dodds Sinn Fein - John Finucane

66/1 4/6 4/5 Eve 5/6

East Belfast



   

Alliance - Naomi Long DUP - Gavin Robinson UUP - Carl McClean

5/4 8/13 4/9 50/1

South Belfast



   

Alliance - Paula Bradshaw Aontú - Chris McHugh DUP - Emma Little-Pengelly SDLP - Claire Hanna UUP - Michael Henderson

7/2 --- 6/1 5/1 2/9 125/1

West Belfast



   

Alliance - Donnamarie Higgins Aontú - Monica Digney DUP - Frank McCoubrey PBP - Gerry Carroll SDLP - Paul Doherty Sinn Fein - Paul Maskey

100/1 --- 100/1 --- 100/1 1/200

East Antrim



   

Alliance - Danny Donnelly Conservatives (NI) - Aaron Rankin DUP - Sammy Wilson Greens (NI) - Philip Randle SDLP - Angela Mulhollan Sinn Fein - Oliver McMullan UUP - Steve Aiken

33/1 100/1 1/200 100/1 66/1 66/1 66/1

East Derry (aka East Londonderry)



   

Alliance - Chris McCaw Aontú - Sean McNicholl DUP - Gregory Campbell SDLP - Cara Hunter Sinn Fein - Dermot Nicholl UUP - Richard Holmes

100/1 --- 1/100 66/1 66/1 100/1

Fermanagh & South Tyrone



   

Alliance - Matthew Beaumont SDLP - Adam Gannon Sinn Fein - Michelle Gildernew UUP - Tom Elliott Independent - Caroline Wheeler

100/1 100/1 8/15 1/4 11/8 5/2 ---

Foyle



   

Alliance - Rachael Ferguson Aontú - Anne McCloskey DUP - Gary Middleton PBP - Shaun Harkin SDLP - Colum Eastwood Sinn Fein - Elisha McCallion UUP - Darren Guy

100/1 --- 100/1 --- 4/6 1/4 11/10 5/2 ---

Lagan Valley



   

Alliance - Sorcha Eastwood Conservatives (NI) - Gary Hynds DUP - Jeffrey Donaldson SDLP - Ally Haydock Sinn Fein - Gary McCleave UKIP - Alan Love UUP - Robbie Butler

20/1 100/1 1/200 100/1 100/1 --- 100/1 50/1

Mid Ulster



   

Alliance - Mel Boyle DUP - Keith Buchanan SDLP - Denise Johnson Sinn Fein - Francie Molloy UUP - Neil Richardson Independent - Conor Rafferty

100/1 33/1 100/1 1/100 100/1 ---

Newry & Armagh



   

Alliance - Jackie Coade Aontú - Martin Kelly DUP - William Irwin SDLP - Peter Byrne Sinn Fein - Mickey Brady UUP - Sam Nicholson

100/1 --- 33/1 66/1 1/100 100/1

North Antrim



   

Alliance - Patricia O'Lynn DUP - Ian Paisley SDLP - Margaret Anne McKillop Sinn Fein - Cara McShane UUP - Robin Swann Independent - Stephen Palmer

66/1 1/200 100/1 50/1 50/1 33/1 ---

North Down



   

Alliance - Stephen Farry Conservatives (NI) - Matthew Robinson DUP - Alex Easton UUP - Alan Chambers

9/4 100/1 4/9 7/1

South Antrim



   

Alliance - John Blair DUP - Paul Girvan SDLP - Roisin Lynch Sinn Fein - Declan Kearney UUP - Danny Kinahan

3/1 4/1 4/7 4/6 100/1 100/1 13/5 7/4

South Down



   

Alliance - Patrick Brown Aontú - Paul Brady DUP - Glyn Hanna SDLP - Michael Savage Sinn Fein - Chris Hazzard UUP - Jill Macauley

100/1 60/1 --- 66/1 23/10 3/1 1/4 1/5 100/1

Strangford



   

Alliance - Kellie Armstrong Conservatives (NI) - Grant Abraham DUP - Jim Shannon Greens (NI) - Martin Macartney SDLP - Joe Boyle Sinn Fein - Ryan Carlin UKIP - Robert Stephenson UUP - Philip Smith

20/1 --- 1/200 1/50 --- 100/1 20/1 100/1 --- 100/1

Upper Bann



   

Alliance - Eóin Tennyson DUP - Carla Lockhart SDLP - Dolores Kelly Sinn Fein - John O'Dowd UUP - Doug Beattie

100/1 1/100 1/7 100/1 33/1 15/2 50/1 11/2

West Tyrone



   

Alliance - Stephen Donnelly Aontú - James Hope DUP - Thomas Buchanan Greens (NI) - Susan Glass SDLP - Daniel McCrossan Sinn Fein - Órfhlaith Begley UUP - Andy McKane

100/1 --- 50/1 --- 66/1 1/200 66/1

Finucane was actually 7/5 on Paddy Power when they first opened their markets.

SDLP were 4/7 at the start for South Belfast as well, though that was before SF agreed to withdraw.

