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356 357</div></figure> 358 359 360 361<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 362<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If these voters all voted tactically (both on the left and the right), Labour would increase from 272 seats to 319<br><br>Reform would fall from 153 seats to 62<br><br>3/6 <a href="https://t.co/azPlcATmtV">pic.twitter.com/azPlcATmtV</a></p>— Survation. (@Survation) <a href="https://x.com/Survation/status/2103075520342827086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
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362 363</div></figure> 364 365 366 367<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> 368<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">YouGov's September 2026 MRP projects that Labour would be the largest party in a hung parliament, were an election held tomorrow<br><br>Labour: 241 (-170 from 2024)<br>Conservatives: 130 (+9)<br>Reform UK: 123 (+118)<br>Lib Dems: 71 (-1)<br>SNP: 40 (+31)<br>Plaid Cymru: 15 (+11)<br>Greens: 9 (+5)⦠<a href="https://t.co/PgxHWPZoZ8">pic.twitter.com/PgxHWPZoZ8</a></p>— YouGov (@YouGov) <a href="https://x.com/YouGov/status/2103016164666277957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
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368 369</div></figure> 370 371 372 373<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most striking thing is how badly Reform will do once tactical voting kicks in.</p> 374 375 376 377<p class="has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>TSE</strong></p> 378 379 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 380 381 <footer class="entry-footer"> 382 <hr><div class="row"><div class="col-md-6 cattegories"><span class="cat-links"><i class="fa fa-folder-open"></i> 383 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/category/betting/" rel="category tag">Betting</a></span></div></div> </footer><!-- .entry-footer --> 384</article><!-- #post-## --> 385 </main><!-- #main --> 386 <div class="post-navigation"> 387 <nav class="navigation" role="navigation"> 388 <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Post navigation</h2> 389 <div class="nav-links"> 390 <div class="row"> 391 392 <!-- Get Previous Post --> 393 394 <div class="col-md-6 prev-post"> 395 <a class="" href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/23/i-think-we-may-soon-see-polls-with-the-conservatives-in-the-lead/"> 396 <span class="next-prev-text"> 397 <i class="fa fa-angle-left"></i>PREVIOUS </span><br> 398 I think we may soon see some polls with the Conservatives in the lead </a> 399 </div> 400 401 <!-- Get Next Post --> 402 403 <div class="col-md-6"><p> </p></div> 404 </div><!-- row --> 405 </div><!-- .nav-links --> 406 </nav><!-- .navigation--> 407 </div> 408 <div class="post-comments"> 409 410<div id="comments" class="comments-area"> 411 412 <h2 class="comments-title"> 413 150 thoughts on “<span>These MRPs should kibosh any chance of an early general election</span>” </h2> 414 <ol class="comment-list"> 415 <li id="comment-5649130" class="comment byuser comment-author-tse bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1"> 416 <article id="div-comment-5649130" class="comment-body"> 417 <footer class="comment-meta"> 418 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 419 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/16.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/16.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">TSE</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 420 421 <div class="comment-metadata"> 422 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649130"><time datetime="2026-09-24T13:43:57+01:00">24/9/2026 at 13:43</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 423 424 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 425 426 <div class="comment-content"> 427 <p>First?</p> 428<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649130" data-author="TSE" data-author-id="16" data-author-count="130384" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649130" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649130%23comment-5649130"> 429 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 430 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 431 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 432 </div> 433 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 434 435 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 436 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 437 <li id="comment-5649132" class="comment byuser comment-author-taz odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 438 <article id="div-comment-5649132" class="comment-body"> 439 <footer class="comment-meta"> 440 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 441 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Taz</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 442 443 <div class="comment-metadata"> 444 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649132"><time datetime="2026-09-24T13:45:41+01:00">24/9/2026 at 13:45</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 445 446 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 447 448 <div class="comment-content"> 449 <p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 450<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649132" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649132" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 515 516 <div class="comment-metadata"> 517 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649137"><time datetime="2026-09-24T13:53:04+01:00">24/9/2026 at 13:53</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 518 519 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 520 521 <div class="comment-content"> 522 <p>The was never going to be an early GE</p> 523<p>Only in the minds of the incontinent right wing media</p> 524<p>Constant reference to the budget is another pointless exercise. </p> 525<p>It will be the 2028 budget that’s crucial. </p> 526<p>We are irrespective of the Party of Government almost totally in the hands of global forces. </p> 527<p>It’s no different to boat crossings and tge the weather. </p> 528<p>Very much in the lap of the gods.</p> 529<p>Ensuring we have maximum solidity and capability to accelerate out of the global trough is key </p> 530<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649137" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649137" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649137%23comment-5649137"> 531 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 532 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 533 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to 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datetime="2026-09-24T13:53:06+01:00">24/9/2026 at 13:53</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 547 548 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 549 550 <div class="comment-content"> 551 <blockquote><p><b>Taz:</b></p> 552<p>LOL</p> 553<p> </p> 554<blockquote> 555<p>🚨NEW: Ofcom blames an âadministrative errorâ for not publishing data showing GB News outperforms traditional TV news channels when it comes to trustworthiness</p> 556<p> </p> 557</blockquote> 558<p><a href="https://x.com/gbpolitcs/status/2103077547067981879?s=61" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/gbpolitcs/status/2103077547067981879?s=61</a></p> 559<p> </p> 560</blockquote> 561<p>Can we report that headline to OFCOM as deeply misleading ?</p> 562<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649138" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" 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It loops up from South Wales through the North / East Midlands up to Northumbria, then down the East Coast towards Kent. </p> 636<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649142" data-author="Mellonby" data-author-id="3949" data-author-count="18064" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649142" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649142%23comment-5649142"> 637 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 638 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 639 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 640 </div> 641 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 642 643 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 644 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 645 <li id="comment-5649143" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 646 <article id="div-comment-5649143" class="comment-body"> 647 <footer class="comment-meta"> 648 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 649 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 650 651 <div class="comment-metadata"> 652 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649143"><time datetime="2026-09-24T13:56:39+01:00">24/9/2026 at 13:56</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 653 654 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 655 656 <div class="comment-content"> 657 <blockquote><p><b>MarqueeMark:</b></p> 658<p>These are before the Budget too. That should lose another 50-60 Labour MPs from these numbersâ¦</p> 659</blockquote> 660<p>I’m looking forward to seeing the opinion polls if Healey increases CGT to up Tax Allowance north of 15k and puts a levy on privatised utilities to reduce winter energy costs.</p> 661<p>Labour close to 30%???</p> 662<p>It’s all about public opinion, not expert opinion</p> 663<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649143" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649143" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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It loops up from South Wales through the North / East Midlands up to Northumbria, then down the East Coast towards Kent. </p> 743</blockquote> 744<p>Not much pattern to it, really.</p> 745<p>It looks as much like a skin rash as a horseshoe.</p> 746<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649146" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649146" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649146%23comment-5649146"> 747 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 748 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 749 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 750 </div> 751 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 752 753 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 754 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 755 <li id="comment-5649147" class="comment byuser comment-author-turbotubbs odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 756 <article id="div-comment-5649147" class="comment-body"> 757 <footer class="comment-meta"> 758 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 759 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3126.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3126.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">turbotubbs</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 760 761 <div class="comment-metadata"> 762 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649147"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:05:00+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:05</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 763 764 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 765 766 <div class="comment-content"> 767 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 768<p>The was never going to be an early GE</p> 769<p><strong>Only in the minds of the incontinent right wing media</strong></p> 770<p>Constant reference to the budget is another pointless exercise. </p> 771<p>It will be the 2028 budget thatâs crucial. </p> 772<p>We are irrespective of the Party of Government almost totally in the hands of global forces. </p> 773<p>Itâs no different to boat crossings and tge the weather. </p> 774<p>Very much in the lap of the gods.</p> 775<p>Ensuring we have maximum solidity and capability to accelerate out of the global trough is key </p> 776</blockquote> 777<p>It wasn’t just right wing media discussing it. </p> 778<p>I’ve never thought it likely, simply because there is too long before he has to go and the very strong possibility of going from a huge majority to possibly NOC/largest party made it highly improbable.</p> 779<p>The only way I could see it would be a six month period of Burnham expressing frustration at being shackled by the previous manifesto and thus needed his own mandate. But I doubt it.</p> 780<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649147" data-author="turbotubbs" data-author-id="3126" data-author-count="24437" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649147" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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It loops up from South Wales through the North / East Midlands up to Northumbria, then down the East Coast towards Kent. </p> 807</blockquote> 808<p>Not much pattern to it, really.</p> 809<p>It looks as much like a skin rash as a horseshoe.</p> 810</blockquote> 811<p>Most apt. Let’s go with that.</p> 812<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649148" data-author="kinabalu" data-author-id="3191" data-author-count="51805" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649148" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649148%23comment-5649148"> 813 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 814 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 815 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 816 </div> 817 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 818 819 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 820 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 821 <li id="comment-5649149" class="comment byuser comment-author-foxy odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 822 <article id="div-comment-5649149" class="comment-body"> 823 <footer class="comment-meta"> 824 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 825 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3360.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3360.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Foxy</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 826 827 <div class="comment-metadata"> 828 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649149"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:06:19+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:06</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 829 830 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 831 832 <div class="comment-content"> 833 <p>Its not just Labour that should not want an early election. Badenoch would lose seats in anything other than maximum tactical voting, and even with that there would only be a handful.</p> 834<p>Autumn 2028 IMO</p> 835<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649149" data-author="Foxy" data-author-id="3360" data-author-count="57944" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649149" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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It loops up from South Wales through the North / East Midlands up to Northumbria, then down the East Coast towards Kent. </p> 860</blockquote> 861<p>Reform vote is a coalition of red wall, working class, constituencies like Durham North where I live and constituencies of Retired home owners.</p> 862<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649150" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649150" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649150%23comment-5649150"> 863 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 864 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 865 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 866 </div> 867 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 868 869 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 870 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 871 <li id="comment-5649151" class="comment byuser comment-author-taz odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 872 <article id="div-comment-5649151" class="comment-body"> 873 <footer class="comment-meta"> 874 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 875 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Taz</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 876 877 <div class="comment-metadata"> 878 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649151"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:12:08+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:12</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 879 880 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 881 882 <div class="comment-content"> 883 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 884<blockquote> 885<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 886<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 887</blockquote> 888<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 889<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 890</blockquote> 891<p>Ow am yam?</p> 892<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649151" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649151" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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I will use it more in conversation </p> 962</blockquote> 963<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 964<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 965</blockquote> 966<p><i>kibosh(n.)</i></p> 967<p>1836, kye-bosk, in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish “Seven Dials” neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.</p> 968<p>One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipÃn báis “cap of death,” sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources this is identified as a gruesome method of execution “employed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgents” [Bernard Share, “Slanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slang”]. Coles’ dictionary of “difficult terms” (1684) has cabos’d “having the head cut off close to the shoulders.” Or the word might somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).