Political Betting have put together a neat graph, showing the effect that Alistair Darling's 10p compensation package has had on Labour chances in Crewe and Nantwich. As far as the betting markets are concerned, the move has boosted Labour hopes. Which is exactly what Brown & Darling wanted in the first place...
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Henry
May 13th, 2008 10:29pmThis "mini budget" still leaves over one million of Britain's poorest worse off as a result of Brown's last budget at a time when inflation is going through the roof - their few hard earned and precious pounds stolen to fund a tax decrease for middle income voters.
How is this good? Or honourable? Or worthy of praise?
Are we really so cheap and intellectually dulled that we would change our minds and vote differently because of this sham? Are we all really so easily fooled by party trick politics?
And this from a Labour government which is supposed to care about the poor?
Tiberius
May 13th, 2008 10:32pmBut isn't the Tories' cunning plan to lose C&N so that Brown isn't deposed? Ta very much Darling!
Oscar
May 14th, 2008 11:02amCheck out PoliticalBetting's latest neat graph. In Mike Smithson's words "Well after consideration the markets have returned to almost exactly where they were 24 hours ago."