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To relieve the mood following yesterday's events, Matt Hancock has apparently lost his UN Job

She looks fine. She's even smiling.

Longest reigning monarch of a sovereign state was Louis XIV of France, 72 years and 110 days. Liz is on place four currently, under Thai king Bhumi and Liechtenstein's Johann II, who died in the 1920s. Both ruled 70 years Swaziland's Sobhuza II's reign was 82 years but his actual coronation was only 22 years into his reign and his country was a British protectorate until 1968. He died in 1982. There are six other monarchs of dependant states who ruled over 75 years including Lippe's Bernard VI who died in 1511 after ruling 81 years. He had succeeded his father who died when Bernard was under under ten months old.

Her mother used a stick for the last 10-15 years of her life so it really doesn’t say much. The Queen has always had terrible posture, largely owing to hunching over a writing desk all her life.

I think the number of people selecting Michael in all of the deadpools but especially the DDP will increase quite notably next year after this announcement which strangely for a man his age still seems like a bolt out of the blue.

I wouldn’t say I admired him. Being an LGBT+ he certainly wouldn’t have cared much for me, as his aversion to them having equal rights would suggest. So there’s that, he was anti-abortion at all costs, Pro-Brexit at all costs, the list goes on. I’m sure I’d gladly have called him all the undesirables under the sun. I’m sure I did at some point. But none of that comes into the equation. He was brutally, senselessly murdered by a coward who sought to damage democracy. When a tragedy like this happens, it should never be politicised. It’s a desperately tragic incident, very much reminiscent of Jo Cox which happened just 5 years ago. It shouldn’t happen to anyone. Their families shouldn’t have to go through that. Other MPs shouldn’t have to live in fear of being filleted by a stranger for simply doing their job. It’s a very dark day for this country.

https://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/a/d1e8fa05-85ab-40d8-85e1-ed5ba6168d5c Jukka Tammi, Finnish hockey legend, silver medalist (Calgary 88) and two-time olympic bronze medalist (Lillehammer 94 and Nagano 98) apparently had a failed heart surgery in 2020. Tammi, 59, now has a pacemaker, says that he'll "live what is left"

Ahahah completely dumb, it’s the YouTuber Tiboinshape (huge name in France but quite controversial). on an other hand, she looks old but fine. Still hope she’ll be the oldest alive one day, she deserves it after having been in the shadow of Kane Tanaka For so long despite her age !

Black humour runs in the family. As my gran (still living) once put it - if you can't have fun at a funeral, when can you? Hey, it's better to remember Tebbit as your uncle than for some of his career! There is a distinct toxic nature to world politics at the moment which makes one despair. I'm not sure how it can be fixed at this point. When my Dad worked in A&E there was big posters up about what to do if one of the staff was stabbed on duty. Drunks with knifes were a regular threat to nurses and doctors trying to save peoples lives. Dad was never stabbed thankfully but did have to disarm folk on more than one occasion. Someone once pulled a knife on me in a crowded pub. They were drunk and dropped it. I'm 6 foot 2, used to play rugby, could dissuade fights from happening with a look, but on that instance the only option was to fucking leg it out of there ASAP. So I understand how you feel.

Although as someone who fits 3 of the 6, mysteriously I've never murdered anyone, because life being shit isn't an excuse to be a cunt to other people, and the best way to punish a politician is to vote them out in my book. (I've never understand the "kill them" train of thought either tbh. David Cameron might be my most loathed living politician, the useless waster, yet I don't wish violence on him. He's going to live another 30-40 odd years knowing he fucked up his dream job, that's more than enough for me!)

Has published a new biography and lost the ability to write. https://www.scotsman.com/news/national/sir-billy-connolly-gives-update-on-parkinsons-ive-lost-the-ability-to-write-3420377

7) Remainers

He's on my shadow but strangely I'll be removing him next year.Mysterious ways and all that.

https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/actor-farrukh-jaffer-passes-away-at-88-7573940/ Indian actress Farrukh Jaffar dead aged 88. She was a radio presenter from the 60s, appeared in a lot of bollywood movies between 2015 and 2020. She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress this year, becoming the oldest winner of a filmfare award for acting at 88.

According to one obituary he was a close friend of Prince Philip - quite possibly in Philip's final years he was the only close acquaintance who was actually older than Philip. (Unless Philip's reported cricket interests meant he was a friend of Eileen Ash who will be 110 (not 100 as printed earlier)later this month.)

Assassinations are above any partisan politics as you rightly point out.I agreed far more with David than Jo Cox but am equally sickened by both murders.I agree wholeheartedly with your comments .It is a bleak bleak day for everyone who believes in democracy or basic decency.

Tbh I wouldn't have known and would have guessed Madonna, at least, topped him along with - possibly - Jacko But you're bang on LFN - https://rateyourmusic.com/list/abyss89/the_100_biggest_acts_of_the_80s_in_the_u_k_/

When making Ask the Dust in 2005 (a fairly forgettable film in her long and illustrious CV), Atkins was propositioned by Colin Farrell, over 40 years her junior! They've both talked about it publicly.

Just caught the tail-end of Graham Norton and Dame Eileen Atkins was on and looks incredible for 87. Don't see her going anywhere for a good few years.

1 2 and 5 seem the most likely scenarios.

Reports coming in that Ally McLaws has died. I'll look into that. Edit: Just the one source on Twits, FB may have more if anyone is on that platform:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10095581/The-Queen-95-ordered-quit-drinking-royal-doctors-family-friend-claims-Vanity-Fair.html According to media reports the Queen has been advised to stop drinking alcohol by her doctors.

Ken Casanega (wiki) dead at 100. Last surviving member of the original 49ers. EDIT: I THINK the oldest former NFL player is now Charley Trippi (wiki), who turns 100 in December. Don Johnson (wiki) and Earle Parsons (wiki) do not have death dates on Wikipedia or on any of the sports stats sites, but I'm pretty certain they're deceased.

Until tomorrow morning

His wife Shakira Hip replacements don't lie