</p> 969<p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh</a></p> 970<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649154" data-author="Sunil_Prasannan" data-author-id="1011" data-author-count="60826" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649154" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649154%23comment-5649154"> 971 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 972 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">2</span></button><br /> 973 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 974 </div> 975 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 976 977 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 978 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 979 <li id="comment-5649156" class="comment byuser comment-author-mexicanpete odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 980 <article id="div-comment-5649156" class="comment-body"> 981 <footer class="comment-meta"> 982 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 983 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3116.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3116.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Mexicanpete</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 984 985 <div class="comment-metadata"> 986 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649156"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:16:28+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:16</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 987 988 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 989 990 <div class="comment-content"> 991 <blockquote><p><b>Taz:</b></p> 992<blockquote> 993<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 994<blockquote> 995<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 996<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 997</blockquote> 998<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 999<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1000</blockquote> 1001<p>Ow am yam?</p> 1002</blockquote> 1003<p>Bostin ta bab.</p> 1004<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649156" data-author="Mexicanpete" data-author-id="3116" data-author-count="41097" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649156" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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Badenoch would lose seats in anything other than maximum tactical voting, and even with that there would only be a handful.</p> 1124<p>Autumn 2028 IMO</p> 1125</blockquote> 1126<p>Iâve got matched at 8 for a 2028 election. Pretty happy with that. </p> 1127</blockquote> 1128<p>You should be.</p> 1129<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649161" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649161" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649161%23comment-5649161"> 1130 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1131 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">3</span></button><br /> 1132 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1133 </div> 1134 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1135 1136 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1137 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1138 <li id="comment-5649162" class="comment byuser comment-author-turbotubbs odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1139 <article id="div-comment-5649162" class="comment-body"> 1140 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1141 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1142 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3126.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3126.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">turbotubbs</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1143 1144 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1145 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649162"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:29:42+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:29</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1146 1147 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1148 1149 <div class="comment-content"> 1150 <blockquote><p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 1151<blockquote> 1152<p><b>Foxy:</b></p> 1153<p>Its not just Labour that should not want an early election. Badenoch would lose seats in anything other than maximum tactical voting, and even with that there would only be a handful.</p> 1154<p>Autumn 2028 IMO</p> 1155</blockquote> 1156<p>Iâve got matched at 8 for a 2028 election. Pretty happy with that. </p> 1157</blockquote> 1158<p>I’m good as long as he doesn’t hang on for 2029…</p> 1159<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649162" data-author="turbotubbs" data-author-id="3126" data-author-count="24437" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649162" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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12161836, kye-bosk, in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish âSeven Dialsâ neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.</p> 1217<p>One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipÃn báis âcap of death,â sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources this is identified as a gruesome method of execution âemployed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgentsâ [Bernard Share, âSlanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slangâ]. Colesâ dictionary of âdifficult termsâ (1684) has cabosâd âhaving the head cut off close to the shoulders.â Or the word might somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).</p> 1218<p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh</a></p> 1219</blockquote> 1220<p>They did “kybosh” on Countdown this week.</p> 1221<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649164" data-author="DecrepiterJohnL" data-author-id="4383" data-author-count="37784" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649164" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649164%23comment-5649164"> 1222 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1223 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1224 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1225 </div> 1226 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1227 1228 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1229 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1230 <li id="comment-5649165" class="comment byuser comment-author-malmesbury even thread-even depth-1"> 1231 <article id="div-comment-5649165" class="comment-body"> 1232 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1233 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1234 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Malmesbury</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1235 1236 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1237 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649165"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:35:20+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:35</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1238 1239 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1240 1241 <div class="comment-content"> 1242 <blockquote><p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 1243<p>Uh oh. NYT poll puts Collins 3 pts up in Maine. Without Maine the DEM path to Senate control is a black run. </p> 1244</blockquote> 1245<p>The local factors in each Senate seat mean that simply applying national swings is just a first approximation.</p> 1246<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649165" data-author="Malmesbury" data-author-id="2498" data-author-count="65310" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649165" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649165%23comment-5649165"> 1247 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1248 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1249 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1250 </div>
1251 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1252 1253 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1254 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1255 <li id="comment-5649166" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1256 <article id="div-comment-5649166" class="comment-body"> 1257 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1258 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1259 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1260 1261 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1262 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649166"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:35:52+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:35</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1263 1264 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1265 1266 <div class="comment-content"> 1267 <blockquote><p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 1268<blockquote> 1269<p><b>Clutch_Brompton:</b></p> 1270<p>OT â Outside of a few âadvisorsâ wanting a free meal from a gullible journalist I donât belive there ever was any chance of an early election.</p> 1271</blockquote> 1272<p>I agree. Although the journo wouldnât necessarily be gullible. They might just want to be saying things. You canât have silence or blank pages.</p> 1273</blockquote> 1274<p>Right wing media eg 95% if them will talk up early GE half in desperation of something to say the other half to claim he bottled it like Brown when in reality scenarios are chalk and cheese. </p> 1275<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649166" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649166" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649166%23comment-5649166"> 1276 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1277 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1278 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1279 </div> 1280 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1281 1282 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1283 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1284 <li id="comment-5649167" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 1285 <article id="div-comment-5649167" class="comment-body"> 1286 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1287 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1288 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1289 1290 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1291 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649167"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:37:02+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:37</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1292 1293 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1294 1295 <div class="comment-content"> 1296 <blockquote><p><b>Mexicanpete:</b></p> 1297<blockquote> 1298<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1299<blockquote> 1300<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1301<blockquote> 1302<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1303<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 1304</blockquote> 1305<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 1306<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1307</blockquote> 1308<p>Ow am yam?</p> 1309</blockquote> 1310<p>Bostin ta bab.</p> 1311</blockquote> 1312<p>I had a mate called Johnny Bostin, very apt name.. </p> 1313<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649167" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649167" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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1382Silence is golden. Journalists donât know that.</p> 1383<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649169" data-author="Fairliered" data-author-id="3942" data-author-count="8537" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649169" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649169%23comment-5649169"> 1384 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1385 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1386 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to 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datetime="2026-09-24T14:41:22+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:41</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1400 1401 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1402 1403 <div class="comment-content"> 1404 <p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 1405<p>“<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 1406<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 1407<p><span>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many years</span>“</p> 1408<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 1409<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649170" data-author="Andy_JS" data-author-id="1460" data-author-count="41534" 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--> 1428 1429 <div class="comment-content"> 1430 <blockquote><p><b>DecrepiterJohnL:</b></p> 1431<blockquote> 1432<p><b>Sunil_Prasannan:</b></p> 1433<blockquote> 1434<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1435<blockquote> 1436<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1437<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 1438</blockquote> 1439<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 1440<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1441</blockquote> 1442<p><i>kibosh(n.)</i></p> 1443<p>
14431836, kye-bosk, in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish âSeven Dialsâ neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.</p> 1444<p>One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipÃn báis âcap of death,â sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources this is identified as a gruesome method of execution âemployed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgentsâ [Bernard Share, âSlanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slangâ]. Colesâ dictionary of âdifficult termsâ (1684) has cabosâd âhaving the head cut off close to the shoulders.â Or the word might somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).</p> 1445<p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh</a></p> 1446</blockquote> 1447<p>They did âkyboshâ on Countdown this week.</p> 1448</blockquote> 1449<p>“Kiboshed”, in fact (tea-time teaser).</p> 1450<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649171" data-author="Sunil_Prasannan" data-author-id="1011" data-author-count="60826" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649171" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649171%23comment-5649171"> 1451 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1452 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1453 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 13:42 UTC">edited</span> 1454 </div> 1455 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1456 1457 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1458 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1459 <li id="comment-5649172" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1460 <article id="div-comment-5649172" class="comment-body"> 1461 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1462 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1463 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1464 1465 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1466 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649172"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:44:35+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:44</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1467 1468 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1469 1470 <div class="comment-content"> 1471 <blockquote><p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 1472<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 1473<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 1474<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 1475<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 1476<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 1477</blockquote> 1478<p>He needs sectioning</p> 1479<p>Absolutely no evidence of anything of the sort </p> 1480<p>3 to 6 points down on worst election defeat in generations</p> 1481<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649172" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649172" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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1548Silence is golden. Journalists donât know that.</p> 1549</blockquote> 1550<p>Yep. Cos the eyes still see. </p> 1551<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649174" data-author="kinabalu" data-author-id="3191" data-author-count="51805" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649174" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649174%23comment-5649174"> 1552 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1553 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1554 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1555 </div> 1556 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1557 1558 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1559 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1560 <li id="comment-5649175" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 1561 <article id="div-comment-5649175" class="comment-body"> 1562 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1563 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1564 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1565 1566 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1567 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649175"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:47:37+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:47</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1568 1569 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1570 1571 <div class="comment-content"> 1572 <p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 1573<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 1574<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 1575<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 1576<p> </p> 1577<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649175" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649175" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649175%23comment-5649175"> 1578 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1579 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1580 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1581 </div> 1582 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1583 1584 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1585 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1586 <li id="comment-5649176" class="comment byuser comment-author-wulfrun_phil odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1587 <article id="div-comment-5649176" class="comment-body"> 1588 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1589 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1590 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1548.