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candy49
hive
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Update on Hive-Engine Withdrawals problem
So - it is coming up to four days since I tried to make a withdrawal from Hive-Engine to Hive. I still haven't received my coins, and now the Hive-Engine withdrawal page shows the following notice: That
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candy49
hive
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Withdrawals from Hive Engine not working
So, about 14 hours ago I sold some layer 2 coins for Hive, and initiated a withdrawal to Hive so I could transfer it to savings - and it never arrived. It's only a tiny tiny amount, but ever since the
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candy49
politics
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How did Kamala Harris secure support so fast?
Ever since the disastrous debate at the end of June, President Biden was coming under huge pressure to drop out of November's presidential election. But the stubborn old man was resisting. Senior Democrats
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uk
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A connundrum from the General Election
Part of the reason Labour won 411 seats in the general election despite getting only 33.7% of the vote, is that the right-wing vote was split, with many 2019 Tory voters switching to Reform. Yet despite
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candy49
france
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What do the French elections mean?
One of the most puzzling elections in the Western world are the elections for the National Assembly in France. They were called three years before they needed to be held and have resulted in a messy gridlocked
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uk
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Do people remember the Council Elections on 2nd May?
When the results came in, Professor Rawlings caused huge controversy with his projected national vote: Labour 35% Tories 26% LibDems 16% Others (Independents, Greens, Reform) 22% This pointed to a Hung
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uk
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Here is how voters have reacted to the debates and manifestos
We've now had the manifestos of all the parties standing in the election. We've also had one head-to-head debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer on ITV, an interview session with both on Sky where
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candy49
uk
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YouGov's MRP poll for Birmingham looks wrong
MRP stands for Multilevel Regression and Post-Stratification. What they do is first do a standard poll with a large sample - at least 10,000 people rather than 2,000. They ask for voting intention, and
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candy49
uk
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So the General Election campaigns have started...
Rishi Sunak's surprise decision to call a general election campaign - and it really took everyone by surprise - was overshadowed by his announcement of it in the pouring rain, with Steve Bray (of "Stop
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uk
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Will Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour hurt the Labour party?
Some described Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour as the equivalent of a Corbynista like Zarah Sultana joining the Tories. In many ways it's worse. Whatever people think of Zarah Sultana's political
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candy49
uk
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Only Savanta got the opinion polling for last Thursday's elections right
The other pollsters missed quite badly. For example, here are the final opinion polls for the London Mayor elections, compared to the actual result: source Look how wildly out YouGov were in predicting
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candy49
uk
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Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell is charged with embezzlement
He's been charged with embezzling SNP funds, while he was party leader. It's not yet clear how much Nicola Sturgeon knew and whether she'll be charged too. The big question is, how does this affect the
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candy49
uk
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What do local council by-elections tell us about the upcoming general election?
Unlike opinion polls, council by-elections show us what people who actually show up to vote are thinking. There have been 168 council by-elections since the Local Elections in May 2023. Here are the aggregate
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candy49
uk
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Reform surges to 15% in Yougov poll
YouGov has been persistently showing low scores for Tories and high scores for Reform. This might be to do with sampling issues - instead of a random sample of people, they polll people signed up to their
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candy49
uk
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What really caused the Tory drubbing in 1997?
There's been a lot of re-writing of history about the 1997 general election, mainly by people who were small children at the time, or who were born afterwards. They look at the GDP stats and note that
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candy49
uk
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Will there be an election in May?
Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party has been working really hard to move the opinion polling dial. Since November 2023, National Insurance has been cut by 4% (at a total cost of £20bn) and businesses were
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candy49
ireland
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Are opinion polls reliable?
The Republic of Ireland has just had a referendum to amend their constitution. There were two amendments proposed. One was to change references to "marriage" and replace it with "durable
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candy49
uk
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The surprising results of the Rochdale by-election
I don't mean the winner George Galloway, I mean the man who came second, independent candidate Dave Tully. Tully owns a car repair business in Rochdale, and only decided to stand as a candidate in the
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candy49
uk
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Will the Speaker survive?
So - we had shenanigans in Parliament last Wednesday. The SNP had an "Opposition Day". What does that mean? Well, the elected government controls the parliamentary schedule, in order to get it's
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candy49
uk
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The Rochdale by-election is hotting up
Rochdale's Member of Parliament, the Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd recently passed away and a by-election to replace him will be held on 29th Feb. The whole thing has turned into a complete circus. The Reform
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