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Longley BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vmg9nmm33o

Michael Longley, Northern Ireland born poet, reportedly dead: Various prizes include the TS Eliot Prize and Whitbread Poetry Prize.

Paul Davies, MP for Colne Valley, reveals at PMQs he was diagnosed with and seemingly on the mend from colon cancer. Voted in favour of assisted dying last time round.

Union and league player and commentator Ray French seems to be the subject of a death rumour hoax. However, seemingly suffering with dementia.

Dunno about that. I try to stick to the facts in front of me and express concern for the US. And indeed the rest of us. I'm not the one who'll be paying for it. The Americans will. And that is their business, having voted for him,. (I'm hardly left wing, personally). And we are allowed to laugh at him. After all, that's Democracy, isn't it?

Barbara Clegg QO: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/21/barbara-clegg-obituary

Thought it was nice of him to mention and laud President McKinley. Because we all know what happened to him. Has he ever mentioned Native Americans throughout his campaign or even yesterday? I noticed he talked about the pioneering spirit of Americans in the past, but failed to mention the slavery that was used to build it - obliquely referencing the end of slavery of course. Convict releases his January 6 co-pilots. Imagine a mob boss getting his hands on the office - no need, you got one. No doubt we'll have a deep dive on his Cabinet appointments in due course. On topic, looked the most weary I have seen him in a while. Except when he was waving that sword about.

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.