US Presidential Election 2016

Betfair trading & Punting on politics. Be aware there is a lot of off topic discussion in this group centred on Political views.
Post Reply
User avatar
to75ne
Posts: 2413
Joined: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:37 pm

ShaunWhite wrote:
LeTiss 4pm wrote: I will always consider Nigel Farage as the greatest Prime Minister we never had
I can't believe City boy Farage managed to pull the wool over so many people's eyes...'champion of the working class eh'? lol He would have sided with anyone who'd help him get the power and money he always wanted....and look where he is now. Job done, and all at the expense of the UK economy which will not be good in the next 5yrs for the people he pretended to represent.
there is a lot of truth in that but, the eu, globalised markets, big corporations have left many working class people behind.

it would seem that a lot of working people have derived little or nothing from the uk being in the eu, and decided they have nothing to lose by getting out of the eu.

maybe they will win by being of out the eu and the metropolitan big city/london types will lose.

leaving the eu as given them hope that they will get a fairer crack of the whip for a change.
User avatar
gazuty
Posts: 2547
Joined: Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:03 am
Location: Green land :)

It was all set out in this article Euler found.

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=12297&p=104048&hil ... ed#p104048
User avatar
ShaunWhite
Posts: 9731
Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:42 am

to75ne wrote: it would seem that a lot of working people have derived little or nothing from the uk being in the eu
There's no doubt the great unwashed needed a champion, but it's proof of how dismal the socialists have been when they feel better represented by two right-leaning arch capitalists.
User avatar
superfrank
Posts: 2762
Joined: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:28 pm

A snowflake reacts with typical grace to their new democratically elected president’s inauguration...
https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/822514006518853632
User avatar
marksmeets302
Posts: 527
Joined: Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:37 pm

User avatar
workpeter
Posts: 165
Joined: Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:29 pm

The liberal media slam Trump for picking billionaires in his cabinet of which most are white men. Saying they cant identifying with the common citizen.

So let me ask this. If you had to have your betfair account managed by someone else, who would you pick? The common users who typically loses or someone who has made lots of money from it. Would you pick the best person or does skin tone play a factor?
User avatar
ShaunWhite
Posts: 9731
Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:42 am

workpeter wrote:The liberal media slam Trump for picking billionaires in his cabinet of which most are white men. Saying they cant identifying with the common citizen.

So let me ask this. If you had to have your betfair account managed by someone else, who would you pick? The common users who typically loses or someone who has made lots of money from it. Would you pick the best person or does skin tone play a factor?
That's the difference between business and politics. Trump's got a lot to learn about how they differ and why. What do people want? a fractured society or more money in the bank...money comes a poor second.
User avatar
Naffman
Posts: 5626
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:46 am

I think most people see through that now (bar the Corbyn loving lefties of course)
User avatar
to75ne
Posts: 2413
Joined: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:37 pm

cant see billionaires doing much to help anybody except themselfs.
User avatar
LeTiss
Posts: 5386
Joined: Fri May 08, 2009 6:04 pm

Let's not forget something here, people in the public eye are obsessed with their public image.

All these celebrities jumping on the bandwagon about Trump and Brexit, claiming it's terrible blah blah blah. How many of them in private actually voted for Trump or Brexit? More than you'd believe!
User avatar
Naffman
Posts: 5626
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:46 am

They've probably been told that showing yourself as a Trump supporter somehow won't help ratings ;)
User avatar
LeTiss
Posts: 5386
Joined: Fri May 08, 2009 6:04 pm

Fair enough, but when you get leftie cunts like Lily Allen and Gary Lineker ramming their self righteous bullshit down people's throats, you realise their opinions counts for fuckk all
User avatar
workpeter
Posts: 165
Joined: Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:29 pm

ShaunWhite wrote: What do people want? a fractured society or more money in the bank...money comes a poor second.
Well lets just hope Trump doesn't believe they are mutually exclusive.
User avatar
ShaunWhite
Posts: 9731
Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2016 3:42 am

LeTiss wrote:Fair enough, but when you get leftie cunts like Lily Allen and Gary Lineker ramming their self righteous bullshit down people's throats, you realise their opinions counts for fuckk all
You make Lineker sound like Lenin...I was always suspicious of that little pointy beard.

BUT....I'm a lot of things LeTiss and certainly left of you, but that doesn't make me or people like me .... "cunts".... you're bang out of order sunshine. I might be a 'leftie' but I'm not one of those soppy ones who'll take that kind of bs so pack it in.
vankancisco
Posts: 75
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:54 pm

Politics is a very difficult concept to understand if you've never been involved. The fact is that politics is all around us and is part of every day life. The trouble society has, is relating this to democracy and governance - and making it work in an inclusive manner as it should. There's a tendency for only political obsessives to be involved, and that means there's a major inefficiency in the system. This results in wrong decisions being made, and a lack of action where it is needed. You could compare it to a market that has insufficient liquidity.

I generally hold a political philosophy of balance and compromise. I'd certainly always be against and worried by groups like UKIP. Their aim is to move the goalposts to a very slippery slope.
Post Reply

Return to “Political betting & arguing”