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    I've held my wheesht long enough.

     

    Let me make it clear that I am no fan of Yousaf. While the SNP have done great things, they now seem to be directionless and unfocused on what matters to folk. Scrapping a target on climate change was quite simply wrong and tone deaf. Essentially following the Westminster line - Scots didn't vote for a party which mirrors Tory policy.

     

    However, Douglas Ross has always been an opportunist. A man who will never be First Minister of Scotland and a Tory calls for Yousaf's head for doing what the Tories have done at Westminster. Puzzled? Not really - with local elections in other parts of the UK, there's nothing better for them than the media obsessing what is happening in Scotland. It won't help Sunak et al, but I'm frankly amazed at the airtime this sucks up by national media.

     

    Meanwhile, Labour Sarwar jumps on the bandwagon, calling for the Scottish Government to fall entirely, sensing that Labour could seize Scotland and the Westminster Parliament in the same year. I feel that move is unlikely to succeed. But a sense of both major Westminster parties putting party above people. Neither of these parties are proposing what they would do better or describe a vision for the Scots - just a hatred for the party currently in power.

     

    They should be careful. Minority government is the norm up here - wresting control of Scotland on a minority could lead to such confidence votes becoming the norm. And that could end up destroying the Scottish Parliament in its entirety.

     

    Scoundrels all, admittedly, but a pathetic sideshow to what is coming May 2nd.

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    Interesting one this.

     

    Report of the death of Harold "Bobby" Davis of reggae group The Sensations aged 77: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/24/sensations-singer-bobby-davis-dies-77/

     

    Wiki has him as Aaron "Bobby" Davis.

     

    Apparently they travelled to the UK to promote the hit Double Barrel by Dave Barker and Ansel Collins and Davis was one of those who remained and settled in the UK.

     

    Every Day Is A Holiday

     

     

    Brap, brap bredder!

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    1 hour ago, Redrumours said:

    What is it with these tories always waving their arms around  especially The Prime Miniture ironically I first noticed this with Piggy Cameron.

    The art of gesticulation (no guffawing at the back!) when making speeches has simply been lost.

     

    I think it is because the politicians these days in general don't believe what they are saying, or they are simply very bad. Or both. If you look back in time, you can see how to do it, but that comes with conviction in what you are saying. So people who couldn't do it (Harold Wilson for example) used a prop to keep their hands busy. Masters of the art such as (yes, I'll say it) Thatcher and even Scargill believed in what they said and used their hands only when they needed to, to emphasise the point they were making.

     

    When you have a bunch of folk who simply have no belief or conviction, the use of their hands is actually distraction from the lies they are telling you.

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    On 23/01/2021 at 10:04, ThePrematureBurial said:

    Hi, Book!

     

    Thank you for sending me the long list. You put a good deal of work into this!

     

    Here is my - very sketchy - list of other German - speaking celebrities over 80. I don't know how well-known some Austrian celebrities are outside of Austria, though:

     

     

    Michael Verhoeven (1938) Film director

    Michael Verhoeven is reportedly dead https://www-bild-de.translate.goog/unterhaltung/stars-und-leute/michael-verhoeven-ist-tot-senta-berger-trauert-um-ihre-grosse-liebe-662b657250507b413fea4cc2?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

     

    Last picked for the DDP in 2020 so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_V.html#verhoemx19

     

    Wrong Verhoeven picked this year, ha!

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    From Ideas/Possibilities Thread 2024:

     

    On 09/06/2023 at 06:21, Estuarian Float said:

    Nationally-syndicated US radio host Bob Kevoian diagnosed with gastric cancer.

     

    https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2023/06/07/bob-kevoian-bob-tom-show-diagnosed-cancer/70298104007/

     

    Not DL material, but good chance of getting the DDP QO.

    Well, it's not good news - his brother, actor Peter Kevoian, has reportedly died: 

    Played many authority figures, appearing in LA Law, Matlock, and Cheers.

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    2 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    Do you use cash much?

    I'm not sure if the new designs have gone into circulation yet, but the two commemorative 50p coins are out there. 

    The first one was the QE2 memorial coin, and the second is the Coronation one.  I've got both, although one was given to me.

     

    Cash is king! (Pardon the pun).

     

    I'm not a direct debit, card payment kind of guy. I was brought up in the proud tradition of Scottish thrift. Pay for what you can afford, pay in cash and always, always get a receipt. It never ceases to amaze me when people tap their phones on the bus.

     

    The cashless society, the internet banking - all falls down when something goes wrong with the system. You can't argue with hard money though.

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    3 minutes ago, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

    Cy Town is unlikely to be getting an obituary at this point, but just for the sake of completion when adding him to the LotL, the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine has given his date of death as March 26th.

    I'm going to say that Eckart Dux is also unlikely to obit at this stage.

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