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Ahhh, that fracking vote was pure gold. The chief and deputy chief whips resigning then unresigning after it was a Truss confidence vote then not one then it was one again, but Truss failing to vote in her own confidence vote. The tentative voters getting roughed up by Coffey and Mogg of all people. Charles Walker raging live to C4 News that he's sick of his party being choc full of talentless people. And wasn't that the night Krishnan Guru-Murthy called BrexitHardManSteve Baker a cunt? Good times.

Yeah. I love it!

And how do I know that’s not a load of pony?

Fuck off, I feel old enough as it is! He’s 20, not 30.

Much like when Big Job was supposedly on his deathbed with the ‘vid, then suddenly he’s right as rain again, playing hero. That was all a load of pony, too.

(Will this topic go 'Hot'? ) Hmm...when you're in as high profile an office as that (which doesn't yet include Starmer and I didn't even think Ed Miliband had one?) there are occupational hazards. And besides, there's a lot of conversation to be had; certainly more than for an obscure 99yo cancer patient, where the thread goes intro; couple of people asking who they are; OP trying to justify thread; link to obit.

Just one drop of the shite shower. She just happens to be one of the big drops that alerted us to the fact that it's raining shite. "Try again."

He knocked down a cyclist. The shower of shite you love so much knocked down an entire country and will soon face their (unfortunately only) political death. How Deathlisty is that?

Mon 25 Sep 28 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 27 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 26 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 24 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 24 Sugababes - Push the Button 24 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 23 Gorillaz - Dare 23 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 22 Britney Spears - Toxic 21 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 21 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 21 Stereophonics - Dakota 21 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan -6 20 La Roux - Bulletproof 20 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 20 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ 19 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 19 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 15 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 14 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 10 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman +4 10 All Saints - Pure Shores 8 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy

Mon 25 Sep 37 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World +4 36 A-Ha — Take On Me -1 33 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 28 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 27 Queen — Radio Ga Ga 25 Bangles — Manic Monday 24 INXS — Need You Tonight 20 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 16 Alice Cooper — Poison 14 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This? 14 Ultravox — Vienna 06 Kim Wilde — Kids in America -5

I'm staggered that Aaliyah isn't more popular. Staggered. I love the way it sounds, and it's tragic that she never got to hear the finished product.

Half way through the final now, and imo, apart from Diana Ross and Pump Up The Jam (the real champion of the game), we've kicked out the right ones so far. I foresee a storm brewing over the last 6 or 7 songs. It's gonna get very interesting very soon. The battle for the podium positions on the overall kills scoreboard is wide open, too. Erm, apart from the top spot. In fact I could revive all of this round's fallers and personally feed every single song to the one in second place and they'd still come second. But apart from that, game on.

Sun 24 Sep 22 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan -2 22 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman +2 22 Nelly Furtado - Maneater +2 20 All Saints - Pure Shores 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 20 Britney Spears - Oops!… I Did It Again 20 Britney Spears- Toxic 20 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 20 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy 20 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 20 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 20 Gorillaz- Dare 20 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 20 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 20 La Roux - Bulletproof 20 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 20 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 20 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 20 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ 20 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 20 Stereophonics- Dakota 20 Sugababes - Push the Button 20 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 16 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella -4 14 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor Cor, this is a tricky round. I agree with Wannamaker, this is a very strong final, though it took nearly 3 months to get here so damn bloody well should be too. It's gonna be interesting...

Sun 24 Sep 81 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 72 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 57 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 48 La Roux - Bulletproof 24 Pink - So What -1 24 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy +4 16 Lily Allen - The Fear 06 Girls Aloud - The Promise -5