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Very sad, I think she has a young family too as I remember her reporting on election night 2005 while heavily pregnant.

Still unlikely, he starts with over 50% of the vote and new party leaders usually get a bounce in their own seats, plus sitting PM's attract extra protest candidates which merely splits the opposition vote and increases their majority.

I suppose like his most famous character he was always fated to die in 2019.

I think so, I knew the name was familiar from somewhere.

I guess his work isn't "relevant" to most people today, unlike the cultural icon that is Grumpy Cat.

Perhaps just as well he didn't get to see Labor blow it again.

Did he have a postal vote?

That's a shame, I wrote about his work for my HND.

Proof positive that second terms shorten life expectancy.

Presumably it would make it too easy if they could keep resubmitting everyone. It also requires more fresh blood each year.

Cancer Expert Professor Martin Gore dies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46836877 For a moment I feared it was Martin Gore from Depeche Mode.

Then how come he's only being added now? He's always looked dreadful but presumably there's some reason the committee put him on the list for the first time this year when they've always held back beforehand?

You could say the same about Bob Barker, Ed Asner and Valerie Harper, big names on US TV but barely known in the UK.

Any particular reason he's been added this year?

It was Naz Shah. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/20/ailing-mp-wheeled-into-commons-in-pyjamas-criticises-tory-whips