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2. Reminds me of 2004 election. I had a bad feeling about Bush winning the election. I was in London.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Thu Jun 20, 2024, 06:36 AM

Jun 2024

So I went to Ladbroke's (perfect name) betting parlor and put a couple'a pounds down on Bush winning. I figured, at least, I'd feel good about something.

I ended up with about 15 lb profit.

It was one of the London tabloid front page ---"How can 150,000,000 people be this stupid? Now comes Trump.

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Early election turns out to have been great chance for Tories to clean up on the betting [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 OP

The ones I feel sorry for T_i_B Jun 2024 #1

Reminds me of 2004 election. I had a bad feeling about Bush winning the election. I was in London. 3Hotdogs Jun 2024 #2

4 Tories and several police bet on the date; now a Labour candidate admitted betting on the Tories to win muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #3

I genuinely can't understand why candidates think this is OK T_i_B Jun 2024 #4

I can see that they might claim betting on themselves or their own party to win might be OK muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #5