RoverAndOut
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57 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:19/4/24 18:50 hrs
79 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +2
37 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2
35 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
32 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind
31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
30 Taylor Swift — Love Story
30 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
29 La Roux — In For The Kill
22 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
11 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold -6
You're an enigma, Paul. 4 votes for Britney yesterday, still in just as much danger today but instead no votes for her and 2 for Jeff Buckley who has been safe since around day 3 of this round!
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Bloody hell, this has flipped around and not in a good way right now.
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21 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:Firstly, the king doesn't have "a" surgeon as such. Secondly, anything I've pinged to mango via DM is a false flag. I'm not about to give him any real details as he's a stranger on the internet at the end of the day. And he's just proven me correct to do so by blurting it out on here. I don't trust anyone on here. Journalist was true, but I wouldn't narrow it down beyond that, and I wouldn't give hints to who their source was.
Well I knew as much, but thanks for confirming.
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19/4/24
71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
37 La Roux — In For The Kill
36 Adele — Chasing Pavements
34 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind +4
34 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings -3
33 Rihanna — Russian Roulette
30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody -3
30 Taylor Swift — Love Story
22 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
20 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
19 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
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28 minutes ago, Toast said:I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her.
Course not. She's got a blue rosette, that's a pre-requisite.
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2 minutes ago, mymango said:Ulitzer messaged me to say his source "came from a head of a newspaper who spoke directly with the King's surgeon".
@Ulitzer95 why are you private messaging all these key details?! Making me look like a mug. If he hadn't mentioned your name, of course, he could have called you an 'unnamed source'.
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Just now, mymango said:The idea that the King's surgeon would divulge private medical information to a guy at a newspaper, fully expecting him to keep his counsel, beggars belief, surely?
So you think the King's surgeon is the only one who knows his prognosis? You don't think members of the household or, just maybe, his son might know? You don't think walls have ears and things are overheard? Loads of places the source could have come from. And it's still just a rumour.
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12 minutes ago, mymango said:Whatever. Just don't write him off. Look at how many times we've written Carter off.
It's entirely possible he gets through this and you know that.
And Ulitzer didn't write him off. He reported what he'd heard. Doesn't mean people don't beat bad diagnoses, but just changes the odds.
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Just now, Ulitzer95 said:Ok. You just believe everything you read in the papers then. The controlled and censored media.
They never told us the Queen had bone cancer. They still haven't. They even omitted a proper cause from her death certificate.
I don't know how gullible you need to be to not see that there's more going on.I agree and accept there could be more going on. It certainly fits with what happened with QEII. But, while they never confirmed she had cancer, it was clear she was slowing down and discussions started to get more morbid, although we maybe didn't believe it enough. Almost missing the Jubilee was a massive red flag in hindsight.
I don't doubt the validity or veracity of your source, you have a great track record, but if he is worse than is being reported, I hope they don't keep secret until he's on his deathbed, that would be a terrible shock, especially if it's a year rather than 2. And I still hope you're wrong.
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Just now, Ulitzer95 said:I'm going to be very careful as to what I write on here so as not to get anyone in trouble but I spoke to a senior journo over breakfast this morning – his source is impeccable. Really not good news about the king. May have a year left, 2 if he's lucky.
And after waiting all that time. What a gut punch - literally. And poor William's got to deal with the potential loss of his father and the sudden and unexpectedly early arrival of his Kingship, all while his wife fights her own cancer battle. Hope you're wrong.
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Just now, Sod's Law said:Wouldn't chemo be almost a given if it has spread? Unlikely he would be walking around with any hair still on his head (or walking around much at all in public) if it had metastasised to any huge degree.
Unless he's so far gone that such treatment is pointless and it's all about making him comfortable for as long as possible? Seems very unlikely to me, I'd be inclined to agree with you, just playing devil's advocate, and after The Late Queen, who can say for sure?
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11 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:Aye, not sure I trust all the online speculation. Does anyone know for sure who these "bad people" are?
I agree, no way to talk about the Cabinet is it?
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5 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said:I think most people are downvoting Day 'n' Nite because of Crookers. I'm upvoting on virtue of the original song:
It was the only one left I couldn't remember, so listened the other night and then I did. And I'm now frustrated I didn't vote a couple of hours ago and put it out of its misery because it's not one of the 4 best here IMHO, so I'd have got rid of it. Also, voting on it based on the original rather than the remix is slightly disingenuous as that's not what got to #1. Anyway, my votes!
