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Iran State TV says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran.

This is a sitting MP of the United Kingdom, casting doubt on the security services and the police during a hugely traumatic and devastating incident. This is fucking disgraceful, and, as Jess Phillips has posted, if he'd done his fucking job and been in Parliament for the Southport statement last night, he could have had his "unanswered questions" addressed. But then your conspiracy theories might be immediately debunked and not left to fester in the sewer pit of X. Absolute unadulterated wanker.

Makes me sick that they've stopped solely blaming the government's failings on immigrants, and have now turned on black/brown people born in this country. We're seeing the skinhead interpretation of ACAB coming back and racism overall is on the rise

Jimmy Carter today has reached the final age of Prince Philip, 99 years and 303 days.

I'm glad I started this Fucking thread now. Takes the mind off the rest of the world news for a little while.

Insane last couple of hundred metres from Alex Yee in the Fucking Triathlon! Another Gold for GB

Pleads guilty: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj260e54x7o

Oh my Fucking god, the Women’s Quad Fucking Sculls!!! Photo Fucking Finish and GB given the Gold, and they were half a length down with less than 200m to go! Fucking scenes

Submitted a guilty plea. Willz just beat me to it!

31/7/2024 55 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 46 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 44 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 40 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time -3 39 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 31 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It -3 31 Madonna - Like a Virgin 29 Queen - I Want to Break Free 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 17 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle +4

To play devil's advocate, she's exactly the type of person who should not be famous. It's all she's known as an adult, and she absolutely could not get a regular job without daily harassment and stalking. I would be taking my kit off, too. She's demonised more by much of the general public for being a 'whore' and having weans by different men than for legit reasons like drink driving (which is a by-product of being unstable and unable to handle fame). She's like Kim K but without a huge support network or enough money to never fail. Which is why she has, many times. At this point, certain figures barely do anything to promote themselves, because tabloids will do 95% of the work by scraping a few social media posts. They wouldn't be doing it if they weren't still making money off her name, and I'd bet those clicks come from holier-than-thou hypocrites who love telling folk they don't care about useless daft bimbos. Needed to say that. This will be my last time defending Katie Price.

Good riddance. Actually really impressive that they got him. Shows how smooth Israel works in the background.

Israel has eliminated many of its historical enemies recently. Haniyeh and likely Deif and Fuad Shukr (I believe both are dead). Who's left on the hit list? 1)Yahya Sinwar: Hamas chief in Gaza strip, hiding in a tunnel in Khan Younis, and the designated target of Israel since the war began. His assassination is difficult as his precise location is unknown, but a huge effort is being put in eliminating him. 2)Hassan Nasrallah: Hezbollah leader and longtime enemy of Israel. Reportedly a survivor of both health issues and assassination attempts, his death would be the final blow to Hezbollah. 3)Ziyad al-Nakhalah: secretary of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was with Haniyeh when he met Khamenei few hours before his death. Probably the next one. 4)Khaled Mashal: former leader of Hamas who was in a coma for days when Israel poisoned him in 1997. Apparently retired but still a top enemy. 5)Mousa Abu Marzook: longtime deputy of Mashal, cam eback to prominence due to the war and is one of the hardliners. 6)Naim Qassem: deputy of Nasrallah and likely successor. 7)Mahmoud Zahar: at 79 the oldest man on the list. Noted for his aggressive rhetoric, he is one of the founders of Hamas and has been a target of Israel for 30 years. His house was bombed in 2003 in a futile attempt to kill him. Though his age may indicate he is not a primary target, for sure he's still on Israel hit list.

It would appear a QO for Ken Eastham is forthcoming from the Telegraph. I was able to find a version already on PressReader through a search of his name. I just can't access it: https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=Ken Eastham&in=ALL&orderBy=Relevance&searchFor=Articles Edit: QO for Ken Eastham: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/07/31/ken-eastham-rambo-tendency-mp-labour-manchester/

For those who like charts. The BBC have this:

AFAIK, there are only 11 living former MPs who were born in the 1920s. In order of oldest to youngest, they are: Sir Patrick Duffy (b. 17 Jun 1920) Labour Lord Terence Higgins (b. 18 Jan 1928) Conservative Elizabeth Shields (b. 27 Feb 1928) Liberal Baroness Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (b. 26 Jul 1928) Conservative Lord Dick Taverne (b. 18 Oct 1928) Labour, then Democratic Labour Lord Bill Rodgers (b. 28 Oct 1928) Labour, then SDP Sir Bill O'Brien (b. 25 Jan 1929) Labour Lawrence Cunliffe (b. 25 Mar 1929) Labour Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (b. 28 May 1929) Conservative Sir John Hannam (b. 2 Aug 1929) Conservative Edwin Brooks (b. 1 Dec 1929) Labour

What is Fucking happening this morning?! They were nowhere with 100m to go! They led for about 10cm of a 2km race! They won by 0.15 of a second! Insane!

