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It's been known to occur very occasionally on the boards hereabouts as well

‘Waffle’ is wordy and meaningless drivel. Unfortunately it’s an integral part of politics.

I hear you, just off to the nearest bus stop full of pensioners to do my bit! I may be absent from here for a day or two.

A 36 year old man who’s had some migraines. Get him on your lists, people.

Milan Kundera occupies the same place in my mind as Robert Pirsig does. Robert Pirsig was also a DeathList entry and wrote "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". For some reason, I have always assumed Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" to be another Hippie / Beat generation classic, but now that I think about it, it isn't really the case? Anyway, I guess someone on the committee is big on literature and tries to push those "literary one-hit wonders" with their one "Must read" book. I've read neither though. Makes me wonder, who else might make the list eventually. Margaret Atwood? Alice Walker? Probably, eventually, Salman Rushdie.

Yeah, getting things done - a bit like Truss distancing herself from a previous Boris party by saying she was busy "doing deals for Britain." Meanwhile, unusually for Bojo he's been "spotted in the tea rooms" of the Houses of Parliament (i.e. trying to shore up his shakey support). And The Good Law Project are on the case asking why the police aren't on the case re the 20 May party. More time to write books, soon, then

He’d have gotten away it if it hadn’t been for that meddling Ulitzer! Zoinks!!

Because Milan Kundera is on the main list this year and the advent of the new French rapid fire game I have compiled a list of the ten earliest winners of the Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca one of the richest literary prizes in Europe Two recipients are older than Kundera 1992 - Ismail Kadare (b.1936) 1996 - Alain Carpentier (b.1933) 1998 - Wang Zhenyi (b.1924) 2001 - Yvon Gattaz (b.1925) 2003 - Nicole le Douarin (b.1930) 2006 - Jean Clair (Gerard Regnier) (b. 1940) 2007 - Mona Ozzouf (b.1931) 2008 - Mario Vargas Llosa (b.1936) 2009 Milan Kundera (b.1929) 2010 Patrick Modiano (b.1945)

Dick is as culpable as the rest of them; probably toeing the party line waiting for that peerage. (Me cynical? As if...)

So, I heard something on Channel 4 News last night that the BBC haven't mentioned, apparently the No.10 garden is under permanent CCTV monitoring by the Metropolitan Police. So, they watched 30 people blatantly committing a crime in 2020 and didn't think to do owt, then? Or did Channel 4 News get that wrong? Anyone know?

If it were true, TMZ would have been all over it by now.

Of all the SP references, the episode where they rip on Honey Boo Boo (and she gets a pig heart transplant) is definitely the most apt here

We have the most self-serving and corrupt Government within living memory, and the pandemic gave them the opportunity to get their snouts further into the trough and make millions for themselves and their friends. That's all there is to it.

Fatal blow to the head with a frying pan…..

Surely he's famous only for being ill? Therefore he could not be considered for the DL.

If he does have to resign, do you think they will give him leaving drinks in the No. 10 garden? Surely a fitting end to his premiership...

My favourite happening from this year’s submission process was someone who may or may not be a forum member submitting their monthly household budget in the attached excel sheet rather than their DDP team. Very detailed and multi coloured it was too!

What makes you say that ? Odds on the next PM Rishi Sunak 2/1 Liz Truss 3/1 Sir Keir Starmer 6/1 Labour Jeremy Hunt 10/1 Michael Gove 10/1 Sajid Javid 18/1 Priti Patel 25/1 Tom Tugendhat 25/1 Dominic Raab 28/1 Mark Harper 33/1 Nadim Zahawi 40/1 Oliver Dowden 40/1 Penny Mordaunt 40/1 Andy Burnham 50/1 Labour Jacob Rees-Mogg 50/1 Steve Baker 50/1 Kemi Bade 66/1 Nigel Farage 66/1 Racist CUNT Johnny Mercer 80/1 Ed Davey 100/1 Lib Dem Lisa Nandy 100/1 Labour Angel Rayner 150/1 Labour

Every time I see a new post on this thread I get all excited thinking that somebody has reported that Greta Thunberg has been eaten by a Polar Bear. Fuck.

Got a feeling that Jimmy Carter and Leslie Phillips might sneak on. Not sure why…

The reason why your brushing off of Covid as nothing really sticks in the craw is that it’s frankly an insensitive insult to 150k families, and those with long Covid. When I had Covid in April 2020, I was 23. I’m a non-smoker with a BMI of around 24 and no pre-existing health conditions. It ravaged me. Too afraid to call for medical help, I got next day delivery on a temperature gun and oximeter. My temperature was up to 40.2C and my oxygen sats were at 81. I saw these worrying stats, and my laboured breathing, and concluded that I was going to die alone at home. Luckily I recovered but I was physically unable to work full time for 4 months after it. I’ve since been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which was very likely a result of the attack the virus launched on my central nervous system, and will stay with me, causing chronic pain, fatigue and brain fogs, for the rest of my life. A friend I went to college with, gym fit and the same age as me, had Covid and died in July 2020. To my knowledge, at least 3 ex-colleagues have died of Covid. I’ve several friends who have lost a family member, multiple for a couple of them. And I’m not a rare case. Hundreds of thousands of people in this country alone have a similar story to tell. “Not deadly and a big con”? You’ve got a lot of fucking off to do, you insensitive fucking lunatic.