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1548.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Wulfrun_Phil</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1591 1592 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1593 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649176"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:47:44+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:47</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1594 1595 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1596 1597 <div class="comment-content"> 1598 <blockquote><p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1599<blockquote> 1600<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1601<blockquote> 1602<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1603<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 1604</blockquote> 1605<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 1606<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1607</blockquote> 1608<p>Ow am yam?</p> 1609</blockquote> 1610<p>Bostin result Sunday, wor it?</p> 1611<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649176" data-author="Wulfrun_Phil" data-author-id="1548" data-author-count="5451" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649176" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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I will use it more in conversation </p> 1640</blockquote> 1641<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 1642<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1643</blockquote> 1644<p>Ow am yam?</p> 1645</blockquote> 1646<p>Bostin result Sunday, wor it?</p> 1647</blockquote> 1648<p>Ar, it wor. For yow lot.</p> 1649<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649177" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649177" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649177%23comment-5649177"> 1650 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1651 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1652 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1653 </div> 1654 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1655 1656 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1657 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1658 <li id="comment-5649178" class="comment byuser comment-author-bondegezou odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1659 <article id="div-comment-5649178" class="comment-body"> 1660 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1661 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1662 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1598.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1598.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">bondegezou</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1663 1664 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1665 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649178"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:52:52+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:52</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1666 1667 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1668 1669 <div class="comment-content"> 1670 <blockquote><p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 1671<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 1672<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 1673<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 1674<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 1675<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 1676</blockquote> 1677<p>Last 5 polls before Badenoch took over, average Conservative score 25.4%</p> 1678<p>Last 5 polls, average Conservative score 20.2%</p> 1679<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649178" data-author="bondegezou" data-author-id="1598" data-author-count="22875" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649178" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
1679%3D5649178%23comment-5649178"> 1680 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1681 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1682 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1683 </div> 1684 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1685 1686 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1687 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1688 <li id="comment-5649179" class="comment byuser comment-author-wulfrun_phil even thread-even depth-1"> 1689 <article id="div-comment-5649179" class="comment-body"> 1690 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1691 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1692 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1548.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1548.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Wulfrun_Phil</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1693 1694 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1695 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649179"><time datetime="2026-09-24T14:59:25+01:00">24/9/2026 at 14:59</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1696 1697 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1698 1699 <div class="comment-content"> 1700 <p>Vote shares with Survation: Lab 28, Ref 24.2, Con 19.7, LD 10.7, Green 9.9, SNP 2.9, Plaid 1</p> 1701<p>Yet combined seat shares:</p> 1702<p>Lab + LD 341 seats with 38.7% of the vote</p> 1703<p>Ref + Con 238 seats with 43.9% of the vote </p> 1704<p>The Labour and LD votes are just so much more efficiently distributed than those of Reform and the Conservatives. Factor that into your betting on most seats. That’s before tactical voting which Survation find could potentially increase the Labour seat share at the expense of Reform. (EDIT)</p> 1705<p>Meanwhile Greens have only 3 seats with 9.9% of the votes and must be at risk of a further tactical voting squeeze by Lab and LD in seats where those parties have incumbent MPs defending seats.</p> 1706<p> </p> 1707<p> </p> 1708<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649179" data-author="Wulfrun_Phil" data-author-id="1548" data-author-count="5451" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649179" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649179%23comment-5649179"> 1709 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1710 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1711 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 14:01 UTC">edited</span> 1712 </div> 1713 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1714 1715 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1716 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1717 <li id="comment-5649180" class="comment byuser comment-author-blanchelivermore odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1718 <article id="div-comment-5649180" class="comment-body"> 1719 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1720 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1721 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/5077.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/5077.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">BlancheLivermore</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1722 1723 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1724 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649180"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:02:32+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:02</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1725 1726 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1727 1728 <div class="comment-content"> 1729 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1730<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 1731<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 1732<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 1733<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 1734<p> </p> 1735</blockquote> 1736<p>Have you, like me, copied Leon in not ending paragraphs with a full stop?</p> 1737<p> </p> 1738<p>Or is it a random coincidence?</p> 1739<p> </p> 1740<p>Or are you Leon?</p> 1741<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649180" data-author="BlancheLivermore" data-author-id="5077" data-author-count="8198" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649180" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
1741%3D5649180%23comment-5649180"> 1742 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1743 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 1744 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1745 </div> 1746 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1747 1748 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1749 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1750 <li id="comment-5649181" class="comment byuser comment-author-decrepiterjohnl even thread-even depth-1"> 1751 <article id="div-comment-5649181" class="comment-body"> 1752 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1753 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1754 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">DecrepiterJohnL</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1755 1756 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1757 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649181"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:04:32+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:04</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1758 1759 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1760 1761 <div class="comment-content"> 1762 <p>We have probably covered it although it’s not showing in a quick search, but Earl Spencer’s charge that the King said Diana would be forgotten in a week seems to come from an old Mitchell & Webb sketch.</p> 1763<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irvuafg5GM" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irvuafg5GM</a></p> 1764<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649181" data-author="DecrepiterJohnL" data-author-id="4383" data-author-count="37784" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649181" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649181%23comment-5649181"> 1765 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1766 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1767 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1768 </div> 1769 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1770 1771 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1772 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1773 <li id="comment-5649182" class="comment byuser comment-author-feersumenjineeya odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1774 <article id="div-comment-5649182" class="comment-body"> 1775 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1776 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1777 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2687.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2687.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">FeersumEnjineeya</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1778 1779 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1780 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649182"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:05:36+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:05</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1781 1782 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1783 1784 <div class="comment-content"> 1785 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1786<blockquote> 1787<p><b>Mexicanpete:</b></p> 1788<blockquote> 1789<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1790<blockquote> 1791<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1792<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 1793<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 1794</blockquote> 1795<p>Ow am yam?</p> 1796</blockquote> 1797<p>Bostin ta bab.</p> 1798</blockquote> 1799<p>I had a mate called Johnny Bostin, very apt name.. </p> 1800</blockquote> 1801<p>Remember Fuzzbox and their album Bostin Steve Austin? Part of the dubious soundtrack of my youth in Brum in the 1980s.</p> 1802<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649182" data-author="FeersumEnjineeya" data-author-id="2687" data-author-count="5465" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649182" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Taz</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1816 1817 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1818 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649183"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:09:14+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:09</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1819 1820 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1821 1822 <div class="comment-content"> 1823 <blockquote><p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 1824<blockquote> 1825<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1826<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 1827<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 1828<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 1829<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 1830<p> </p> 1831</blockquote> 1832<p>Have you, like me, copied Leon in not ending paragraphs with a full stop?</p> 1833<p> </p> 1834<p>Or is it a random coincidence?</p> 1835<p> </p> 1836<p>Or are you Leon?</p> 1837</blockquote> 1838<p>I doubt Leon would have the encyclopaedic knowledge of Brum and Blues that Brixian has.</p> 1839<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649183" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649183" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649183%23comment-5649183"> 1840 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1841 <button type="button" class="pb-like 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href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649184"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:12:18+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:12</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1856 1857 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1858 1859 <div class="comment-content"> 1860 <p>Along with the all the other economic divides in Britain, there is the enormous gulf between the over regulated and the deliberate scofflaws who ignore or flout all regulation.</p> 1861<p>Another story on that theme</p> 1862<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/furnace-book-east-sussex-fishing-lake" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/furnace-book-east-sussex-fishing-lake</a></p> 1863<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649184" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" 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1910%3D5649186%23comment-5649186"> 1911 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1912 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1913 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1914 </div> 1915 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1916 1917 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1918 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1919 <li id="comment-5649187" class="comment byuser comment-author-kinabalu even thread-even depth-1"> 1920 <article id="div-comment-5649187" class="comment-body"> 1921 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1922 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1923 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3191.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3191.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">kinabalu</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1924 1925 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1926 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649187"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:16:56+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:16</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1927 1928 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1929 1930 <div class="comment-content"> 1931 <blockquote><p><b>MattW:</b></p> 1932<p>The proposals from James Orrâs (until recently) think tank to abolish the state pension are⦠Interesting.</p> 1933</blockquote> 1934<p>Hashed out over lunch at Claridges, I imagine. </p> 1935<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649187" data-author="kinabalu" data-author-id="3191" data-author-count="51805" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649187" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649187%23comment-5649187"> 1936 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1937 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 1938 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1939 </div> 1940 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1941 1942 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1943 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1944 <li id="comment-5649188" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 1945 <article id="div-comment-5649188" class="comment-body"> 1946 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1947 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1948 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1949 1950 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1951 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649188"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:17:05+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:17</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1952 1953 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1954 1955 <div class="comment-content"> 1956 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1957<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 1958<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 1959<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 1960<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 1961<p> </p> 1962</blockquote> 1963<p>Netanyahu is starting to jeopardise some of Israel’s longest standing relations with Arab states.</p> 1964<p><em><span>Jordanâs King Abdullah II speaking at the UN General Assembly: “No one in this Assembly should assume its (Israel) ambitions stop at Palestine. This Israeli government’s expansionist appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning the international community is choosing not to see.  </span></em></p> 1965<p><em><span>Repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts imposed on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.”</span></em> <br /><a href="https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629</a></p> 1966<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649188" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649188" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
