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Will anyone throw a shoe or shoes at Gordon Brown any time during 2009?

Background: We all know what happened to Bush recently. I wonder if the same thing will happen to Brown.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Yes
6%
No
94%
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Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 30%

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Created Fri 26th Dec 2008 12:43pm PST by stopcpdotcom

Suspend date: Thu 31st Dec 3:59pm PST (5 weeks to go) details

 

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11 weeks ago
angelovaloppi predicted No (H$75 at 81%)
11 weeks ago
wahsfrog predicted Yes (H$20 at 19%)
11 weeks ago
tim14 predicted No (H$50 at 81%)
14 weeks ago
mrs_r predicted No (H$100 at 81%)
14 weeks ago
tim14 predicted No (H$25 at 81%)

Comments (3)

  1 kruijs[Power User]
"A protester Monday threw a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as he was giving a speech at Britain's Cambridge University, just missing him."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h66KCFZrJ-HU6HsSU3mEUUaVlGDw

Was Brown standing near to Wen, so we could count it as a throw at Brown?

Well that was close - UK, at least
posted 41 weeks ago
I caught that and I think it was more like a Chinese slipper, cuz it made a very soft sound when it hit.
posted 41 weeks ago
  3 paddy112
Brown bush
posted 24 weeks ago

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