British photographer Sefton Samuels (Wiki), known for his photojournalistic portrayal of northern England, dead at 93

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A reminder to block him.

Apologies for the extended absence. Huge Thanks to John Key and Polar Duck for holding the fort down. Ray Reardon Pop_Zeus 3+1 theoldlady 7+1 TQR 6+1 MrShadrak 8+1 Grimgrass 4+1 Bob Newhart Trome 0+1 Biblyiogryphon 5+1 Brad252 4+1 Morrisey 3+1 Nasqucker 0+1 Etushispushingupdaisies 6+1 Diego 9+1 Perhaps 6+1 Zsa Zsa's leg 2+1 St3ve 9+1 Thatcher 9+1 livingbygrace 5+1 Markb4 9+1 ThereWillBeDeaths7 7+1 LWCZ 5+1 Hell 4+1 MariNisia 12+1 Superstar 7+1 Death Duke 9+1 Arghton 3+1 Steve 10+1 Johnnas 3+1 The Daredevil 6+1 Grimgrass 5+1 MrShadrak 9+1 heiheiheihei 7+1 Tomtomtelekom 2+1 Nick 9+1 Wannamaker 12+1 jonnythegamemaster 10+1 polar duck 9+1 Salmon Mousse 9+1 Scoreboard gcreptile 19/50 BuffaloPhil 16/50 Max_bossetti 15/50 Book 15/50 The Immortal 15/50 CaptainChorizo 14/50 Prophet 14/50 MariNisia 13/50 Wannamaker 13/50 six feet blunder 12/50 Sean 11/50 Torva Messor 11/50 Philip 11/50 jonnythegamemaster 11/50 Steve 11/50 John Key 10/50 Ladyfiona 10/50 Diego 10/50 Markb4 10/50 Thatcher 10/50 Death Duke 10/50 Nick 10/50 polar duck 10/50 St3ve 10/50 Salmon Mousse 10/50 MrShadrak 10/50 DeathBecomesThem 9/50 Imelda 8/50 dimreaper 8/50 Charles De Gaulle 8/50 Joltin Joe 8/50 ThereWillBeDeaths7 8/50 theoldlady 8/50 Superstar 8/50 Heiheiheihei 8/50 The Old Crem 7/50 Windsor 7/50 Perhaps 7/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 7/50 The Daredevil 7/50 TQR 7/50 LizLemon 6/50 Bibliogryphon 6/50 LWCZ 6/50 livingbygrace 6/50 Grimgrass 6/50 Brad252 5/50 Hell 5/50 Main Deathlist 4/50 Morrisey 4/50 Johnnas 4/50 Arghton 4/50 Pop_Zeus 4/50 Redrumours 3/50 Earl 3/50 Khthonia 3/50 Zsa Zsa's leg 3/50 Tomtomtelekom 3/50 Gooseberry Crumble 1/50 Kissofdeath 1/50 Trome 1/50 Nasquacker 1/50

mango facepalmed which means youre correct

I'm so glad you picked Christina Crawford! I'd hate her to go on the list of the Missed if she died.

My time's-up team for 2024, seven new names (Five deaths plus 2 dropped) Britt Allcroft Pete Brady Phil Coulter Lynn Davies Daphne Fowler William Gaunt David Gentleman (J) Gerald Harper Barbara Hulanicki George Innes Colin Jeavons James Martin Cathy McGowan P.H. Moriarty Pete Murray Jim Norton Otto Rehhagel Jack Vettriano M.Emmett Walsh Paul Young Seventeen surviving Rons from '23 are join by Ron Atkinson, Ron Jeremy & Ron Rifkin (Ron Geesin made the sub's bench). Five-minute bellends had np fallers in '23 so is entered unchanged.