December 2008

General Election Betting: Prepare to go to the polls in 2009

The Betfair Contrarian / 22 December 2008 / Leave a comment

The Betfair Contrarian took one look at the odds-on quote for a 2010 election and blew a big, fat raspberry. Ladies and gents of the British Isles, 2009 is vote time and here's why......Read more »

The Betfair Prof: Why were so many dancing in the dark on Saturday night?

Leighton Vaughan Williams / 15 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Why did nobody get evicted from Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night? The Betfair Prof explains......Read more »

UK General Election Odds: Electoral geography makes a hung parliament a superb value bet

Paul Krishnamurty / 12 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Election betting expert Paul Krishnamurty tells us why betting on no party having an overall majority at the next election is the best political punt he's seen for years......Read more »

The Betfair Prof: The election day polls performed almost perfectly - on average!

Leighton Vaughan Williams / 10 December 2008 / Leave a comment

The Betfair Prof, Leighton Vaughan Williams, takes a look at how the polls performed on election day back on 4th November for the US Presidential Election......Read more »

The Betfair Prof: How the Democrats won the Keys to the White House!

Leighton Vaughan Williams / 02 December 2008 / Leave a comment

There have been a number of fascinating articles on election forecasting published in 'Foresight', the magazine of the International Institute of Forecasters. Of these, perhaps one of the most accessible is that associated with the name of Professor Allan J. Lichtman....Read more »

UK Election Odds: Mr Brown's game is up

BePolitics.com / 01 December 2008 / 1 Comments

The Pre-Budget Report signals yet another nail in the New Labour coffin. Jonathan Sanders from BePolitics tells us why......Read more »