"I will place a minimum £10 bet on Shan Oakes (Green) to become the Haltemprice and Howden MP on Thursday 10th July 2008 but only if 10 other people will do the same."
— Paddy Hedges, Anti Hedge Fund Manager (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 10th July 2008
10 people signed up
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Place a bet on Shan Oakes to become Britain's first Green MP in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 10th July 2008.
If we can bring the price down on Shan, hopefully the media will finally manage to give the campaign the publicity it deserves.
For more details,
please see Midas Oracle:
http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/07/03/ho...
Or please see discussion thread at Karmabanque:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=...
Please listen to Max Keiser and Stacey Herbert of Karmabanque discussing the campaign in their weekly programme "The Truth About Markets" on Resonance FM:
http://www.maxkeiser.com/tam050708.mp3
You can approach mainstream bookmakers, or alternatively lay a bet at the Intrade Haltemprice and Howden market:
http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/contr...
Or the Betfair Haltemprice and Howden market:
http://www.betfair.com/Index.do?mi=21056...
For Shan Oakes campaign information, please see:
http://shanoakes.typepad.com
http://shanoakes.blogspot.com
Shan Oakes Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33...
Shan Oakes Myspace profile:
http://www.myspace.com/392188525
Shan Oakes Votewise entry:
http://votewise.co.uk/index.php?pg=show&...
Shan Oakes donations Pledgebank:
http://www.pledgebank.com/shanoakesdeposit
Finally, to donate directly to the campaign by using your debit or credit card online, please use the Shan Oakes Paypal button:
http://shanoakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/su...
See more pledges, and all about how PledgeBank works.

Paddy Hedges, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
And donated £50 to the campaign.
GO SHAN!!!
GO SHAN!!!
Remember that famous TV Portillo moment
Could we be in for another with Davis
GO SHAN!
(Just put £250 on at Betfair - my fingers, and my toes, are crossed)