Joe Manchin: ahead in pollsOver the past week, this column has had two successes and one failure. The victory of the Social Democrats in the Swedish elections meant that both my tip to lay the Sweden Democrats, and …
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I’ve been following the betting on the US mid-term elections over the past few weeks, and I’m pleased to see the number of markets has been increasing. In addition to allowing you to bet on …
Sweden: voting next weekA week on Sunday (9 September) Sweden will vote in parliamentary elections. Three parties are in contention: the incumbent Social Democrats (who have led 16 out of the past 21 governments since …
Russian propaganda has caused a backlashTwitter is absurdly overvalued and vulnerable to the social-media backlash. The last year has seen a mounting backlash against social media. Abusive messages, political manipulation by various shadowy entities and …
Scandals won’t help Donald TrumpUp until a few days ago it looked as if the Mueller investigation into possible Russian collusion with the Trump campaign had finally run out of steam. Polls suggested that even …
Kirsty Wark: in pole positionHaving focused on the United States mid-term elections for the last few weeks, we’re going to move back to the UK this week. David Dimbleby is due to step down as …
Will Netflix lose its crown?The online streaming giant is vastly overpriced and its growth is slowing. For the past few years the US stockmarket has been dominated by the fast-growing technology giants known as the …
Sherrod Brown: firm favouriteThis week, a special election in a formerly safe Republican congressional district in Ohio ended up with the Republican clinging on by a only small amount (though the Democrats are refusing to …
Elizabeth Warren: a good betPaddy Power has scaled back its political bets a bit, but it is still offering markets on all the Senate races in the upcoming elections. What’s more, some of its odds …