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I'm going to wait for Laurence Fox to assess all these actresses and their relative fame. And then wonder who the hell Laurence Fox is.

Merlin Griffiths about to be interviewed on Sky News about his recovery.

Let's bring forward that infamous photo: Back row (l to r): Tony Blackburn (1943), Jimmy Young (1921-2016), Kenny Everett (1944-1995), Duncan Johnson (1938-2018), Programme Controller Robin Scott (1920-2000), David Ryder (?), Dave Cash (1942-2016), Pete Brady (1942), David Symonds (1943). Middle row (l to r): Bob Holness (1928-2012), Terry Wogan (1938-2016), Barry Alldiss (1930-1982), Mike Lennox (1940-2020), Keith Skues (1939), Chris Denning (1941-2022), Johnny Moran (c1943, last heard of 2007? -2022), [Pete Myers (1939-1998) - cropped out]. Front row (l to r): Pete Murray (1925), Ed Stewart (1941-2016), Pete Drummond (1943), Mike Raven (1924-1997), Mike Ahern (1942-2009) and John Peel (1939-2004)

Chris Denning reportedly dead - DDP pick: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23837286.paedophile-bbc-radio-1-dj-chris-denning-dies-prison/

Similar. I believe that, for a small fee, you can hire Penny Mordaunt to be a cheerleader at a cremation.

As part of a very involved dream last night, I dreamt that I picked up a newspaper and read that Tom Baker had died. I know - I'd never read a newspaper!!!

Thomas Gambino being reported dead on Twitter and currently dead on Wiki. However, I can find no corroborating links at present.

French musical artist Dominique Perrier who played with Jean-Michel Jarre and who founded the electronic music duo Space Art, reportedly dead: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6004675/

Wayne Comer, playing for the Detroit Tigers in their World Series season of 1968, reportedly dead: https://www.whsv.com/2023/10/04/former-major-leaguer-shenandoah-native-wayne-comer-dies/

Oh, I knew I'd missed something. He only wanted to talk about the past when it suited him. He didn't want to talk about how he became PM at all. The whole "no-one has ever voted for him" - but denies the country to have it's say on these 'changes'. The whole Liz Truss fiasco. The whole garbage pan of Johnson's premiership. Regards, etc etc.

Let's bullet point Sunak's speech and what he didn't say. He talked about his family and upbringing. He didn't mention his privileged education. No mention of his employment at Goldman Sachs who partially brought this country to its knees or the fact that until recently he held a Green Card. No mention that for years a Chancellor's wife was paying zero tax in this country. No mention of how he lied when he said he didn't attend any parties, or that he was fined by the Police for his attendance at a party. He talked about "sainted" Margaret Thatcher and the "devil incarnate" Jeremy Corbyn. But then went on to say he wasn't going to play politics! He announces the cancellation of HS2 - a decision made days or weeks ago which he couldn't bring himself to admit under cross-examination by journalists. In that vein he announced a new Northern Network for rail. This was promised by David Cameron in 2011 and has never come to pass! Failing the North for the last 13 years, he says he is going to do this - but can we trust him given he's just cancelled the biggest infrastructure project? Additionally, given the fact that Northern rail lines are creaking, how will they welcome more engineering work, more trains cancelled or delayed while this work is carried out? He talks about a 2 quid flat fee on the buses across the country. Does he know that there are places in the country where buses simply don't run? This Tory interference in the market (the market his party created) likely means that private companies may simply reduce bus services further or get out of the market altogether. He announces that there will be equivalence in A Levels and T Levels (whatever that means - I'm Scottish!). This means that every knuckle dragger with a woodwork certificate can be equivalent to those who study STEM subjects. He hails this as new. It isn't. It was Major's Government who made equivalence between polytechnics and universities, which as predicted back then, devalued university degrees. So there will be a devaluation of A Level students. Not only that but he now demonises the very university subjects (which used to be taught in polytechnics) and wants to scrap them! He attacks smoking (fair enough - as a smoker though I want my freedom to do so) and trans people. Putting your jackboot on a minority from a position of power only enables more attacks and deaths of trans people. I remember Thatcher's use of police power against gay people in the 80s while doing little to address AIDS. Crime increases when you demonise minorities. Again this is nothing new from the Nasty Party. He talks about valuing nurses, doctors etc etc - you know, those folk who saw us through the pandemic and some of whom died in that process. He does nothing to distance himself from Barclay's characterisation of the BMA as 'militant' - indeed he uses the striking workers as a political football to be kicked when they are down. How is that for playing politics. He talks oh so briefly about immigration. He doesn't mention that legal economic migration to this country is up to 600,000 a year. LEGAL migration permitted by his Government. Says he's going to stop the boats - no detail on that. He says the UK is not a racist country - for the most part he is correct. So why seek the votes of racists with dog-whistle politics on his own failure to process claims and deal with gangs rather than threaten the safety of "asylum seekers"? Why have a quite clearly racist Home Secretary? He barely mentions climate change or the environment. I've gone over this before - it's the biggest challenge and the biggest market opportunity ever, and he basically ignores it. Housebuilding - nothing - what then the Tory aspiration of home ownership? So essentially it's the application of old ideas to new issues, a failure to address his and his predecessors' failings. As Sam Beckett might say, he has squandered the opportunity to put right what once went wrong. This isn't change. This is talking bollocks in an echo chamber. Yours sincerely, etc etc.

