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This is where the evidence leads but the Labour Party is going ahead with its fingers in its ears and the biggest pair of blinkers you have ever seen.
Given a selection of quotes below from the Dutch regulator (not a lobbyist, the actual regulator), what does @EndGamblingAds think is different in the U.K. that negates the hard evidence from the Netherlands?
Quotes from Michel Groothuizen, Chairman of the Dutch Kansspelautoriteit (KSA):
"Illegal gambling is, in fact, an unprecedentedly large and complex problem. Of every euro a Dutch person gambles away, half goes to the illegal market."
"In my view, it is naïve to cling to the idea that a well-regulated legal national market and a national regulator are enough to tackle this problem."
"We must balance harm reduction with preserving a viable regulated market; otherwise the black market fills the gap."
"Currently, the competition for gamblers' favour is primarily taking place on social media: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and others are rife with gambling ads. However, the lion's share comes from illegal parties."
"The illegal parties will pay little attention to this [advertising restrictions], and as long as large tech companies continue to allow these advertisements or do not actively remove them on their own initiative, the only consequence of this ban... will be that players will be lured away from the legal market."
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What a mad mad world we live in.
Interesting that the @Tripadvisor travellers choice for 2026 in Seville is Bull Fighting….. a sport where the aim is to kill animals. But don’t you dare go to a racecourse cos it doesn’t meet our ethical standards….. weird.
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Does anybody know the individual party totals after the first round of voting in the Manchester Mayoral Election? #ManchesterMayor
This is what happens when a lobby group, with no experience of an industry combined with an ideological anti-gambling outlook , takeover a quango. Study other quangos and you will find similar disastrous leadership.
On Thursday, the Gambling Commission will cross a line by publishing statistics about problem gambling in Britain in the knowledge that they are from an unreliable survey. In so doing, it may forfeit forever the trust of its licensees… open.substack.com/pub/danwau…
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Always worth a read
Time for my Tour de France giveaway. 5 luck punters will win a subscription to my previews for the rest of the year, they normally cost £40.
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Affordability Checks - Imagine at the point of sale when buying a gold bracelet or a Rolex, or a high end meal at a restaurant, or your fourth pint on a night out, being asked for your bank details and proof of income. It’s all bollocks isn’t it. Why have we stood for it so long?
Kaisa Niewiadoma did win the Tour De France Femmes last year. She is 31 and was born in Poland @LydiaHislop
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Zak Polanski's misstep over the manner of the police arrests in Golders Green may have just have saved Labour from a complete disaster in the local elections.
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The judge has called the result of the 5.35 at Perth wrong. No.3 has won not No.5 # 5.35Perth
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The TV character that would be most proud of this government is Sir Humphrey Appleby. Refusing to reveal the legal advice on the EHRC, sitting on the Defence Review, trying to get closer ties with the EU without much scrutiny is straight out of that character's playbook
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The Labour Cabinet has been playing internal party politics while a crisis was brewing. One which it was warned about. How any government can endanger its own military with inaction and manage to infuriate just about every ally in the world is unbelievably incompetent.
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So who won the by-election. The real answer is Momentum, The Workers Party and Your Party under the Green banner. Who lost Labour and to a certain extent Reform. Also the long term Green supporters lost their party last autumn but have yet to realise it.
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🆕 🇺🇸 | US Midterms 2026
@jwyvon takes a look at both the House and Senate.
“Despite the swing in momentum towards the Dems, it will be highly unlikely to see them hold both the House and Senate”
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My new article is now available. Please retweet if you like it.
🆕 🟥| Political Reflections on the Budget
✍️@prwillingale is back with a new blog.
“It was not the growth and non-tax budgets promised by Starmer, Reeves and the right-wing of the party at the General Election”
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The first five minutes of this video perfectly sums up what Labour has done to the punter. Ordinary punter worse off, problem gambler worse off, workers laid off and conglomerates ok.
A few home truths about the gambling industry and FULL BETTING PREVIEW @NewburyRacing with 2 ‘LAYS OF THE DAY’
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🆕🟢| Have the Greens become a major party?
“A 50 seat Green Party would spell disaster for prospects of a two-term Labour government”
✍️@oae3108 (Green Party member) is back with a new blog.
Read below👇
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Anybody interested in my thoughts on the future of the left-wing in British politics please read this
🆕 | The Future Of Left-Wing Electoral Alliances
Are we already seeing informal alliances in action? What can we expect in May and going forward.
✍️written by @prwillingale - Peter has over 10 years experience betting on Politics.
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