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Fri 19 Apr 71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 37 La Roux — In For The Kill 37 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 36 Adele — Chasing Pavements 33 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 30 Taylor Swift — Love Story 30 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind -6 22 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4 +1pb 20 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 19 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved No reply so I've added @Paul Bearer's extra 1 point to the song he gave 3 points to, which was his most likely intention. If he disagrees, he can rectify that in his next scoring.

Okay, fair play, I enjoyed reading that twattery, that was funny

I know. Difference is, people enjoy reading my twattery.

You've been a member for about a year and a half, and for there or thereabouts a year and a half of that, you've been a twat.

Penny is a) vile, b) ridiculous, and c) probably going to lose her seat. But that's okay, she's already sorted out her post-parliamentary career:

My favourite stat about Liz Truss is that her net approval rating in the UK when she left office was -83%, which was at the time 4% worse than Vladimir Putin's.

Shit! Who’s going to save the fucking West now?!

Ah, I forgot I hadn't put him on my newly-founded 'ignore' list! Just in case he pops up in any other threads, like. Up to 6 now, it's doing well.

Seems to be a new one of these every week:

Possibly, though imo it’s perfectly good even with Crookers. I think some of the downvotes are coming from those who want to end the round as quickly as possible (against the spirit of the game but it happens)

Thing is, you look at the definite seat-holders - Braverman, Hayes, Truss, plenty of that ilk. Are they the foundations on which to build a party that’ll be electable again in 10 years? Are they fuck. The only way the Tories become remotely credible again is if they detoxify themselves to pre-Brexit standards.

Absolutely, it's well documented how much of a shock 1992 was and how the Tories just seemed tired by the end of it. Was there ever a real prospect, as there is now with scandal after scandal and shocking poll after shocking poll, of 1997 being a genuine existential threat to the Tories?

A question to anyone tuned in to politics in the 90s: how woeful did it all look for Major in his last couple of years? Did his electoral prospects look anything like as bad as they are now for Sunak? Was anyone still singing his praises? Just trying to gauge whether comparisons to 1997 are about right or whether they're an over/underestimation.

Ipsos are yet another pollster to see the Tories sink under 20%. In 45 years of Ipsos surveys, that's the lowest the Tories have ever polled with them. The now second-lowest is last month. Ninja'd by the DCI but it's worth looking at twice because it's quite funny.

Thu 18 Apr 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 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 32 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 27 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 18 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror -6 16 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4 12 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 07 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 06 Leona Lewis — Happy