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John Sykes, guitarist with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake in the 1980s, reportedly dead:

Instead of praying, he looked shifty, trying to see the cameras. Admittedly this gathering is an assassin's wet dream - they could all be wiped out in a hail of ammo. So now we hear from the guy who has more money than most Americans, pays less federal taxes than most Americans, and faces zero consequences for his crimes. Remember this when the police and military are marching down your streets for deportations. Gawd help you.

Tbh, haven't really thought about a team. I'll shove a whole lotta silly names together and push them onto the field, in the hope that a late tackle stretchers them off.

I mean, if Molland does depart this earth, that would leave Griffiths who extricated himself from the band prior to the release of Come And Get It, as a sole survivor! Which would be quite the thing, really. Whatever happened to him?

Joey Molland faces significant health issues, and a GoFundMe has been set up: https://bestclassicbands.com/joey-molland-badfinger-health-issues-1-18-25/

Above from the Jacques Brel extra curricular thread. Bruno Brel reportedly dead: https://www-lavenir-net.translate.goog/regions/luxembourg/wellin/2025/01/19/bruno-brel-neveu-du-grand-jacques-et-wellinois-dadoption-sen-est-alle-WFLCDBEOIRCSJBEJDXMVTEESIE/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp Wrote and performed in the competition for the 1980 Belgian Eurovision entry, but failed, losing out to Telex who performed the imaginatively titled Eurovision at the Finals - possibly up there with the worst Finals entries I have heard to date.

All the very best to you! Me, I am floundering about in the dark, wondering who might have been picked or indeed dropped. I would believe Christopher Benjamin for example would have been picked, can't find a QO so far. Time for a sausage sandwich (no euphemism) with brown sauce (no euphemism) and a break from my screen.

I really don't care for job security of MPs. If they want to be more secure, they become agile and foresee the challenges that come. They make stuff better. They restore a pride (not a jingoistic wave the flag pride, but real pride) in the country. Tinkering and faffing about with criminal leaders doesn't cut it in my book. He can force bitter medicine to us for a while as punishment for voting for the previous lot and getting things on track. Remains to be seen if he is a leader or just another junk politician. Nobody's shooting at Starmer so far.

I hope you are keeping up - this January is the worst since 2016! It's going to be a busy time for you with 12 days left in the month!

He's got a huge majority for four and a half years. Fuck the Tories and fuck Reform and get things done. Why should we be poorer still because Badenoch or Farage might say something that might make the sheeple cry?

Exactly. That bloke's a nutter, as they said on the adverts folk round here don't remember. If Starmer had any sense, he'd be getting alternatives in place, rather than sitting down to dinner with him. Trump tells the world to go fuck itself. I'm content with fucking off as far as possible for four years and sorting our problems/challenges elsewhere. I maintain it is unpleasant to watch the leader of our country writhe in the dirt, rather than do something else, however distasteful it may seemingly be.

I agree. I care nothing for what the Americans may enjoy/suffer under Trump internally. That has always been their business. A distanced approach to a country with a convicted crazy grandpa at its helm is my policy. And I am unanimous in that.

Americans pay tariffs imposed by their Government. Simples. Higher tariffs make Americans poorer. It is an exercise in "buy American". The civil service/Federal agency staff sort this shit out, not politicians. I care more about what Trump can pull us into, rather than trade guff. If we can stay out of Vietnam, we can stay out of his Foreign policies. Just me though.

Can't imagine how people react. Would there be a poll that suggests King Charles be closer to friend of Jeffrey Epstein Prince Andrew? So why would there be a poll of people wanting Starmer to be closer to friend of Jeffrey Epstein Trump? People baffle me.

Not pleasant to watch him essentially grovel to Trump. A former Director of Public Prosecutions on our side. A convicted felon, affirmed sexual abuser and adulterer on theirs. I know where I'd rather be. Even if it is all a bit shitty here (as per usual). I also know who I'd rather be sitting at a dinner table with...about time we forgot about these so-called leaders anyway.

Don Cupitt reportedly dead.

Fed up not having a formal architects thread so here it is! Commencing with: Donald Wexler, US modernist architect, 89. http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/06/27/modernist-architect-donald-wexler-dies/29401639/ Famous for his Steel Homes, Palm Springs International Airport and the Dinah Shore residence.

Genevieve Callerot QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-14300227/Frances-Macron-leads-tributes-World-War-II-Resistance-activist-author-Genevi-ve-Callerot.html She was picked last year, guessing she's on the 2025 list.

No food, plenty of wine. No sign of an Obama -rama- ding dong!

I do like the way Dylan used the word "pavement" in Subterranean Homesick Blues. Because "sidewalk" doesn't rhyme with "Government" - obviously. It's so un-American in an American icon.

Phil Hammond, chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group and whose 14 year old son was killed at Hillsborough, reportedly dead: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/hillsborough-campaigner-who-lost-son-30811162

Ah yes, folk already saying their goodbyes to a dead guy who is still alive. Gawd, it's hard - I know so little Spanish.

Which bit? The dead bit? The refusal of treatment? The general farewell? The untrue he is dead bit? I fear we won't be long in tagging the thread nonetheless.

Is he dead? Rumours spreading, though apparently untrue, just a general farewell as he refuses further treatment. Hmm.

Boris Johnson’s successor and PM. Discuss.