1966%3D5649188%23comment-5649188"> 1967 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 1968 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">2</span></button><br /> 1969 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 1970 </div> 1971 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 1972 1973 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 1974 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 1975 <li id="comment-5649190" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb even thread-even depth-1"> 1976 <article id="div-comment-5649190" class="comment-body"> 1977 <footer class="comment-meta"> 1978 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 1979 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 1980 1981 <div class="comment-metadata"> 1982 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649190"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:18:29+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:18</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 1983 1984 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 1985 1986 <div class="comment-content"> 1987 <blockquote><p><b>Taz:</b></p> 1988<blockquote> 1989<p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 1990<blockquote> 1991<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 1992<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 1993<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 1994<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 1995<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 1996<p> </p> 1997</blockquote> 1998<p>Have you, like me, copied Leon in not ending paragraphs with a full stop?</p> 1999<p> </p> 2000<p>Or is it a random coincidence?</p> 2001<p> </p> 2002<p>Or are you Leon?</p> 2003</blockquote> 2004<p>I doubt Leon would have the encyclopaedic knowledge of Brum and Blues that Brixian has.</p> 2005</blockquote> 2006<p>And was never able to sustain a different character (as opposed to alias) for any length of time.</p> 2007<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649190" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649190" 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src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Dopermean</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2021 2022 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2023 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649191"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:19:43+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:19</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2024 2025 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2026 2027 <div class="comment-content"> 2028 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 2029<blockquote> 2030<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2031<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 2032<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 2033<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 2034<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 2035<p> </p> 2036</blockquote> 2037<p>Netanyahu is starting to jeopardise some of Israelâs longest standing relations with Arab states.</p> 2038<p><em>Jordanâs King Abdullah II speaking at the UN General Assembly: âNo one in this Assembly should assume its (Israel) ambitions stop at Palestine. This Israeli governmentâs expansionist appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning the international community is choosing not to see.  </em></p> 2039<p><em>Repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts imposed on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.â</em> <br /><a href="https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629</a></p> 2040</blockquote> 2041<p>Lebanon clearing their throat loudly in the background?</p> 2042<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649191" data-author="Dopermean" data-author-id="6171" data-author-count="3761" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649191" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
2042%3D5649191%23comment-5649191"> 2043 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2044 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2045 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2046 </div> 2047 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2048 2049 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2050 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2051 <li id="comment-5649192" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 2052 <article id="div-comment-5649192" class="comment-body"> 2053 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2054 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2055 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2056 2057 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2058 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649192"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:19:59+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:19</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2059 2060 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2061 2062 <div class="comment-content"> 2063 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 2064<blockquote> 2065<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2066<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 2067<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 2068<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 2069<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 2070<p> </p> 2071</blockquote> 2072<p>Netanyahu is starting to jeopardise some of Israelâs longest standing relations with Arab states.</p> 2073<p><em>Jordanâs King Abdullah II speaking at the UN General Assembly: âNo one in this Assembly should assume its (Israel) ambitions stop at Palestine. This Israeli governmentâs expansionist appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning the international community is choosing not to see.  </em></p> 2074<p><em>Repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts imposed on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.â</em> <br /><a href="https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629</a></p> 2075</blockquote> 2076<p>Ouch </p> 2077<p>That is a very serious assessment. </p> 2078<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649192" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649192" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649192%23comment-5649192"> 2079 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2080 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2081 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2082 </div> 2083 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2084 2085 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2086 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2087 <li id="comment-5649193" class="comment byuser comment-author-blanchelivermore odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2088 <article id="div-comment-5649193" class="comment-body"> 2089 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2090 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2091 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/5077.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/5077.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">BlancheLivermore</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2092 2093 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2094 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649193"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:20:00+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:20</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2095 2096 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2097 2098 <div class="comment-content"> 2099 <blockquote><p><b>Taz:</b></p> 2100<blockquote> 2101<p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 2102<blockquote> 2103<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2104<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 2105<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 2106<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 2107<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 2108<p> </p> 2109</blockquote> 2110<p>Have you, like me, copied Leon in not ending paragraphs with a full stop?</p> 2111<p> </p> 2112<p>Or is it a random coincidence?</p> 2113<p> </p> 2114<p>Or are you Leon?</p> 2115</blockquote> 2116<p>I doubt Leon would have the encyclopaedic knowledge of Brum and Blues that Brixian has.</p> 2117</blockquote> 2118<p>Good point..</p> 2119<p> </p> 2120<p>Though I could imagine a scenario where Leon had an important character in a book that he was writing who was a mad lefty Brummie, and he did proper research (and probably got help from AI..)</p> 2121<p> </p> 2122<p>If Brixy is in fact Leon, it would be a mighty impressive deception </p> 2123<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649193" data-author="BlancheLivermore" data-author-id="5077" data-author-count="8198" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649193" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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Its quite amusing, in a sad kind of way.</p> 2172<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649194" data-author="turbotubbs" data-author-id="3126" data-author-count="24437" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649194" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649194%23comment-5649194"> 2173 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2174 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2175 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2176 </div> 2177 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2178 2179 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2180 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2181 <li id="comment-5649195" class="comment byuser comment-author-dopermean odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2182 <article id="div-comment-5649195" class="comment-body"> 2183 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2184 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2185 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Dopermean</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2186 2187 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2188 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649195"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:22:06+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:22</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2189 2190 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2191 2192 <div class="comment-content"> 2193 <blockquote><p><b>robert:</b></p> 2194<blockquote> 2195<p><b>Wulfrun_Phil:</b></p> 2196<p>Vote shares with Survation: Lab 28, Ref 24.2, Con 19.7, LD 10.7, Green 9.9, SNP 2.9, Plaid 1</p> 2197<p>Yet combined seat shares:</p> 2198<p>Lab + LD 341 seats with 38.7% of the vote</p> 2199<p>Ref + Con 238 seats with 43.9% of the vote </p> 2200<p>The Labour and LD votes are just so much more efficiently distributed than those of Reform and the Conservatives. Factor that into your betting on most seats. Thatâs before tactical voting which Survation find could potentially increase the Labour seat share at the expense of Reform. (EDIT)</p> 2201<p>Meanwhile Greens have only 3 seats with 9.9% of the votes and must be at risk of a further tactical voting squeeze by Lab and LD in seats where those parties have incumbent MPs defending seats.</p> 2202<p> </p> 2203<p> </p> 2204</blockquote> 2205<p>I would expect that the Greens would probably end up being squeezed to around 6%, outside their heartlands. (They also, even more than the other parties, have split personality between their two wings: their MPs are -largely- in the countryside, and benefited from what I might describe as concern fgo</p> 2206</blockquote> 2207<p>Lab-SNP-Green vs LD-CON-Reform would be my (look at the rest of Europe) hypothesis…</p> 2208<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649195" data-author="Dopermean" data-author-id="6171" data-author-count="3761" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649195" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
2208%3D5649195%23comment-5649195"> 2209 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2210 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2211 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2212 </div> 2213 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2214 2215 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2216 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2217 <li id="comment-5649196" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 2218 <article id="div-comment-5649196" class="comment-body"> 2219 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2220 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2221 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2222 2223 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2224 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649196"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:23:50+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:23</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2225 2226 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2227 2228 <div class="comment-content"> 2229 <blockquote><p><b>bondegezou:</b></p> 2230<blockquote> 2231<p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 2232<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 2233<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 2234<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 2235<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 2236<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 2237</blockquote> 2238<p>Last 5 polls before Badenoch took over, average Conservative score 25.4%</p> 2239<p>Last 5 polls, average Conservative score 20.2%</p> 2240</blockquote> 2241<p>Thats ever more marked evidence of the bullcrapping going on in the media than I’d imagined. </p> 2242<p>That would normally be a call from the 1922 committee about letters going in. </p> 2243<p>It’s a mark of the decline of the Tories that complete disinterest of many and the growing strength of the cult has neutered the 1922 </p> 2244<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649196" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649196" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649196%23comment-5649196"> 2245 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2246 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2247 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2248 </div> 2249 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2250 2251 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2252 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2253 <li id="comment-5649197" class="comment byuser comment-author-onlylivingboy odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2254 <article id="div-comment-5649197" class="comment-body"> 2255 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2256 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2257 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3877.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3877.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">OnlyLivingBoy</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2258 2259 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2260 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649197"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:27:01+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:27</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2261 2262 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2263 2264 <div class="comment-content"> 2265 <blockquote><p><b>Mellonby:</b></p> 2266<blockquote> 2267<p><b>OnlyLivingBoy:</b></p> 2268<blockquote> 2269<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 2270<p>I like the word Kibosh. I will use it more in conversation </p> 2271</blockquote> 2272<p>Belgium put the kibosh on the Kaiser. </p> 2273</blockquote> 2274<p>Europe took the stick and made âim sore. </p> 2275</blockquote> 2276<p>I’ve been in two separate productions of Oh What a Lovely War.</p> 2277<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649197" data-author="OnlyLivingBoy" data-author-id="3877" data-author-count="18767" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649197" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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2322 <li id="comment-5649201" class="comment byuser comment-author-bondegezou odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2323 <article id="div-comment-5649201" class="comment-body"> 2324 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2325 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2326 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1598.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1598.