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Sat 27 Jul 33 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 32 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss 30 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 30 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 28 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There 26 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside 26 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next 24 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo +4 24 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People 24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 24 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Señorita 22 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho 22 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises 20 Drake — In My Feelings 20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday 20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings 20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored 20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London 18 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions 16 Drake — Nice For What 14 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days 11 Drake — God’s Plan 08 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River 08 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don’t Care 0 George Ezra — Shot -6 That was a pleasure.

Sat 27 Jul 42 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 38 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 35 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 35 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 34 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle  34 Queen - I Want to Break Free 33 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 31 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 30 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) +4 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 22 Baltimora— Tarzan Boy 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover  20 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting  17 The Commodores - Nightshift  16 Elton John - Nikita  14 Dee C. Lee - See the Day  14 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) -6 13 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 12 Madonna - Material Girl 09 Colonel Abrams - Trapped

A like not at all for your musical tastes, but for your excellent commitment to the cause. Bravo, sir.

En Passant started the conversation, then fucked off!

Fri 26 Jun 34 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa — One Kiss 28 Lil Nas X — Old Town Road 26 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper — Shallow 25 Lewis Capaldi — Someone You Loved 24 Demi Lovato ft. Clean Bandit — Solo +2 24 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid — Eastside +2 24 Jess Glynne — I’ll Be There 24 Stormzy — Vossi Bop 24 Ariana Grande — Thank U, Next 22 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds — Three Lions 22 Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello — Senorita 20 Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen — These Days 20 Drake — In My Feelings 20 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith — Promises 20 Dave ft. Fredo — Funky Friday 20 Ava Max — Sweet But Psycho 20 Ariana Grande — 7 Rings 20 Ariana Grande — Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored 20 Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid — Beautiful People 20 Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy — Take Me Back To London 17 Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown — Freaky Friday 17 Drake — God’s Plan 16 Drake — Nice For What 14 Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran — River 14 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber — I Don’t Care  11 George Ezra — Shotgun -6

Fri 26 Jul 34 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 34 Bronski Beat — Smalltown Boy 32 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle 32 Queen - I Want to Break Free 31 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 30 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes 29 Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey - Together in Electric Dreams 26 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It 26 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 25 Baltimora— Tarzan Boy 22 Colonel Abrams - Trapped +4 21 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 20 The Commodores - Nightshift 20 Dee C. Lee - See the Day 20 U2 - Pride (In The Name of Love) -6 19 Bananarama - Robert De Niro’s Waiting 19 Elton John - Nikita 17 Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor! 16 Madonna - Material Girl 14 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave 09 Bronski Beat & Marc Almond - I Feel Love (Medley) 06 Ashford & Simpson - Solid Not that my scoring means anything. Cornetto will just undo it.

One of the best vox pop contributions ever. Elsewhere, I hope the Boris Johnson "filthy piece of toerag" lady is still going strong.

We got new rules, I count 'em.

I’d be happy with this; I don’t think giving out fewer plus points detracts from the game much, it’s just the mark of a poor round which happens from time to time! I like the idea of having to give at least one plus point, just to keep the list shuffling in both directions. Oh, and thanks

It has always kind of been a rule to use all of the +4 and -6 you are given, though the rules as Book, Wannamaker and I have written them have just said "every day you can give +4 and -6...". None of us have said 'must'. The main thing that matters is that the scores are a net negative, otherwise the game may not move. Might be an idea, for fairness, to keep the net negative of -2; so a choice of +0/-2, +1/-3, +2/-4, +3/-5, +4/-6. Voting for the least worst isn't that difficult, even if it's only out of the ones you know. It's preferable that players familiarise themselves with them all but tbh, if you don't know them, that indicates lack of cultural impact, which is arguably grounds to ignore/remove them anyway. But, contrary to popular belief, I'm not a dictator, so I'll allow not using the whole allocation if that's what everyone wants to do. Let me know what you think, everyone.

Fucking hell I'm gonna have to give people two votes a day at this rate.

Tbh I'm not sure I blame you and GUB for skipping this round. It's an awful set. I know all of them, only 4 of them are worthy of points IMO and one of those (Vossi Bop) is mostly because of the line "I could never die, I'm Chuck Norris, Fuck the government and Fuck Boris".

Speaking of Tom Tugend...

Comes down to his own complete arrogance and lack of self-awareness, combined with the Tory talent pool now being the last moisture droplets of an evaporating muddy puddle.

And there's Honest Bob running for leader too.