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Mehmet Ali Agca, who infamously tried to kill the Pope in 1981, suffering from terminal cancer. Guaranteed QO everywhere.

Oh yes, why didn't we think of that? Bound to be pretty likely. Lets put the dead ex-pres in a freezer for 6 months to hide the fact from the public and even better we can get another 100 pages on Deathlist with mad conspiracy theories. Fuck me.

Crem will be along to tell us shortly as to why this is actually bad for Labour....

And idiots.

Jacob Rees-Mogg would be a Portillo moment, just due to his general twattishness and high profile, and the way he sums up what a bunch of chancers his party are.

As a football secretary, this plan would destroy more local football than anything else. It's the critical ages 16 to 18 when most lads stop the game, so to force them to do Rishis plan would loose thousands more from the game.

She's WHAT ??

I'm intrigued how this would work as 'children' become adults when they reach 18, and afaik, are no longer their parents' responsibility. Still, with the Tories chances of regaining power somewhat diminished, they could promise everyone a unicorn shitting rainbows without ever have to worry about the practicalities of implementation.

The following peers have only tomorrow and Wednesday to attend this session of Parliament otherwise they'll lose theirs seats in the Lords: Lord Allen of Kensington (Labour) b. 1957 member since 2013 Lord Alliance (Lib Dem) b. 1932 ms 2004 Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare (Non-affiliated) b. 1940 ms 1992 Lord Black of Crossharbour (Non-affiliated) b. 1944 ms 2001 Lord Botham (Crossbencher) b. 1955 ms 2020 Lord Bowness (Crossbencher) b. 1943 ms 1996 Lord Carter of Barnes (Non-affiliated) b. 1964 ms 2008 Baroness Corston (Labour) b. 1942 ms 2005 Lord Darzi of Denham (Non-affiliated) b. 1960 ms 2007 Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) b. 1939 ms 1997 Baroness Eccles of Moulton (Conservative) b. 1933 ms 1990 Lord Elis-Thomas (Non-affiliated) b. 1946 ms 1992 Lord Hameed (Crossbencher) b. 1941 ms 2007 Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Crossbencher) b. 1953 ms 2022 Baroness Howarth of Breckland (Crossbencher) b. 1940 ms 2001 Lord Kalms (Non-affiliated) b. 1931 ms 2004 Baroness King of Bow (Labour) b. 1967 ms 2011 Lord Levene of Portsoken (Crossbencher) b. 1941 ms 1997 Lord Mackenzie of Culkein (Labour) b. 1940 ms 1999 Duke of Norfolk (Excepted Hereditary) (Crossbencher) b. 1956 ms 2003 Lord Paul (Non-affiliated) b. 1931 ms 1996 Lord Prescott (Labour) b. 1938 ms 2010 Lord Rana (Conservative) b. 1938 ms 2004 Earl of Rosslyn (Excepted Hereditary) (Crossbencher) b. 1958 ms 1979 Lord Saville of Newdigate (XB) (Law Lord) b. 1936 ms 1997 Lord Sugar (Crossbencher) b. 1947 ms 2009 Lord Taverne (Lib Dem) b. 1928 ms 1996 Lord Willoughby de Broke (Excepted Hereditary) (Non-affiliated) b. 1938 ms 1986 They can also request a leave of absence if they have a legitimate excuse for non-attendance. Lord Leith (Labour) b. 1947 ms 2004 did this just a few days ago to avoid getting thrown out. The list may be indicative of illness, or merely just members being busy elsewhere in their lives or disillusioned with the House. However, 18 out of 28 of them are 80+ so worth keeping an eye on.

Some Ethiopian Birr and a low denomination coin from China both from pre lockdown work trips

