RoverAndOut
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4 hours ago, YoungWillz said:They are debating the smoking ban in the Commons.
Cannot wait for 20 years hence when 35 year olds are asked to provide ID at the shops.
Nanny fucking State.
We'll see what happens and I don't deny it may be hard to enforce, but from a personal standpoint, I couldn't care less. I've never smoked a cigarette in my life and was part of the first generation of uni students where smoking was banned in public places. It's becoming a thing of the past, and this will, presumably, further that objective. Vapes are the bigger issue now and God knows where that goes. Is it hypocritical? Probably. But I'm not fussed. Plus Liz Truss is speaking up in opposition of this, so I know I'm on the right side of it.
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16/4/24
63 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
36 Adele — Chasing Pavements
36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror
31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite
31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
30 La Roux — In For The Kill
29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
28 Taylor Swift — Love Story
28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
27 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind +4
21 Leona Lewis — Happy
20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough
09 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life
05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
05 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over -6
3 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)
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I still need to have a listen to some of these, but am I the only one who thinks Better in Time is a better Leona song than Happy? I'll need to listen to them both, Happy's vaguer in my head.
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Number 10 Eid Celebrations Plan
1. Announce annual Eid Celebration reception at Downing Street.
2. Hear that several people and groups are planning to boycott reception due to response to Gaza.
3. Get Lord Cameron to insist people should go and engage with the government.
4. Talk about how much you're looking forward to hosting the reception and discussing the issues.
5. Wimp out of attending your own half-attended Eid reception claiming "business in parliament" made it impossible, making mugs of those prepared to meet you halfway.
Rishi Sunak everybody!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68818484
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Posting this as it popped up on Facebook. If I'm right, that's this Saturday's Times under his arm, so would back up the "very recent pic" description. Still walking to the shop, not sure he's changed much since the last pics? He sure likes that red waistcoat!
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Donald Trump supporter (woman) on the 6 O'Clock news saying if he's put in jail, millions of people will grab their guns and we'll have a civil war. Genuinely got to the stage where I said out loud "go right ahead love, we'll kill every fucking one of you". Sick to the back teeth of his bullshit and how people will work against their own self interests to enable him. It's a total messiah complex and it's not just dangerous it's insane.
(Oh, and no, I'm not American, so I can't take part in a civil war, but would it really remain civil in that situation?)
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4 hours ago, Toast said:They're dragging us into a war, which will be an excuse not to have an election.
It'll never happen in a million years. Unless open war was declared on the UK before January (which I cannot see happening) then there has to be a general election. And even if we were at war, it would require an Act of Parliament to suspend the election for another year (which would need renewing every 12 months) and there is no way, unless in the direst of circumstances, that Parliament would agree to that. It needs 26 Tory MPs to vote with the opposition to defeat the government, and there's way more than that standing down in the next 6 months who would kibosh a delay, not to mention those rare creatures "Tories with a moral compass" who would see it as the shameless power grab it would be. It's not going to happen. Sooner or later, Sunak the Squatter will have to face the music and give us a say on his party's decade-and-a-half in power.
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14 minutes ago, TQR said:Which section would I find it in, 'comedy' or 'fantasy'?
Science fiction surely?
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No doubt an inspiring tale of pulling herself up by her bootstraps to buy a pokey little terraced house, not a tale of how her lucrative media career and lack of dependents have allowed her buy a nice country pad for herself.
These Gen X and Gen Z moaners just need to pull their finger out!
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15/4/24
50 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
42 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror
27 La Roux — In For The Kill
27 Adele — Chasing Pavements
27 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
27 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
25 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind -6
24 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
24 Taylor Swift — Love Story
24 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
23 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
22 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite
21 Leona Lewis — Happy
21 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life
20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough
18 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over
17 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted
15 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova
15 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand
15 The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) +4
08 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low -6
05 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be
Probably my last vote for the Noisettes as I'm sure they'll be too far gone tomorrow, but that song is great. Not sure it would end up in my final 4, but definitely shouldn't be going this early.
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On 28/01/2024 at 20:41, Bibliogryphon said:A lot of people want to seem to make some drama out of Millie Gibson moving on so quickly but keeping the show moving has always been important. I am hoping that it is because her story is told and wrapped up.
Most of the New Era Doctors have done three years. In the history of the show only Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker did more.
Like David Tennant and Matt Smith, Ncuti Gatwa is a rising star and so will naturally want to take bigger opportunities as they come along
Following up on this, the news that Varada Sethu is joining Who was officially confirmed this week, but it seems Ruby's going nowhere and there will be 2 companions on the TARDIS in Season 2 instead!
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Thousands of missiles fired at Gaza, we've not looked to shoot down a single one. A foreign embassy flattened, we didn't say a word. Now we're blowing up Iranian missiles not aimed at us. This is bound to end well.
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3 minutes ago, TQR said:Is that so?
Yeah, not saying I'd put them both (or either necessarily) through, but they're both good. Haven't yet settled on my 4 going through. Definitely the best version of Hallelujah anyway.
