YoungWillz

That horrible Haribo ad in the boardroom with the adults speaking with children's voices. Have any of those actors watched a child before giving their gurny, over-elaborate performance? Except for moustache guy at the end. Annoys the anger right out of me. And I don't like Haribo anyway.

Current Runners and Riders for convenience: Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood) Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) Vince Cable (Twickenham) David Cameron (Witney) Douglas Carswell (Clacton) Nick Clegg (Sheffield Hallam) Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham) Margaret Curran (Glasgow East) Nigel Farage (South Thanet) Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey) Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion) Esther McVey (Wirral West) Ed Miliband (Doncaster North) Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) Alex Salmond (Gordon) Anna Soubry (Broxtowe)

Spread betting, like your style! I may have to take your first answer of Nick Clegg though so I don't have a monster post of every election result! Best to stick with profile politicians, though admittedly the spotlight is on most Labour candidates up here.

Entries for guesses I'm closing at 6pm on May 7th. Any last guesses/entries are most welcome. I'll put up a list of results in due course. Prize of smug self-satisfaction to the winner. Just to be clear, I'm going for Jim Murphy.

Clifford Newbold, architect who helped design Dungeness Lighthouse and Millbank Tower and the owner of Wentworth Woodhouse, has died at 89. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/wentworth-woodhouse-owner-dies-age-89-1-7247669

the most likely out of them is probably James earl jones Not so much an Earl as an Errol...Spooky.

See my post just before Errol on John Tout who has died - keyboardist though.

Jim Wright, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives dies at 92. http://www.dallasnews.com/obituary-headlines/20150506-former-u.s.-house-speaker-jim-wright-dead-at-92.ece One DDP team awaiting UK obit. Edit: There we go. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-house-speaker-jim-wright-dies-age-92-155046113--politics.html#WmrZCgS

Musicians dropping like flies. Another little piece of my childhood gone, RIP Errol.

John Tout, keyboardist with prog rock band Renaissance, has died of lung failure. http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-tout-dies/ Northern Lights: https://youtu.be/wI01yagcfnc

Oscar Holderer, one of the last members of Wernher von Braun's team who built the Saturn V rocket has died at 95. http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/05/oscar_holderer_last_of_wernher.html The wind tunnel used by NASA to test the Saturn V – and still used today - was Holderer's design. Edit: BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32620119

Todd "Demse" Zullo, drummer with The Alchemystics, dies in a road accident, along with roadie Brian White. http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20150506/hamden-reggae-hip-hop-musician-dies-in-rollover-crash-in-Massachusetts https://youtu.be/Dgu9ejC9VbM

Swithered about the category. Craig Gruber, original bassist with Rainbow, has died after battling prostate cancer. He was 63. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/original-rainbow-bassist-craig-gruber-dies-after-battle-with-prostate-cancer/ Edit: Should probably have gone in Stairway To Heaven etc. Gah you soft rock gods! https://youtu.be/v5J2yjSmt_w

I can't say I care about the twins one way or another. I do think that 5 years for a killing one and injuring four in a hit-and-run while pissed, seems right, perhaps rather lenient. A friend on mine, who is a public prosecutor, got a main jailed for 6 years for manslaughter after a fatal DUI accident (so a hit-without-run). We're a little more harsh here in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32590061

Jimmy Gojdics (Gaydos), a competitor on the second season of "Ultimate Survival Alaska", has died at 69 from injuries sustained from gunshots. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ultimate-survival-alaska-personality-found-dead-alaska-30823115

"As you go into that polling booth with that stubby pencil in your hand, ask yourself this question. Can't we afford better pencils?"

Brian Sedgemore, former Labour MP who quit for the Lib Dems, dies at 78 after hospital fall. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/former-labour-mp-brian-sedgemore-5640986

Ann Barr, co-author of The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook dies at 85. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/may/05/ann-barr

Much as it pains me to post this, Samantha Beaven has died at 28. 3 ambulance chasers get points.http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-05-05/young-mother-battling-cervical-cancer-dies/

Here's an interesting article on just how much trouble Jim Murphy is in, as are some of his colleagues. https://edinburgheye.wordpress.com/2015/04/29/murphys-law-apres-moi-le-deluge/ @Windsor I'd say that is an exaggeration, there will always be a minority on either side of any debate who take things to extremes. http://www.thenational.scot/news/party-activist-trapped-as-glasgow-snp-office-is-attacked-by-a-gang-of-thugs.2557. I think it is sad that our politicians only talk to their members and when they go out to meet real people (as Murphy I would say bravely did) he should expect disagreement. Most seem to hide in staged events parroting the message that will receive applause from the already converted. In fact, the more politicians hide from the voters while seeking their vote, only adds to the total frustration voters have, and may add to discontent more generally. I'm not a member of a political party. I'm voting for what I believe in generally. There are some Portillo Moments a-coming, and perhaps this is only the first stage. I believe most of the names of my list (Cable, Miliband and Cameron excluded, y'gotta have an outside bet) are in danger. And it's their fault. Petted lips and crushed faces are what the public are crying out for, where's Lembit Opek when you need him?

Can't say I'd heard of him personally, but he makes the Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/josh-ozersky-awardwinning-food-writer-dead-at-47-10224924.html

He actually died after falling off his running machine and hitting his head: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dave-goldberg-dead-husband-facebook-5638084 Stay fit and....die...

Statue to Pryor finally unveiled in Peoria, Illinois. http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150503/NEWS/150509789/1264/FRONTPAGE (Tag this thread as Dead?)

Makes an appearance! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3068295/Ailing-Thai-king-makes-rare-public-appearance.html

David Fletcher, of the Surrey teams of the 1940s and 1950s, died on 27 April at 90. http://www.kiaoval.com/david-fletcher-1924-2015/ Seem to have had a leg bye on this one.