GreatAlbatrossM to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish • 5 months agoShipley Conservative Sir Philip Davies 'bet £8,000 he would lose his seat'www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkShipley Conservative Sir Philip Davies 'bet £8,000 he would lose his seat'www.bbc.co.ukGreatAlbatrossM to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-square@frankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago “In the 2005 election, I busted a gut to win. I expected to lose. I had a bet on myself to lose in the 2005 election, and my bet went down the pan.” He didn’t throw the '05 election, even when he bet against himself.
minus-squarepolonius-rexlinkfedilink3•5 months agoso to check, you’re fine with a football player betting against themselves, so long as they then happen to win?
He didn’t throw the '05 election, even when he bet against himself.
so to check, you’re fine with a football player betting against themselves, so long as they then happen to win?