There's a lot to digest from Sunak's speech. However, it's shit going in and shit coming out. Back later.

American former actress Nanci Beck death notice: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/beck-notices_53768 Supporting evidence to confirm it is her: https://www.instagram.com/becknanci/ and https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/ivx7XxL9Vh7jecaWXN-TZdqrp8o/appointments

Of course, you could idly scroll through the earlier posts on this thread and see which bands have their full line up still alive (that we know of). The work is done on the thread, save you a headache.

Suella Braverman dragging the Tory party into the realms of orgasmic ecstasy only imagined by the folk to which this thread is dedicated.

Former Yorkshire fast bowler John Waring reportedly dead on his happy birthday aged 81: https://yorkshireccc.com/news/former-yorkshire-fast-bowler-john-waring-dies-on-his-81s-birthday/

I hope that tissue relates to someone's runny nose!!!!

I didn't see Security Risk Suella's speech. I find an afternoon in front of Tenable with Warwick Davis much more entertaining. However, I'm seeing the snippets. So from what I can gather she said this: "Politicians have been too squeamish to address immigration for fear of being branded racist. Well, I am here to tell you, I'm not afraid of being branded racist, because that is what I am. I have a big bag of plans in my suitcase of bile, so bear with me as there's a lot to unpack. Yes, I don't turn up to Select Committee meetings and barely represent my constituents. That's because I'm busy producing my annual legislation to address the small boats - legislation that Labour oppose by the way - and quite frankly, that legislation simply doesn't work. So while I was busy idly sending state secrets in my emails just the other day to all and sundry, I have thought good and hard about this. So I'm going to blame the people who drown in the channel, Winston Churchill's Convention on Human Rights, the history of the world and Mel Brooks' film Blazing Saddles. It isn't me that is inept, oh no. So we are going to change absolutely everything the British stand for, except I will remain in the highest offices in the land, whipping my hair back and forth like a King Charles Spaniel that has just come out of the rain. Teresa May's hostile environment? You ain't seen nothing yet, bitches." Or something similar.

Sunak looking very tired and tetchy on Sky News right now. Will he get out of Manchester alive? Answer: Yes that helicopter he uses at taxpayers' expense on standby.

Thailand - Paragon Shopping Mall counts at least 3 dead, 14 year old arrested. https://news.sky.com/story/bangkok-multiple-injured-after-shooting-in-shopping-centre-in-thailand-capital-12975667

Are those the Futurama jars behind him, for his head when he goes?

I think the rules are fine. Obviously I think it should be explicit that news broadcast programmes are excluded. However, discussion programmes such as Question Time or Peston for example should be allowed. I mean, Toast won with a panel show effectively! Anyway, there's such a vast sweep of stuff on the telly, there's no telling what crafty entrant might try - until they try it, so no doubt the game will evolve. Huzzah for Round 2!

Cameron: HS2 is coming. May: HS2 is coming. Johnson: HS2 is coming. Truss: HS2 is coming. Sunak: HS2 is gone!

Various reports that Joy Webb of The Joystrings has died (probably October 1):