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I caught a bit of The Invisible Age, a documentary about society's perception of the elderly, on R4 today. Two nonogenarian English philosophers, Mary Midgley (95) and Mary (Baroness) Warnock (90) were wheeled out to give their views. It's hard to assess their health based on a radio interview, but both sounded very mentally alert and their appearance also reminds us that they are still alive. Mary Midgely commented on how she couldn't help thinking that everyone was wondering when she would die. It's shame there wasn't a post-show radio phone in where a R4 listener of a deadpooling persuasion may have been given her the opportunity to question her further on this point.

Next question, who decided who the committee was? The Committee, obviously. regards, Hein

Friend of a friend stuff at a Christmas get together but... apparently The Sun were set to run a story naming one prominent Westminster politician in the context of child abuse in 1984. A name we've already traded on here. Story pulled within hours of the presses rolling.

It is Jane Bown the photographer who has died -but you knew that already.I put this in case anyone fell for your pathetic attempt at humour.You are about as funny as a burning orphanage on Christmas Eve in Africa an hour before Angelina Jolie and Madonna come to visit!!!!!!

Sir Albert McQuarrie is still alive? I'll have to stick him on one of my lists as he was the last Conservative MP for my constituency before Alex Salmond took it from him in 1987.

Last MP elected in the 1945, 1950 and 1951 Parliaments. Three oldest surviving MPs are now: Ronald Atkins (Labour, b. 1916), Lord Denis Healey (Labour, b. 1917) and Sir Albert McQuarrie (Conservative, b. 1918). From the 1955 Parliament, there are 8 individuals still living: Sir Richard Body (b. 1927) Conservative Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) Ulster Unionist Party Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative Lord Denis Healey (b. 1917) Labour Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour Tom Mitchell (b. 1931) Sinn Féin James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative Survivors for later Parliaments: 1959: 19 / 629 1964: 49 / 630 1966: 83 / 630 And then too many to count from the latter ones...

He has now rejected further chemotherapy. From a deadpooling point of view, one more dose would have been the considerate thing for him to do. Read an article from Martin Crowe on ESPN cricket app and it rather read like an announcement that he's counting down the days. "Death is something I have contemplated lately, only because the medical experts say it's nearly time" & ".... turbocharged to apparently give me very little time to live (only 5% of patients live up to 12 months)....." are two of the more obvious reasons to very definitely pencil him in on my list 2015. Indeed. One question remains: will he get a DDP approved obit? regards, Hein I would be surprised if he didn't.

-Recent video of him looks well but his hands are really discoloured.Heart/circulatory problems maybe?I think it is unreasonable to criticize having a man his age on the list.

*sound of several people deleting name from their DDP shortlist* Figured this was on the card, with him returning and winning that tournament the other week.

We're all doomed then, they've been fucking the lot of us over for decades.

That is definitely my favourite Xmas song