We asked Professor Jack Darcy to predict the results of the weekend’s fixtures. The results are in, so let’s have a look at how he did.
10 points are awarded for getting the result bang on the money, 5 points for predicting the correct winner and 2 bonus points for getting within 5% of the score (Only if the correct winner is predicted).
Jeremy Hunt vs Theresa May
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Hunt 58% – 42% May
Correct Score: Hunt 64% – 36% May
Correct winner: 5 points
Rupert Murdoch vs Piers Morgan
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Murdoch 73% – 27% Morgan
Correct Score: Murdoch 73% – 27% Morgan
Correct winner: 5 points
Bang-on-the-money bonus: 10 points
Philip Hammond vs Liam Fox
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Philip Hammond 83%- 17% Liam Fox
Correct Score: Hammond 19% – 81% Fox
Nil points
Boris Johnson vs Rebekah Brooks
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Boris 80% – 20% Brooks
Correct Score: Boris 64% – 36% Brooks
Correct winner: 5 points
Kelvin MacKenzie vs Tony Blair
Professor Darcy’s prediction: MacKenzie 50%- 50% Blair
Correct Score: MacKenzie 67% – 33% Blair
Nil points
Iain Duncan Smith vs Toby Young
Professor Darcy’s prediction: IDS 52% – 48% Young
Correct Score: IDS 80% – 20% Young
Correct winner: 5 points
Richard Littlejohn vs Mike Ashley
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Littlejohn 15% – 85% Ashley
Correct Score: Littlejohn 61% – 39% Ashley
Nil points
Katie Hopkins vs Nigel Farage
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Hopkins 10% – 90% Farage
Correct Score: Hopkins 53% – 47% Farage
Nil points
Melanie Phillips vs Louise Mensch
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Phillips 75% – 25% Mensch
Correct Score: Phillips 20% – 80% Mensch
Nil points
Paul Dacre vs Michael Gove
Professor Darcy’s prediction: Dacre 48% – 52 Gove
Correct Score: Dacre 41% – 59% Gove
Correct winner: 5 points
Professor Jack Darcy scores 35 points
Predictions league standings:
1. xxxy 59
2. Unnamed Insider 54
3. Summer Ray 46
4. The Sun Apologies 41
5. Jim Smallman 37
5. Sir Michael 37
6. Professor Jack Darcy 35
7. Tiernan Douieb 24
Professor Jack Darcy is a musical comedian and sexual ethicist. He presents ‘Apocalypse Live’ and has a late night love and relationships show on Tory FM. He is currently working on his first Edinburgh show Funnylingus: The Last March of The Patriarchy. He is an A* arsehole. You can follow him here, here and here. You can also sign up to his mailing list here.
