General Election 2019 (UK)

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megarain
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Someone always has more info .. or an agenda.

Private exit polls etc or just a script.

I recall reading somewhere in a US election, one of the candidates thru money at an exchange, to make people believe
he had a bigger chance than actual .. and maybe influence a floater.

It's pretty far fetched I agree .. but as social media becomes more mainstream .. I suppose its remotely possible a voter thinking
of voting for a 'no-chance' candidate, might be convinced, if the betting odds suggested it wasn't a wasted vote.
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Euler wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:21 pm
dragontrades wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:01 pm
Defo somebody fuking with the prices
It 'feels' like that. The markets shoudn't be doing this really as there is little information to discount.
Its less than 5 ticks away from my opening entry yesterday and with no media coverage allowed today it has made little to no sense
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It's sort of the ultimate reality TV game show.
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You do wonder if someone thought about it and knowing it would be quiet waitied till it went it went in-play and a lot of unmatched bets were cancelled then just stacked up a load of money then nudged it through and now its just settling back to where it was
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Con Maj 1.38

Cable 1.3175

This is all over .. might go to bed
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All the market needs now is for the exit polls to come in between 320-330 for the Torys!
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I hope we have an exit poll that is not very accurate
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Seat spread is 120 in favour of Conservatives
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dragontrades wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:00 pm
https://twitter.com/Conservatives/statu ... 2673271808
interesting way of going viral
A Jimmy McGill move
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70% TU looks nailed on from what I am hearing
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The exit polls will be leaking by now as media prepare to announce the prediction. Conservative majority has dropped to 1.39 from 1.6 in the last hour or so.
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dragontrades wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:19 pm
70% TU looks nailed on from what I am hearing
"TU"?
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LeTiss wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:53 pm
Emmson wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:50 pm
LeTiss wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:11 pm
When you go on Twitter you see that Labour voters have a viscous, nasty streak in them. Unpleasant people

Absurd generalisation!
Hello Labour voter :lol:
No I voted Green Party as a protest against the main parties. There were only 4 parties standing in my constituency. If Lord Buckethead had been standing he would have got my vote.
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Voter turnout?

My higher turnout bet is paying pretty good dividends now.
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