Naomi Long was 6/4 at the start for East Belfast too, in slightly.

[seafoid]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/11/14/labours-migration-blindspot-has-lost-working-class/

However, this poll brings warnings for the Tories too. Their lead over Labour is just over half what it was four weeks out from the 2017 Election. Most of the underlying factors, like keeping Britain's streets safe and mending the divisions in the country, are in the Tories' favour, but the electoral maths mean that victory is still uncertain.

[Maroon Manc]

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

Another crackpot idea from Corbyn.

[RedHand88]

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

Another crackpot idea from Corbyn.

The idea that digging up every country lane to run cables is better than using satellite broadband is absolute beggars belief.

Corbyn is unelectable.

[johnnycool]

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

Another crackpot idea from Corbyn.

The idea that digging up every country lane to run cables is better than using satellite broadband is absolute beggars belief.

Corbyn is unelectable.

Fibre to the street I think its called and then twisted pair to your home. Can't see why anyone would need gigabit to their home all the same, 500M+ is madness.

BT are already structured in such a way (in GB anyway) where Openreach look after the infrastructure and BT apply the services over that.

Nationalising Openreach makes sense in some ways as currently there's a propensity for Openreach not to bother with some rural areas due to their perceived lack of uptake and I've been on the receiving end of their intransigence even when there's a fibre cabinet less than 100 metres from my front door and the hoors still won't make the investment to connect me and a dozen of my neighbours north of the cabinet, yet another neighbour south of that cabinet is getting 30M plus. I get 3 to 4 M at best.

BT and Openreach are historically renowned for being very slow to invest in new technologies and instead ring every last penny out of their current infrastructure and in doing so hold up the whole UK backbone. They are pissed off with not being allowed to install Huawei as in the telecoms world its cheap shit even though its improved immeasurably since i was involved in the telecoms world.

Corbyn putting a rocket up their arse will be a good thing for everybody.

[smelmoth]

Anyone who can pay less tax, will. Dont the government get enough off ordinary people? There are ways around it, just like there are for big companies. So if they don t pay, why should ordinary folk? Look after yourself, I say.

What are consequences for those that can't look after themselves? Are they just collateral damage?

[smelmoth]

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

Another crackpot idea from Corbyn.

The idea that digging up every country lane to run cables is better than using satellite broadband is absolute beggars belief.

Corbyn is unelectable.

Is this the proposal?

I think it's one where you need to see the full detail

[smelmoth]

The figures being used by the Tories in this campaign are incredible. Are we in a post truth era where there no consequences for bare faced lies.

Bojo has repeatedly claimed to have recruited 20,000 police officers. He has recruited none. He has claimed to have met some of these officers conveniently overlooking the fact that they don't actually exist.

Sunday's papers were full of the the £1.2 trillion that Labour would add to National Debt. The sums behind that were staggering. Haw Javid kept a straight face on Marr was a feat of some significance. He should have been on Britain's Got Talent

Immigration today and no mention that 20% of immigrants are now not fro EU

Labour's reform of Ofsted was portrayed as the abolition of the means of stopping children being bullied.

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

Another crackpot idea from Corbyn.

The idea that digging up every country lane to run cables is better than using satellite broadband is absolute beggars belief.

Corbyn is unelectable.

Fibre to the street I think its called and then twisted pair to your home. Can't see why anyone would need gigabit to their home all the same, 500M+ is madness.

BT are already structured in such a way (in GB anyway) where Openreach look after the infrastructure and BT apply the services over that.

Nationalising Openreach makes sense in some ways as currently there's a propensity for Openreach not to bother with some rural areas due to their perceived lack of uptake and I've been on the receiving end of their intransigence even when there's a fibre cabinet less than 100 metres from my front door and the hoors still won't make the investment to connect me and a dozen of my neighbours north of the cabinet, yet another neighbour south of that cabinet is getting 30M plus. I get 3 to 4 M at best.

BT and Openreach are historically renowned for being very slow to invest in new technologies and instead ring every last penny out of their current infrastructure and in doing so hold up the whole UK backbone. They are pissed off with not being allowed to install Huawei as in the telecoms world its cheap shit even though its improved immeasurably since i was involved in the telecoms world.

Corbyn putting a rocket up their arse will be a good thing for everybody.

free broadband is a great idea, the current system is a complete money grab, one house pays 10 quid a month as a new customer, the next door is paying 40  . people not savvy enough to keep changing provider get ripped off, esp the elderly, it's a disgrace

[magpie seanie]

I can confirm that Fibre from the cabinet is actually a thing here in the Republic. I've been round the houses on it!!! In the end I got mobile broadband which is perfectly fine. Fibre to the home expected any time now  so we'll see when that apprives what the options are.

[screenexile]

Corbyn wants to give everyone free broadband and pay them the same money for working less hours...

What a horrible bastard I vote Boris!!

[Kidder81]

Corbyn wants to give everyone free broadband and pay them the same money for working less hours...

What a horrible b**tard I vote Boris!!

It's some money tree he has found