Hell yeah, if you wanted to be totally cynical they're the kind of tribute band who can wing it onto the bill of a classic rock festival in the US. In their case the difference between tribute and on-going genuine band is marginal at best. When they rock into 2026 they'll pass a bizarre milestone for a working band - 50 years since they made a studio album! A very grey area indeed. So, this year, for example, I'll see Curved Air and Gong, both - I'd say - going concerns, though Curved Air went 38 years between studio albums and the current Gong have nobody from their days as route one go-to sounds for spliff lovers. By contrast I saw Atomic Rooster not that long ago and their claim to authenticity makes Iron Butterfly look like The Rolling Stones. S'cuse the music industry lecture here but what determines this is legal, is pretty much a contract by which you can prove you're the genuine band. In cases like Iron Butterfly there's (I guess) always been a line up with a management contract and gigs to fulfill, meaning the band can hire and fire and show continuity. Curved Air have mustered key originals - mainly singer Sonia Kristina - and that, a contract, and the absence of anyone else claiming to be Curved Air, is enough to get them gigs and a recording contract. Atomic Rooster, or so I heard, was basically a guy who'd been in the band briefly when they could barely get arrested, assembling a line up and then doing a deal with the widow of the guy who founded the band (and who has the rights to their stuff since her husband died), liscensing them to get out there.

Brilliant! We can't get enough people to fill public sector jobs as it is, let's introduce entry requirements to reduce the number even further. What an absolute bellend. Fuck off to Silicon Valley and let's start trying to fix the utter shambles you've made of this country.

Mon 27 May 61 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House +4 37 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 30 Cozy Powell - Dance With the Devil 30 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 28 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 27 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love 23 Smokie - If You Think You Know How to Love Me 23 Kenny - The Bump 23 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run -6 20 Slade - Bangin’ Man 18 Fox - Only You Can 16 Slade - Everyday 10 The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 08 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died

This needs to be circulated widely. (I've already seen disinformation on social media that it's already too late to apply.) https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id Don’t have ID? Apply for free voter ID now If you don't have accepted photo ID, you can apply for a free voter ID document, which is known as a Voter Authority Certificate (Opens in new window). The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate to vote in the Parliamentary general election on Thursday 4 July is 5pm on Wednesday 26 June.

5/27/2024 86 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé— Telephone 78 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love -3 76 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 62 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 62 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 57 Owl City — Fireflies 46 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 35 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes +4 06 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 0 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It -3

Oops you're right. Hadn't noticed that. Still think she's vunerable mind given the local results in her neck of the woods recently

Minor correction - apparently the bassist had died back in 2016.

Simeon I of Bulgaria died on this day 1097 years ago, aged 63. - Simeon was the son of Boris I, and was not expected to take the throne as he had an older brother, Vladimir; as such his father planned for him to become a church official, sending him to Constantinople to receive theological education in 878. He would return 10 years later to establish a monastery. - For political reasons, Boris would oust Vladimir (Boris had abdicated to become a monk, then Vladimir would reintroduce pagan religion into Bulgaria), had him blinded, and then put Simeon on the throne in 893. - Simeon's reign saw a literal trade war initiated by the Byzantines (using the Magyars as a proxy) in 895, and would continue fighting their forces throughout, most notably a war that began in 913 after Emperor Alexander stopped paying Bulgaria an annual tribute. One notable development of this latter war came in 924, when Simeon would send diplomats to seek assistance from the Fatimid Caliphate, hoping they would send their navy in to help him take Constantinople; these diplomats were captured and imprisoned by Byzantine forces. - Simeon would die from heart failure after 34 years as king, being succeeded by his son Peter I. No Bulgarian monarch would take the name 'Simeon' for a thousand years, until Simeon II in 1943.

Andre 3000 (one half of Outkast) is 49. Also going to mention his 2006-2008 Cartoon Network show Class of 3000:

Couldn't have put it better myself, Clorox. Mon 27 May 84 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 83 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 76 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 63 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 60 Owl City — Fireflies 58 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 46 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) +4 37 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 14 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 11 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It -6

May 27th 57 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House 37 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 35 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run +4 30 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 28 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 27 The Drifters - There Goes My First Love -6 26 Cozy Powell - Dance With the Devil 23 Smokie - If You Think You Know How to Love Me 23 Kenny - The Bump 20 Slade - Bangin’ Man 18 Fox - Only You Can 16 Slade - Everyday 10 The Rubettes - Juke Box Jive 08 Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died

Saw this in Belfast bus station yesterday.

IIRC wasn't she the only celebrity to suss out a "Gotcha" on "Noel's House Party"?

‘I’m a Celebrity star…’ is right up there with ‘Harry Potter actor…’ as a fairly dispiriting career summary. As is ‘Midge Ure’s ex-missus…’, I suppose. I hope mine will read ‘Deathlist pioneer and occasional poster…’ in the Elham Valley Newsletter.