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2 hours ago, TQR said:One such case we'll see in the 50s No.1s is The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette. The world and their dogs know the A-side. I love the song. Claudette? Never heard of it. Doesn't matter. People bought the A/B and got them to No.1. It might be that you think Dream did all the heavy lifting of the two, and I'm not about to argue the toss on that, but if that's what you think, by all means vote accordingly, give it the points because of how legendary Dream is!
I'm not budging because it would be wrong, after ten of these games, to suddenly change the qualifying criteria. Sorry.
This is just what I've always done. I looked at the doubles and pick the one I like best. There's one in the 08-09 round for Leona Lewis.
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14/04/24
46 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
40 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror
27 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
25 Adele — Chasing Pavements
25 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind
25 La Roux — In For The Kill
24 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite
24 Taylor Swift — Love Story
24 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
24 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
23 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand
22 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
21 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
21 Leona Lewis — Happy
21 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life
20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough
20 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over
19 The Noisettes— Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) +4
18 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low
17 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova
17 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be
17 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted
05 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex -6
Think it's already been mentioned but the two songs currently leading by 13 and 19 points respectively are not noughties songs. Although both are, undoubtedly, great tunes.
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13/4/24
42 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror
26 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind
25 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
25 La Roux — In For The Kill
24 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite
24 Taylor Swift — Love Story
24 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
24 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
23 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand
23 Adele — Chasing Pavements
22 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
21 Leona Lewis — Happy
21 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life
20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough
20 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over
19 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low
17 Wiley — Wearing My Rolex -1
17 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova -1
17 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be
17 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted
17 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
15 The Noisettes— Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) +4
6 Soulja Boy Tell'em — Crank That -4
5 Robbie Williams — Bodies
5 Eric Prydz — Pjanoo
Haven't voted yet today, so I'll slide one in before midnight.
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19 minutes ago, ladyfiona said:Kind of conflicted with voting for Michael Jackson's song because it originally was released in the 80s and only got popular in that year because he died in 2009.
Edit - *Googles Jeff Buckley* Wait, why did that song get popular again? Only thing I can think of is Alexandra Burke winning X Factor.
Exactly that - not as good as Jeff Buckley's, manufactured pop protest. Really agreed traction the following year with Rage Against the Machine.
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4 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:So I'm assuming one of this 27 or so children will not be going onto politics then?
Well his brother's in the Lords already and he tried to ennoble his dad too, but, you know, that doesn't happen in a democracy.
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The first extracts have arrived. It's the drivel you'd expect, full of explanations of why she's right, the deep state stopped her and so on. If you don't want to pay the Daily Fail (and why would you?) Someone on twitter posted this which is open access: https://archive.is/Z87Pz
It's like a 10 step guide how not to run a government. Once you get to the end of the economic bit, the rest is "colour" but not very revealing, apart from Raab being a baby and Boris caving as usual.
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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont to divorce: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68798882
Was literally watching part of Meet the Richardsons late last night on Dave. The perils of making your family into a sitcom. Sad, they seemed well-suited.
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1 hour ago, TQR said:The formiddable force, however, is Ferrari. Charles is the best qualifier, Lewis is the most successful driver of all time and he's got years left in the tank, Newey's coming onboard, and their car is already on the right trajectory. I'd love to see McLaren right at the top being a lifelong fan but my prediction is Ferrari dominance for a decent couple of years.
Newey to Ferrari is a deal 25+ years in the making, and feels inevitable. But I think he's always been happiest building a team up in his image. Would love the latest rumours that Aston Martin have offered him mega bucks to be true. He doesn't need the money, but the Aston project gives similar vibes to Red Bull in the mid-00s. Would it be enough to tempt him to have one more crack at turning a midfield team into world champions? First Ferrari World Champions in 20 years would make him revered by the Tifosi, but does it excite him? And does he want to work in Italy? Decisions, decisions...
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12 minutes ago, Father Brown said:July 4th being rumoured
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-12/could-there-be-a-general-election-in-july
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1 minute ago, TQR said:Hearing rumours of Mercedes agreeing in principle a contract with Carlos. This is the only correct decision IMO. Frankly, his race craft is a damn sight better than that of his current team mate.
Fernando Alonso has signed with Aston Martin again anyway, until the end of 2026.
Interesting move from Fernando. Think he's sized it up and decided Red Bull won't choose to put him alongside Max and Mercedes are lukewarm too. Also probably looking at Mercedes v Aston Martin and, as he suggested this week, "why would I want to be in their car? It's slower."
In all seriousness, it's a statement of intent for Aston Martin. If their updates this season can get them back towards the front, and they've got Honda coming on board from Red Bull, they could become a force to be reckoned with. Think Fernando has at least one more win in him if things fall his way, he's certainly still performing well enough.
Carlos is boxed into a corner unfortunately. He deserves so much better. But this is not the best time to be joining Mercedes, although they should be better placed than most to recover. But we've been saying that for 3 seasons. I'd love to see him in Checo's seat at Red Bull, but can see them hanging onto him if he keeps performing like last week.
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1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:I wonder what the chances of a Ashton-under-Lyne by election are.
Lord Ashcroft, is that you?
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