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">bondegezou</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2327 2328 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2329 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649201"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:36:19+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:36</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2330 2331 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2332 2333 <div class="comment-content"> 2334 <blockquote><p><b>Sunil_Prasannan:</b></p> 2335<blockquote> 2336<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 2337<blockquote> 2338<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2339<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 2340<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 2341<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 2342<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 2343<p> </p> 2344</blockquote> 2345<p>Netanyahu is starting to jeopardise some of Israelâs longest standing relations with Arab states.</p> 2346<p><em>Jordanâs King Abdullah II speaking at the UN General Assembly: âNo one in this Assembly should assume its (Israel) ambitions stop at Palestine. This Israeli governmentâs expansionist appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning the international community is choosing not to see.  </em></p> 2347<p><em>Repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts imposed on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.â</em> <br /><a href="https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629</a></p> 2348</blockquote> 2349<p>22 Arab League States = 13,000,000 sq. km. total area (roughly 3/4 size of Russia).</p> 2350<p>Israel inc. territories = 22,000 sq. km. area (roughly the size of⦠Wales).</p> 2351</blockquote> 2352<p>But one of those numbers is growing and one is shrinking.</p> 2353<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649201" data-author="bondegezou" data-author-id="1598" data-author-count="22875" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649201" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649201%23comment-5649201"> 2354 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2355 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2356 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2357 </div> 2358 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2359 2360 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2361 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2362 <li id="comment-5649202" class="comment byuser comment-author-marqueemark even thread-even depth-1"> 2363 <article id="div-comment-5649202" class="comment-body"> 2364 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2365 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2366 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">MarqueeMark</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2367 2368 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2369 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649202"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:37:35+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:37</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2370 2371 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2372 2373 <div class="comment-content"> 2374 <blockquote><p><b>FeersumEnjineeya:</b></p> 2375<blockquote> 2376<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2377<blockquote> 2378<p><b>Mexicanpete:</b></p> 2379<blockquote> 2380<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 2381<p>Ow am yam?</p> 2382</blockquote> 2383<p>Bostin ta bab.</p> 2384</blockquote> 2385<p>I had a mate called Johnny Bostin, very apt name.. </p> 2386</blockquote> 2387<p>Remember Fuzzbox and their album Bostin Steve Austin? Part of the dubious soundtrack of my youth in Brum in the 1980s.</p> 2388</blockquote> 2389<p>Saw Fuzzbox a number of times… They were quite cute!</p> 2390<p>Same bill as Ted Chippington on one occassion. </p> 2391<p> </p> 2392<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649202" data-author="MarqueeMark" data-author-id="1149" data-author-count="61202" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649202" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
2392%3D5649202%23comment-5649202"> 2393 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2394 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2395 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2396 </div> 2397 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2398 2399 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2400 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2401 <li id="comment-5649203" class="comment byuser comment-author-xotgd odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2402 <article id="div-comment-5649203" class="comment-body"> 2403 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2404 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2405 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">xotGD</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2406 2407 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2408 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649203"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:39:06+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:39</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2409 2410 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2411 2412 <div class="comment-content"> 2413 <p>I’m happy for Reform to do badly. I’m less happy if that means the Conservatives doing well. </p> 2414<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649203" data-author="xotGD" data-author-id="7272" data-author-count="240" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649203" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649203%23comment-5649203"> 2415 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2416 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2417 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2418 </div> 2419 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2420 2421 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2422 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2423 <li id="comment-5649204" class="comment byuser comment-author-xotgd even thread-even depth-1"> 2424 <article id="div-comment-5649204" class="comment-body"> 2425 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2426 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2427 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">xotGD</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2428 2429 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2430 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649204"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:39:52+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:39</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2431 2432 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2433 2434 <div class="comment-content"> 2435 <p>Today we visit Chester…</p> 2436<p><img src="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Clock.jpg" alt="" /></p> 2437<p> </p> 2438<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649204" data-author="xotGD" data-author-id="7272" data-author-count="240" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649204" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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2483 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2484 2485 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2486 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2487 <li id="comment-5649206" class="comment byuser comment-author-decrepiterjohnl even thread-even depth-1"> 2488 <article id="div-comment-5649206" class="comment-body"> 2489 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2490 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2491 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">DecrepiterJohnL</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2492 2493 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2494 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649206"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:42:52+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:42</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2495 2496 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2497 2498 <div class="comment-content"> 2499 <blockquote><p><b>Sunil_Prasannan:</b></p> 2500<blockquote> 2501<p><b>DecrepiterJohnL:</b></p> 2502<blockquote> 2503<p><b>Sunil_Prasannan:</b></p> 2504<blockquote> 2505<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2506<p>Bit of a west midland word that. </p> 2507<p>Yove put ky bosh on that then </p> 2508</blockquote> 2509<p><i>kibosh(n.)</i></p> 2510<p>1836, kye-bosk, in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish âSeven Dialsâ neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this.</p> 2511<p>One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipÃn báis âcap of death,â sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources this is identified as a gruesome method of execution âemployed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgentsâ [Bernard Share, âSlanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slangâ]. Colesâ dictionary of âdifficult termsâ (1684) has cabosâd âhaving the head cut off close to the shoulders.â Or the word might somehow be connected with Turkish bosh (see bosh).</p> 2512<p><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.etymonline.com/word/kibosh</a></p> 2513</blockquote> 2514<p>They did âkyboshâ on Countdown this week.</p> 2515</blockquote> 2516<p>âKiboshedâ, in fact (tea-time teaser).</p> 2517</blockquote> 2518<p>With Susie & Neil discussing its possible derivation from Irish.</p> 2519<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649206" data-author="DecrepiterJohnL" data-author-id="4383" data-author-count="37784" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649206" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649206%23comment-5649206"> 2520 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2521 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2522 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2523 </div> 2524 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2525 2526 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2527 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2528 <li id="comment-5649207" class="comment byuser comment-author-taz odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2529 <article id="div-comment-5649207" class="comment-body"> 2530 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2531 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2532 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4990.webp?v=1787075927 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Taz</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2533 2534 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2535 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649207"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:52:41+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:52</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2536 2537 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2538 2539 <div class="comment-content"> 2540 <blockquote><p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2541<blockquote> 2542<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 2543<blockquote> 2544<p><b>Brixian59:</b></p> 2545<p>Mutterings of ructions in New York </p> 2546<p>May require Trump to personally get Netanyahu from his plane to UN compound by chopper</p> 2547<p>Memdani got Israeli intelligence very twitchy about grandstanding arrest by NYPD</p> 2548<p>Would be the best live TV since OJ</p> 2549<p> </p> 2550</blockquote> 2551<p>Netanyahu is starting to jeopardise some of Israelâs longest standing relations with Arab states.</p> 2552<p><em>Jordanâs King Abdullah II speaking at the UN General Assembly: âNo one in this Assembly should assume its (Israel) ambitions stop at Palestine. This Israeli governmentâs expansionist appetite is now a regional threat. And today, Syria is the warning the international community is choosing not to see.  </em></p> 2553<p><em>Repeated incursions, creeping territorial expansion, new facts imposed on the ground, including around vital water resources. Step by calculated step, Israel is testing how far it can go. And every time the international community looks away, Israel learns that it can go even further, across borderlines and legal limits.â</em> <br /><a href="https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/2102428381438427629</a></p> 2554</blockquote> 2555<p>Ouch </p> 2556<p>That is a very serious assessment. </p> 2557</blockquote> 2558<p>Heâs not wrong either and itâs been going on for years.</p> 2559<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649207" data-author="Taz" data-author-id="4990" data-author-count="31128" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649207" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
2559%3D5649207%23comment-5649207"> 2560 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2561 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2562 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2563 </div> 2564 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2565 2566 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2567 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2568 <li id="comment-5649208" class="comment byuser comment-author-robert even thread-even depth-1"> 2569 <article id="div-comment-5649208" class="comment-body"> 2570 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2571 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2572 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://amoral.org" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">robert</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2573 2574 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2575 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649208"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:53:56+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:53</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2576 2577 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2578 2579 <div class="comment-content"> 2580 <blockquote><p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 2581<p>Uh oh. NYT poll puts Collins 3 pts up in Maine. Without Maine the DEM path to Senate control is a black run. </p> 2582</blockquote> 2583<p>I think the better the national picture is for the Dems, the easier it is for moderates in Maine to vote for Susan Collins.</p> 2584<p>She will probably be the only Republican to outperfom Trump’s 2024 performance in their State. And it may well be enough. </p> 2585<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649208" data-author="robert" data-author-id="2" data-author-count="65302" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649208" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649208%23comment-5649208"> 2586 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2587 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">2</span></button><br /> 2588 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2589 </div> 2590 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2591 2592 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2593 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2594 <li id="comment-5649209" class="comment byuser comment-author-robert odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2595 <article id="div-comment-5649209" class="comment-body"> 2596 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2597 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2598 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn"><a href="http://amoral.org" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">robert</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2599 2600 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2601 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649209"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:56:48+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:56</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2602 2603 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2604 2605 <div class="comment-content"> 2606 <blockquote><p><b>turbotubbs:</b></p> 2607<blockquote> 2608<p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 2609<blockquote> 2610<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 2611<blockquote> 2612<p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 2613<p>Have you, like me, copied Leon in not ending paragraphs with a full stop?</p> 2614<p> </p> 2615<p>Or is it a random coincidence?</p> 2616<p> </p> 2617<p>Or are you Leon?</p> 2618</blockquote> 2619<p>I doubt Leon would have the encyclopaedic knowledge of Brum and Blues that Brixian has.</p> 2620</blockquote> 2621<p>Good point..</p> 2622<p> </p> 2623<p>Though I could imagine a scenario where Leon had an important character in a book that he was writing who was a mad lefty Brummie, and he did proper research (and probably got help from AI..)</p> 2624<p> </p> 2625<p>If Brixy is in fact Leon, it would be a mighty impressive deception </p> 2626</blockquote> 2627<p>If you follow Leonâs stalker, its quite clear that he has gone mad, believes that AI is sentient and that the world is about to end. Its quite amusing, in a sad kind of way.</p> 2628</blockquote> 2629<p>This is clearly some new meaning of the word ‘gone’ that I was previously unaware of.</p> 2630<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649209" data-author="robert" data-author-id="2" data-author-count="65302" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649209" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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Its quite amusing, in a sad kind of way.</p> 2673</blockquote> 2674<p>If we all end up dead, he’ll be able to say “I told you so”.</p> 2675<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649210" data-author="xotGD" data-author-id="7272" data-author-count="240" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649210" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649210%23comment-5649210"> 2676 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2677 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2678 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2679 </div> 2680 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2681 2682 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2683 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2684 <li id="comment-5649211" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2685 <article id="div-comment-5649211" class="comment-body"> 2686 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2687 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2688 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2689 2690 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2691 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649211"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:57:54+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:57</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2692 2693 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2694 2695 <div class="comment-content"> 2696 <blockquote><p><b>robert:</b></p> 2697<blockquote> 2698<p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 2699<p>Uh oh. NYT poll puts Collins 3 pts up in Maine. Without Maine the DEM path to Senate control is a black run. </p> 2700</blockquote> 2701<p>I think the better the national picture is for the Dems, the easier it is for moderates in Maine to vote for Susan Collins.<
