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Tag Archives: UK politics
British electors don’t want to change their electoral system. — [PREDICTION MARKET]
Question asked on May 5, 2011 (United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum): At present, the UK uses the “first past the post” system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the “alternative vote” system be used instead? Here’s BetFair’s … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Genesis, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged AV Referendum, betting markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasts, GB, Great Britain, Politics, prediction markets, Predictions, referendum, UK, UK politics, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum 2011
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The election night on BetFair – [CHART]
UK’s General Election 2010:
Posted in Analysis (Accuracy & Precision), Analysis (Data), Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Market Expiry, Market Prices & Probabilities, Prediction Post-Mortem
Tagged conservatives, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Politics, Tories, UK politics, UK's General Election 2010, United Kingdom
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BetFair’s guerilla marketing on General Election 2010 – [VIDEO]
Mike Robb: The “betometer” concept was poorly conceived. However, overall, it is a good tactic. It is a win.
The next British Prime Minister @ TED – [VIDEO]
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged conservatives, James Cameron, Politics, Tories, UK politics
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All 3 British political leaders fell for the global warming scam.
Solar activity and cosmic rays drive the Earth’s climate. Global warming due to human-produced CO2 is the biggest scientific imposture of all times. These 3 political leaders are all wrong.
Posted in Politics
Tagged carbon, climate change, CO2, conservatives, Earth, energy, environment, global warming, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, James Cameron, Labour, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Planet Earth, Politics, Tories, UK politics, United Kingdom
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The URLs of the UK’s General Election 2010
http://politics.betfair.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_2010 Gordon Brown’s gaffe (“bigoted woman”, Gillian Duffy):
Posted in Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged BetFair, betting markets, bigoted woman, event derivative markets, Gillian Duffy, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Politics, prediction markets, Predictions, UK politics, UK's General Election 2010, United Kingdom
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UK’s General Election 2010
Hung Parliament. Here’s a 10-days old video of BetFair’s Mike Robb at the Beeb:
Posted in Betting, Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets, Market Liquidity, Market Prices & Probabilities, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged BetFair, betting markets, event derivative markets, event derivatives, forecasts, Great Britain, Mike Robb, Politics, prediction markets, Predictions, UK politics, UK's General Election 2010, United Kingdom
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Odds on hung parliament in UK shorten after TV debate
So what effect did the UK‘s first ever televised prime ministerial debate featuring Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have on the political betting market? Before the debate, the betting market on Betfair regarding who if anybody would secure … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics, Predictions - Forecasts
Tagged BetFair, betting markets, conservatives, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, event derivative markets, event derivatives, Gordon Brown, Great Britain, Labour, Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, Politics, prediction markets, Tories, UK politics, UK's 2010 General Election, United Kingdom
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BetFair’s political prediction markets on the BBC – [VIDEO]
47:20 into For viewers presently in the U.K. only —alas. The Beeb won’t show you the video if you are from the States or the F country.
Are you a British trader who bets on UK politics at BetFair?
Wanna talk to a British journalo about it?