18/4/24
71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
37 La Roux — In For The Kill
37 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind +2
34 Adele — Chasing Pavements
33 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +2
33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
30 Taylor Swift — Love Story
26 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
19 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
16 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
03 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite -6
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5 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said:Michael Portillo was meant to be the shining knight for the Tory Party who was going to shake them up and make them a credible opposition to New Labour but he lost his seat on that night in 1997. Most people outside the Tory party thought that Ken Clarke was the sensible choice for leader (especially after Michael Heseltine's Heart Attack) but for the party he was too pro-European so they went with the untested William Hague (who might have made a good successor to one of the names above but he was plunged in too quickly) for these decisions they spent 13 years in opposition. However we don't know whether Clarke would have been able to put up a credible fight at the 2001 election which hardly saw any seats change hands from Labour to Conservative.
As to members of the cabinet who elicit respect. The discussion around who will lead the party after the election does not throw up names that inspire confidence. A lot will depend on the size and make-up of the rump of Conservative MPs left and who would want the job. By saying Penny Mordaunt sounds like the best of a bad bunch is really just demonstrating how bad things are
Sorry, realise I'm posting lots in a row but looks like I missed an interesting day of discussion! Catching up. Wonder if Portillo being seen as the 'heir apparent' in 1997 is the reason the 'Portillo moment' was so shocking? Not only had the Tories been hammered but the leader-in-waiting had lost a seat with a 15,000 vote majority. Clarke would have been such an improvement, but I don't think anybody was going to unseat Labour in 2001, they were still wildly popular. It all started to change in September that year, with 9/11 and Blair's obsession with backing up the US in the War on Terror.
Agree Penny is the best of the bunch in my eyes, but when her opposition consists of Suella, Kemi, Priti and Grant, what's that saying?
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5 hours ago, msc said:Worth adding that we love a political narrative and the 92 narrative ignores that polling had become much kinder to the Tories under Major but was being ignored because obviously the Tories were going to lose. John Major was quite popular with the public even among those who disliked his government.
As for Blair, a lot of 95/96 political news stuff has gone up on YouTube and it's an eye-opener. Leading Tories several times pointing out the polls can be wrong, they are hearing a different story on the doors, Tony Blair hasn't won over the public and Labour don't have any policies. I was getting deja vu watching. A lot of Tories legit thought the polling was wrong and that's been backed up to me by campaigners and candidates from the time. It also chimes with my admittedly childhood memories that Blair became popular after the election. But as with 1992 we like our narratives binary.
I think now is worse because frankly many people respected Major, Ken Clark, Michael Forsyth, etc even as they voted them out. Who has genuine widespread respect in this cabinet? I always try to be fair and even then I'm struggling for names.
This also chimes with the rumours of a Lab-Lib coalition in 1997 with Ashdown as Foreign Secretary. Surprisingly, all went quiet on that front with a majority of 179!
As for the current cabinet, there's no one. All the decent ones were sacked or want nothing to do with the government and, in either case, are sat on the backbenches.
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6 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:As low as Major and Corbyn at their lowest points ooofff
But not as low as Truss, right?
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Just now, TQR said:Shit! Who’s going to save the fucking West now?!
Davy Crockett?
Just now, Brad252 said:If something will bring down Truss, the history of ironic scandals in the Tory party means her downfall will be due to a bondage bombshell.
Nah, she's not that interesting.
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17/4/24
67 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah
37 La Roux — In For The Kill
35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind
34 Adele — Chasing Pavements
33 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold
33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings
33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody
32 Rihanna — Russian Roulette +4
28 Taylor Swift — Love Story
23 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror
21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
12 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite
09 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me
07 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough -6
06 Leona Lewis — Happy
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42 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:When I was at uni less than decade ago there weee lots of smokers still gathering outside the building.
Outside. Not in the pubs, clubs, common areas. Revolutionary.
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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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King Charles III
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This featured on one of the BBC medical docs recently. I want to say "Surgeons: At the Edge of Life" but there are others. They did a piece with a pharmacist whose job it is to mix the chemo drugs and it's alchemy. A little of this, a bit of that, some of the other. It all depends on the markers of the tumour found in biopsy. Some help kill it, others help shrink it, some make it show up to the immune system more easily and so on. Chemo really is just a catch-all for the concoction of drugs given to treat cancer.