2701/p> 2702<p>She will probably be the only Republican to outperfom Trumpâs 2024 performance in their State. And it may well be enough. </p> 2703</blockquote> 2704<p>Quite possibly. Unless the bribery story has legs.</p> 2705<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649211" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649211" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649211%23comment-5649211"> 2706 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2707 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2708 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2709 </div> 2710 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2711 2712 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2713 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2714 <li id="comment-5649212" class="comment byuser comment-author-big_g_northwales even thread-even depth-1"> 2715 <article id="div-comment-5649212" class="comment-body"> 2716 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2717 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2718 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2087.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2087.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Big_G_NorthWales</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2719 2720 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2721 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649212"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:58:25+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:58</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2722 2723 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2724 2725 <div class="comment-content"> 2726 <p>I have said it before and I will say it again</p> 2727<p>The leader who can win the argument on the Economy, Immigration and Defence will be the next PM</p> 2728<p> </p> 2729<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649212" data-author="Big_G_NorthWales" data-author-id="2087" data-author-count="72889" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649212" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649212%23comment-5649212"> 2730 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2731 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2732 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2733 </div> 2734 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2735 2736 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2737 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2738 <li id="comment-5649213" class="comment byuser comment-author-marqueemark odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2739 <article id="div-comment-5649213" class="comment-body"> 2740 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2741 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2742 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">MarqueeMark</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2743 2744 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2745 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649213"><time datetime="2026-09-24T15:59:20+01:00">24/9/2026 at 15:59</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2746 2747 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2748 2749 <div class="comment-content"> 2750 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 2751<blockquote> 2752<p><b>robert:</b></p> 2753<blockquote> 2754<p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 2755<p>Uh oh. NYT poll puts Collins 3 pts up in Maine. Without Maine the DEM path to Senate control is a black run. </p> 2756</blockquote> 2757<p>I think the better the national picture is for the Dems, the easier it is for moderates in Maine to vote for Susan Collins.<
2757/p> 2758<p>She will probably be the only Republican to outperfom Trumpâs 2024 performance in their State. And it may well be enough. </p> 2759</blockquote> 2760<p>Quite possibly. Unless the bribery story has legs.</p> 2761</blockquote> 2762<p>That will have come to light after the polling for the one with her leading. </p> 2763<p>Looks well sourced.</p> 2764<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649213" data-author="MarqueeMark" data-author-id="1149" data-author-count="61202" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649213" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649213%23comment-5649213"> 2765 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2766 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2767 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2768 </div> 2769 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2770 2771 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2772 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2773 <li id="comment-5649214" class="comment byuser comment-author-ianb2 even thread-even depth-1"> 2774 <article id="div-comment-5649214" class="comment-body"> 2775 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2776 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2777 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1178.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1178.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">IanB2</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2778 2779 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2780 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649214"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:00:04+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:00</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2781 2782 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2783 2784 <div class="comment-content"> 2785 <p>I donât doubt that anti Reform tactical voting will be powerful at the next election, having seen it at work during the last local elections.</p> 2786<p> </p> 2787<p>The question is whether it does the Tories any good.  I suspect it wonât, very much.  Outside a few urban seats, the votersâ ability to work out which of Labour or LibDem stands the best chance in their local area means that the two parties are effectively at ceasefire.  Which certainly isnât the case with the two parties still chasing the fools gold of right wing populism.</p> 2788<p>Meanwhile I am having dinner down a Sofia back street while at the end of the road about two hundred riot police await what the restaurant suggests is tonights local football match.</p> 2789<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649214" data-author="IanB2" data-author-id="1178" data-author-count="55934" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649214" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649214%23comment-5649214"> 2790 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2791 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2792 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 15:02 UTC">edited</span> 2793 </div>
2794 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2795 2796 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2797 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2798 <li id="comment-5649215" class="comment byuser comment-author-marqueemark odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2799 <article id="div-comment-5649215" class="comment-body"> 2800 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2801 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2802 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1149.JPG 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">MarqueeMark</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2803 2804 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2805 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649215"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:00:25+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:00</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2806 2807 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2808 2809 <div class="comment-content"> 2810 <blockquote><p><b>xotGD:</b></p> 2811<p>Iâm happy for Reform to do badly. Iâm less happy if that means the Conservatives doing well. </p> 2812</blockquote> 2813<p>Tough!</p> 2814<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649215" data-author="MarqueeMark" data-author-id="1149" data-author-count="61202" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649215" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649215%23comment-5649215"> 2815 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2816 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 2817 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2818 </div> 2819 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2820 2821 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2822 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2823 <li id="comment-5649216" class="comment byuser comment-author-foxy even thread-even depth-1"> 2824 <article id="div-comment-5649216" class="comment-body"> 2825 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2826 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2827 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3360.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3360.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Foxy</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2828 2829 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2830 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649216"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:00:29+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:00</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2831 2832 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2833 2834 <div class="comment-content"> 2835 <blockquote><p><b>xotGD:</b></p> 2836<blockquote> 2837<p><b>turbotubbs:</b></p> 2838<blockquote> 2839<p><b>BlancheLivermore:</b></p> 2840<blockquote> 2841<p><b>Taz:</b></p> 2842<p>I doubt Leon would have the encyclopaedic knowledge of Brum and Blues that Brixian has.</p> 2843</blockquote> 2844<p>Good point..</p> 2845<p> </p> 2846<p>Though I could imagine a scenario where Leon had an important character in a book that he was writing who was a mad lefty Brummie, and he did proper research (and probably got help from AI..)</p> 2847<p> </p> 2848<p>If Brixy is in fact Leon, it would be a mighty impressive deception </p> 2849</blockquote> 2850<p>If you follow Leonâs stalker, its quite clear that he has gone mad, believes that AI is sentient and that the world is about to end. Its quite amusing, in a sad kind of way.</p> 2851</blockquote> 2852<p>If we all end up dead, heâll be able to say âI told you soâ.</p> 2853</blockquote> 2854<p><img src="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/24921.jpg" alt="" /></p> 2855<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sundaedivine.lol/post/3mw6nc7wifk2z" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bsky.app/profile/sundaedivine.lol/post/3mw6nc7wifk2z</a></p> 2856<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649216" data-author="Foxy" data-author-id="3360" data-author-count="57944" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649216" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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NYT poll puts Collins 3 pts up in Maine. Without Maine the DEM path to Senate control is a black run. </p> 2931</blockquote> 2932<p>I think the better the national picture is for the Dems, the easier it is for moderates in Maine to vote for Susan Collins.</p> 2933<p>She will probably be the only Republican to outperfom Trumpâs 2024 performance in their State. And it may well be enough. </p> 2934</blockquote> 2935<p>Quite possibly. Unless the bribery story has legs.</p> 2936</blockquote> 2937<p>That will have come to light after the polling for the one with her leading. </p> 2938<p>Looks well sourced.</p> 2939</blockquote> 2940<p>It did. Hence the caveat.</p> 2941<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649219" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649219" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649219%23comment-5649219"> 2942 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2943 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2944 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2945 </div> 2946 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2947 2948 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2949 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2950 <li id="comment-5649220" class="comment byuser comment-author-xotgd even thread-even depth-1"> 2951 <article id="div-comment-5649220" class="comment-body"> 2952 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2953 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2954 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/defaults/58b1f60a44fd19619a91cb72a8fa1772.svg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">xotGD</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2955 2956 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2957 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649220"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:02:34+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:02</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2958 2959 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2960 2961 <div class="comment-content"> 2962 <blockquote><p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 2963<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 2964<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 2965<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 2966<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 2967<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 2968</blockquote> 2969<p>Under what circumstances would Burnham call a snap election with the expectation that the Conservatives would end up with a majority?</p> 2970<p>He’s the Mancunian candidate, not the Manchurian candidate.</p> 2971<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649220" data-author="xotGD" data-author-id="7272" data-author-count="240" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649220" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
2971%3D5649220%23comment-5649220"> 2972 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2973 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">2</span></button><br /> 2974 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 2975 </div> 2976 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 2977 2978 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 2979 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 2980 <li id="comment-5649221" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 2981 <article id="div-comment-5649221" class="comment-body"> 2982 <footer class="comment-meta"> 2983 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 2984 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 2985 2986 <div class="comment-metadata"> 2987 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649221"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:05:30+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:05</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 2988 2989 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 2990 2991 <div class="comment-content"> 2992 <p>A wicket early in the penultimate over is an excellent thing.</p> 2993<p>edit antepenultimate</p> 2994<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649221" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649221" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649221%23comment-5649221"> 2995 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 2996 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 2997 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 15:15 UTC">edited</span> 2998 </div> 2999 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3000 3001 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3002 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3003 <li id="comment-5649222" class="comment byuser comment-author-malmesbury even thread-even depth-1"> 3004 <article id="div-comment-5649222" class="comment-body"> 3005 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3006 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3007 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Malmesbury</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3008 3009 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3010 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649222"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:12:04+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:12</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3011 3012 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3013 3014 <div class="comment-content"> 3015 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3016<p>My stat of the day.</p> 3017<p>Europe has the worldâs most advanced, and largest (by global sales) semiconductor fab equipment manufacturer. Currently, zero percent of its sales are in Europe.</p> 3018<p>Thatâs both absurd, and will be in time, economically disastrous.</p> 3019</blockquote> 3020<p>As with IT, cars, space flight and biotechnology, just tell yourself</p> 3021<p>– Europe is doing fine</p> 3022<p>– Changing thing would be bad (insert reasons here)</p> 3023<p>– We can catch up later.</p> 3024<p>– The so called advances arenât real and are no good for Europe anyway.</p> 3025<p> </p> 3026<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649222" data-author="Malmesbury" data-author-id="2498" data-author-count="65310" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649222" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
