Conservative Domination through gambling
The Quiet Man says he is confident of winning the next election, and I for one believe him. Hence my idea to ensure that this country onlly ever has Conservative governments from now on.Here's the plan. Each party member (and I believe there are 250,000 of us) stump up twenty pounds each to get a five million pounds. We then buy the Conservative position on IG Index, which is currently offering this spread on the expected number of Tory seats after the next GE -- 214-224.
To get a majority I think you need 330 seats, thus if TQM is right, on our bet we'll get 106 * 5m which is £530m. Such a a large fund should ensure that we can win any election we fight for the next 25 years. If TQM doesn't think this is enough he could perhaps raise another 5m from corporate donors, giving us over £1bn of fighting funds.
posted by Matthew @ 10/07/2003 11:43:00 AM
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