3026%3D5649222%23comment-5649222"> 3027 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3028 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3029 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3030 </div> 3031 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3032 3033 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3034 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3035 <li id="comment-5649223" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3036 <article id="div-comment-5649223" class="comment-body"> 3037 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3038 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3039 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3040 3041 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3042 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649223"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:19:47+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:19</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3043 3044 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3045 3046 <div class="comment-content"> 3047 <blockquote> 3048<blockquote><p><b>xotGD:</b></p> 3049<blockquote> 3050<p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 3051<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 3052<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 3053<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 3054<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 3055<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 3056</blockquote> 3057<p>Under what circumstances would Burnham call a snap election with the expectation that the Conservatives would end up with a majority?</p> 3058<p>Heâs the Mancunian candidate, not the Manchurian candidate.</p> 3059</blockquote> 3060<p>You do very well to fill a Mancunian Bus Shelter who would believe the Tories could win a majority. </p> 3061<p><b>xotGD:</b></p> 3062<blockquote> 3063<p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 3064<p>Telegraph journalist getting a bit over-excited.</p> 3065<p>â<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/daniel-johnson0/" rel="nofollow ugc">Daniel Johnson</a></p> 3066<p>I bet Kemi Badenoch would win a snap general election</p> 3067<p>The Conservative comeback is the most extraordinary phenomenon that British politics has seen for many yearsâ</p> 3068<p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/24/i-bet-kemi-badenoch-would-win-a-snap-general-election/</a></p> 3069</blockquote> 3070<p>Under what circumstances would Burnham call a snap election with the expectation that the Conservatives would end up with a majority?</p> 3071<p>Heâs the Mancunian candidate, not the Manchurian candidate.</p> 3072</blockquote> 3073<p> </p> 3074<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649223" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649223" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649223%23comment-5649223"> 3075 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3076 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 3077 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3078 </div>
3079 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3080 3081 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3082 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3083 <li id="comment-5649224" class="comment byuser comment-author-andy_js even thread-even depth-1"> 3084 <article id="div-comment-5649224" class="comment-body"> 3085 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3086 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3087 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1460.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1460.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Andy_JS</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3088 3089 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3090 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649224"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:22:19+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:22</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3091 3092 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3093 3094 <div class="comment-content"> 3095 <p>“<span>781 migrants arrive in small boats in 2026 record</span><span>“</span></p> 3096<p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwz0z597m471o" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwz0z597m471o</a></p> 3097<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649224" data-author="Andy_JS" data-author-id="1460" data-author-count="41534" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649224" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649224%23comment-5649224"> 3098 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3099 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 3100 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3101 </div> 3102 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3103 3104 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3105 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3106 <li id="comment-5649225" class="comment byuser comment-author-decrepiterjohnl odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3107 <article id="div-comment-5649225" class="comment-body"> 3108 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3109 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3110 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/4383.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">DecrepiterJohnL</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3111 3112 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3113 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649225"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:22:40+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:22</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3114 3115 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3116 3117 <div class="comment-content"> 3118 <p><em>UK Space Cooling Market Landscape Update</em></p> 3119<p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aabbc0f2f29b3888481860a/uk-space-cooling-market-landscape-update-report.pdf" rel="nofollow ugc">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aabbc0f2f29b3888481860a/uk-space-cooling-market-landscape-update-report.pdf</a></p> 3120<p> </p> 3121<p>New government report on air conditioning systems.</p> 3122<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649225" data-author="DecrepiterJohnL" data-author-id="4383" data-author-count="37784" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649225" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
3122%3D5649225%23comment-5649225"> 3123 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3124 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3125 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3126 </div> 3127 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3128 3129 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3130 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3131 <li id="comment-5649226" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 3132 <article id="div-comment-5649226" class="comment-body"> 3133 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3134 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3135 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3136 3137 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3138 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649226"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:23:04+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:23</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3139 3140 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3141 3142 <div class="comment-content"> 3143 <p>Elucidate </p> 3144<p>The buzzword next week. </p> 3145<p> </p> 3146<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649226" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649226" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649226%23comment-5649226"> 3147 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3148 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3149 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3150 </div> 3151 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3152 3153 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3154 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3155 <li id="comment-5649227" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3156 <article id="div-comment-5649227" class="comment-body"> 3157 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3158 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3159 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3160 3161 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3162 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649227"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:23:36+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:23</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3163 3164 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3165 3166 <div class="comment-content"> 3167 <blockquote><p><b>Malmesbury:</b></p> 3168<blockquote> 3169<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3170<p>My stat of the day.</p> 3171<p>Europe has the worldâs most advanced, and largest (by global sales) semiconductor fab equipment manufacturer. Currently, zero percent of its sales are in Europe.</p> 3172<p>Thatâs both absurd, and will be in time, economically disastrous.</p> 3173</blockquote> 3174<p>As with IT, cars, space flight and biotechnology, just tell yourself</p> 3175<p>â Europe is doing fine</p> 3176<p>â Changing thing would be bad (insert reasons here)</p> 3177<p>â We can catch up later.</p> 3178<p>â The so called advances arenât real and are no good for Europe anyway.</p> 3179<p> </p> 3180</blockquote> 3181<p>In this particular case they just seem to have decided it’s not possible, which is stupid.</p> 3182<p>It would be costly, but on a European scale not that costly, and the economic/strategic benefits would be enormous. One of the disappointing things about Brexit is that such projects might have been slightly more likely had we stayed in.</p> 3183<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649227" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649227" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
3183%3D5649227%23comment-5649227"> 3184 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3185 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 3186 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3187 </div> 3188 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3189 3190 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3191 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3192 <li id="comment-5649228" class="comment byuser comment-author-nigelb even thread-even depth-1"> 3193 <article id="div-comment-5649228" class="comment-body"> 3194 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3195 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3196 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2661.jpg?v=1787307411 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Nigelb</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3197 3198 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3199 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649228"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:25:44+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:25</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3200 3201 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3202 3203 <div class="comment-content"> 3204 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3205<p>A wicket early in the penultimate over is an excellent thing.</p> 3206<p>edit antepenultimate</p> 3207</blockquote> 3208<p>Dammit I was right the first time.</p> 3209<p>Shouldn’t post on a phone while walking around.</p> 3210<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649228" data-author="Nigelb" data-author-id="2661" data-author-count="92536" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649228" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649228%23comment-5649228"> 3211 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3212 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">0</span></button><br /> 3213 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3214 </div> 3215 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3216 3217 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3218 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3219 <li id="comment-5649229" class="comment byuser comment-author-malmesbury odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3220 <article id="div-comment-5649229" class="comment-body"> 3221 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3222 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3223 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/2498.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Malmesbury</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3224 3225 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3226 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649229"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:27:47+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:27</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3227 3228 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3229 3230 <div class="comment-content"> 3231 <blockquote><p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3232<blockquote> 3233<p><b>Malmesbury:</b></p> 3234<blockquote> 3235<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3236<p>My stat of the day.</p> 3237<p>Europe has the worldâs most advanced, and largest (by global sales) semiconductor fab equipment manufacturer. Currently, zero percent of its sales are in Europe.</p> 3238<p>Thatâs both absurd, and will be in time, economically disastrous.</p> 3239</blockquote> 3240<p>As with IT, cars, space flight and biotechnology, just tell yourself</p> 3241<p>â Europe is doing fine</p> 3242<p>â Changing thing would be bad (insert reasons here)</p> 3243<p>â We can catch up later.</p> 3244<p>â The so called advances arenât real and are no good for Europe anyway.</p> 3245<p> </p> 3246</blockquote> 3247<p>In this particular case they just seem to have decided itâs not possible, which is stupid.</p> 3248<p>It would be costly, but on a European scale not that costly, and the economic/strategic benefits would be enormous. One of the disappointing things about Brexit is that such projects might have been slightly more likely had we stayed in.</p> 3249</blockquote> 3250<p>Thatâs exactly the thinking I was talking about.</p> 3251<p>âBut we canât do it in less than 1,342 steps. Therefore it canât be done.â</p> 3252<p>Take a step. Then take another step.</p> 3253<p>Start with simpler chips. Build out from there. </p> 3254<p>Itâs like those idiots saying you canât make a computer since you need screws from China. Import the screws to start with. When you achieve scale, the supply chains follow.</p> 3255<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649229" data-author="Malmesbury" data-author-id="2498" data-author-count="65310" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649229" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
3255%3D5649229%23comment-5649229"> 3256 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3257 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3258 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3259 </div> 3260 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3261 3262 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3263 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3264 <li id="comment-5649230" class="comment byuser comment-author-fishing even thread-even depth-1"> 3265 <article id="div-comment-5649230" class="comment-body"> 3266 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3267 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3268 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1980.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1980.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Fishing</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3269 3270 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3271 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649230"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:35:20+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:35</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3272 3273 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3274 3275 <div class="comment-content"> 3276 <blockquote><p>FPT</p></blockquote> 3277<blockquote><p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 3278<blockquote> 3279<p><b>Fishing:</b></p> 3280<blockquote> 3281<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3282<blockquote> 3283<p><b>Fishing:</b></p> 3284<p>I also think that because the Triple Lock is about future increases, rather than present benefits, removing it is likely to be less politically problematic than people think. </p> 3285<p>People are most angry about the removal of current benefits, not future ones, which always seem more abstract.</p> 3286<p>But there is still likely to be some short term pain, so I doubt it will happen, especially as the next GE hoves into view.</p> 3287</blockquote> 3288<p>It doesnât do anything for the chancellorâs current problems though.</p> 3289</blockquote> 3290<p>I donât think thatâs right, if done correctly. Ending the Triple Lock would ease pressure in the bond markets as the government shows it is serious about controlling welfare spending and the size of the state, thereby increasing long-run economic growth. The anticipated transfer of resources to the wealth-creating sector from the parasitical part should bring down bond yields, hence reducing government interest payments.</p> 3291<p>Of course, this government would simply use the extra fiscal room to waste money on other scroungers, so in reality nothing would be gained. But with a more economically literate government, and one that understands the amply documented negative relationship between the size of the state and long-run growth, it could alleviate current problems as well as future ones.</p> 3292</blockquote> 3293<p>I agree the point about a likely positive impact on gilts. Ending the Triple Lock gives off âserious about the long term public financesâ vibes and the markets will like that.</p> 3294<p>But I find this notion of the economy as âprivate sector wealth creators vs public sector consumers of itâ to be a bit noddy. Itâs what a person is doing â the nature of the activity â that determines whether they are creating wealth or not. This is the case whether they are in the private or public sector (or something in between).</p> 3295<p>The economy is the aggregate of all the people doing what they do. Itâs the symbiotic whole of all of that. Someone in a wealth-creating activity is creating wealth regardless of what sector they are in. Likewise somebody who isnât is not. There is wealth creation in the public sector and the âparasiticâ opposite in the private sector. It all depends on the activity.</p> 3296<p>You can see the truth of this with a thought experiment. Imagine Healthcare was privatised. No more NHS. This product â healthcare â is now in the private sector. Itâs a business engaged in by private companies employing all the relevant staff, making profits, paying all the usual business taxes etc.</p> 3297<p>Has it â by dint of this â become wealth-creating when it wasnât before? No. Youâve got a âsmaller stateâ sure. And a bigger private sector. But you havenât by one iota changed the wealth-creating vs non-wealth creating balance of the economy. Of course you can argue that an activity (healthcare in this example) would become more efficient in the private sector but thatâs a different point.</p> 3298</blockquote> 3299<p>You’re groping towards something that is covered (albeit usually rather briefly) in undergraduate economics classes – the distinction between government transfers and government consumption (though the terminology and definitions vary slightly).  We can all agree that the private sector creates wealth. With government, the picture is much more complicated and it is simplistic, though very commonly done, to lump all government spending together.  </p> 3300<p>Government transfers are direct redistribution from one part of the population to another. A classic example are the transfer payments to which the current government is so addicted. They are absolutely a net drain on the wealth-creating sector, as they directly take money from those who make it and give it to scroungers. And that is the kind of government spending that most damages economic growth – indeed, it is not counted directly towards GDP, only showing up in the figures when the recipients spend it.</p> 3301<p>Then there is government provision of services, such as healthcare or defence, which, as you note, counts towards GDP and provides a welfare generating service. Simplistically, moving this from the public sector to the private sector does not damage the economy. And these services are less objectionable politically than straight transfer payments. </p> 3302<p>As so often in economics, in practice, the distinction is not so clear cut, since government provision of services has significant redistributional, and hence disincentive effects, for two main reasons. Firstly, state-provided healthcare or defence has to be paid for through taxes, which in most countries fall mainly on the productive members of society, and often directly on production itself, and have huge disincentive effects, reducing output in the long term. So they are, indirectly, transfer payments. And secondly, the government is likely to provide such services with its usual happy mix of inefficiency, incompetence, corruption and unaccountability. See, e.g. HS2. This extra inefficiency definitely reduces welfare, and probably GDP as well (remember GDP is a measure of value added, not gross output). If a productive member of society pays for his healthcare out of his pocket, he is not disincentivised from working. However, if he pays disproportionately into a general pot for everybody else’s as well as his, he certainly will be.</p> 3303<p>Anyway, that explains two things in particular – why the economically literate object to transfer payments much more than government service provision, and why all but the most libertarian commentators take a pragmatic approach to
3303such service delivery – I have never, for instance, been particularly bothered by government provision of healthcare, defence or education, as long as it is done well.</p> 3304<p>But the distinction between wealth-creating and non-wealth-creating sectors certainly has merit, even if it is more complicated than is often realised in our simplified political debate.</p> 3305<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649230" data-author="Fishing" data-author-id="1980" data-author-count="6483" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649230" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649230%23comment-5649230"> 3306 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3307 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">2</span></button><br /> 3308 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 15:37 UTC">edited</span> 3309 </div> 3310 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3311 3312 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3313 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3314 <li id="comment-5649231" class="comment byuser comment-author-dopermean odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3315 <article id="div-comment-5649231" class="comment-body"> 3316 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3317 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3318 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/6171.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Dopermean</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3319 3320 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3321 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649231"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:45:05+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:45</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3322 3323 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3324 3325 <div class="comment-content"> 3326 <p>FPT @Taz the source of S Y-L’s money….</p> 3327<p>It’s only just occurred to me that his “successful business” was tanning salons in Luton<br />How did no one question that? ð<br />  </p> 3328<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649231" data-author="Dopermean" data-author-id="6171" data-author-count="3761" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649231" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649231%23comment-5649231"> 3329 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3330 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3331 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3332 </div> 3333 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3334 3335 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3336 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3337 <li id="comment-5649232" class="comment byuser comment-author-onlylivingboy even thread-even depth-1"> 3338 <article id="div-comment-5649232" class="comment-body"> 3339 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3340 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3341 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3877.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/3877.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">OnlyLivingBoy</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3342 3343 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3344 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649232"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:45:21+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:45</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3345 3346 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3347 3348 <div class="comment-content"> 3349 <blockquote><p><b>Fishing:</b></p> 3350<blockquote> 3351<p>FPT</p> 3352</blockquote> 3353<blockquote> 3354<p><b>kinabalu:</b></p> 3355<blockquote> 3356<p><b>Fishing:</b></p> 3357<blockquote> 3358<p><b>Nigelb:</b></p> 3359<p>It doesnât do anything for the chancellorâs current problems though.</p> 3360</blockquote> 3361<p>I donât think thatâs right, if done correctly. Ending the Triple Lock would ease pressure in the bond markets as the government shows it is serious about controlling welfare spending and the size of the state, thereby increasing long-run economic growth. The anticipated transfer of resources to the wealth-creating sector from the parasitical part should bring down bond yields, hence reducing government interest payments.</p> 3362<p>Of course, this government would simply use the extra fiscal room to waste money on other scroungers, so in reality nothing would be gained. But with a more economically literate government, and one that understands the amply documented negative relationship between the size of the state and long-run growth, it could alleviate current problems as well as future ones.</p> 3363</blockquote> 3364<p>I agree the point about a likely positive impact on gilts. Ending the Triple Lock gives off âserious about the long term public financesâ vibes and the markets will like that.</p> 3365<p>But I find this notion of the economy as âprivate sector wealth creators vs public sector consumers of itâ to be a bit noddy. Itâs what a person is doing â the nature of the activity â that determines whether they are creating wealth or not. This is the case whether they are in the private or public sector (or something in between).</p> 3366<p>The economy is the aggregate of all the people doing what they do. Itâs the symbiotic whole of all of that. Someone in a wealth-creating activity is creating wealth regardless of what sector they are in. Likewise somebody who isnât is not. There is wealth creation in the public sector and the âparasiticâ opposite in the private sector. It all depends on the activity.</p> 3367<p>You can see the trutâ¦</p> 3368</blockquote> 3369<p>Youâre groping towards something that is covered (albeit usually rather briefly) in undergraduate economics classes â the distinction between government transfers and government consumption (though the terminology and definitions vary slightly).  We can all agree that the private sector creates wealth. With government, the picture is much more complicated and it is simplistic, though very commonly done, to lump all government spending together.  </p> 3370<p>Government transfers are direct redistribution from one part of the population to another. A classic example are the transfer payments to which the current government is so addicted. They are absolutely a net drain on the wealth-creating sector, as they directly take money from those who make it and give it to scroungers. And that is the kind of government spending that most damages economic growth â indeed, it is not counted directly towards GDP, only showing up in the figures when the recipients spend it.</p> 3371<p>Then there is government provision of services, such as healthcare or defence, which, as you note, counts towards GDP and provides a welfare generating service. Simplistically, moving this from the public sector to the private sector does not damage the economy. And these services are less objectionable politically than straight transfer payments. </p> 3372<p>As so often in economics, in practice, the distinction is not so clear cut, since government provision of services has significant redistributional, and hence disincentive effects, for two main reasons. Firstly, state-provided healthcare or defence has to be paid for through taxes, which in most countries fall mainly on the productive members of society, and often directly on production itself, and have huge disincentive effects, reducing output in the long term. So they are, indirectly, transfer payments. And secondly, the government is likely to provide such services with its usual happy mix of inefficiency, incompetence, corruption and unaccountability. See, e.g. HS2. This extra inefficiency definitely reduces welfare, and probably GDP as well (remember GDP is a measure of value added, not gross output). If a productive member of society pays forâ¦</p> 3373</blockquote> 3374<p>The other twist on this is that firms can be especially “wealth creating” i.e. profitable for reasons that lower their actual benefit to society, e.g. through monopolistic behaviour. Economists like Adam Smith understood this 250 years ago.</p> 3375<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649232" data-author="OnlyLivingBoy" data-author-id="3877" data-author-count="18767" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649232" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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3427Meeting up for a drink with a woman called Lucy?</p> 3428<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649234" data-author="xotGD" data-author-id="7272" data-author-count="240" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649234" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649234%23comment-5649234"> 3429 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3430 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">4</span></button><br /> 3431 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button> 3432 </div> 3433 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3434 3435 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3436 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3437 <li id="comment-5649235" class="comment byuser comment-author-sunil_prasannan odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> 3438 <article id="div-comment-5649235" class="comment-body"> 3439 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3440 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3441 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1011.jpg' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/1011.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Sunil_Prasannan</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3442 3443 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3444 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649235"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:49:45+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:49</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3445 3446 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3447 3448 <div class="comment-content"> 3449 <blockquote><p><b>DecrepiterJohnL:</b></p> 3450<p>We have probably covered it although itâs not showing in a quick search, but Earl Spencerâs charge that the King said Diana would be forgotten in a week seems to come from an old Mitchell & Webb sketch.</p> 3451<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irvuafg5GM" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irvuafg5GM</a></p> 3452</blockquote> 3453<p>Gladiator:</p> 3454<p><i>Connie Nielsen: “The mob is fickle, brother. He’ll be forgotten in a month!”</i></p> 3455<p><i>Joaquin Phoenix: “No, much sooner than that! It’s been arranged…”</i></p> 3456<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649235" data-author="Sunil_Prasannan" data-author-id="1011" data-author-count="60826" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649235" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote%3D5649235%23comment-5649235"> 3457 <button type="button" class="pb-quote pb-needs-login" title="Log in to quote">Quote</button><br /> 3458 <button type="button" class="pb-like pb-needs-login" title="Log in to like">👍 <span class="pb-like-count">1</span></button><br /> 3459 <button type="button" class="pb-report pb-needs-login" title="Log in to report">Report</button><span class="pb-edited-badge" title="edited 24 Sep 2026 15:49 UTC">edited</span> 3460 </div> 3461 </div><!-- .comment-content --> 3462 3463 </article><!-- .comment-body --> 3464 </li><!-- #comment-## --> 3465 <li id="comment-5649236" class="comment byuser comment-author-brixian59 even thread-even depth-1"> 3466 <article id="div-comment-5649236" class="comment-body"> 3467 <footer class="comment-meta"> 3468 <div class="comment-author vcard"> 3469 <img alt='' src='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png' srcset='https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-content/uploads/avatars/7242.png 2x' class='avatar avatar-50 photo' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> <b class="fn">Brixian59</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div><!-- .comment-author --> 3470 3471 <div class="comment-metadata"> 3472 <a href="https://www.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2026/09/24/these-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election/#comment-5649236"><time datetime="2026-09-24T16:55:27+01:00">24/9/2026 at 16:55</time></a> </div><!-- .comment-metadata --> 3473 3474 </footer><!-- .comment-meta --> 3475 3476 <div class="comment-content"> 3477 <blockquote><p><b>Andy_JS:</b></p> 3478<p>â781 migrants arrive in small boats in 2026 recordâ</p> 3479<p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwz0z597m471o" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwz0z597m471o</a></p> 3480</blockquote> 3481<p>Desperate attempt by Farage and his paymasters and the Gang leaders to divert attention. </p> 3482<p>Will anyone who has a dinghy left please report to Calais tomorrow </p> 3483<p>Yours </p> 3484<p> </p> 3485<p>Nigel</p> 3486<p>PS</p> 3487<p>Has anyone checked the two that allegedly sneaked in didn’t just launch in Shoreham and tootle down the Coast with a few heavily fake tanned of Tommos mates on biard</p> 3488<p> </p> 3489<div class="pb-comment-actions" data-comment-id="5649236" data-author="Brixian59" data-author-id="7242" data-author-count="2860" data-login="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%23comment-5649236" data-login-quote="https://www.politicalbetting.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicalbetting.com%2Findex.php%2Farchives%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fthese-mrps-should-kibosh-any-chance-of-an-early-general-election%2F%3Fpbquote
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