TQR

90-odd minutes of hope culminating in a 1-1 draw, eventually going to penalties which England loses and I die inside knowing that in just under two years time Three Lions and World In Motion and Vindaloo will blight the radio once more.

Yeah, I’d give it another go.

Yeah, Africa is not bad. It’s dull. Dull is worse than bad. Bad can be fun.

The people of Clacton were warned. I've no sympathy for them.

Amazing that the Republicans have finally found a victim of gun violence they really care about. In all seriousness, sickening though Trump is, so is this incident. Anyone who doesn't see this as a wake-up call to de-escalate tensions and rhetoric and work towards a more civil politics is frankly dangerous. Not even going to get started on gun laws because it has been patently sodding obvious for a looooong time that the "right to bear arms" puts everyone in danger. Sort it out.

The Beat should now be on 32.

I'd be okay with the 20 point penalty in fairness.

I had to fight every fibre of my being to add points to the fucking Minions song, but I managed it.

Sun 14 Jul 28 Yazoo - Don't Go +4 25 Tears for Fears - Mad World 24 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 24 Ph.D -- I Won't Let You Down 24 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 24 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye  24 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary  24 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence 23 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 22 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 20 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It 20 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One 20 Odyssey - Inside Out 20 Soft Cell - What? 20 Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It!) 20 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) 20 Wah! - The Story of the Blues 20 JoBoxers - Boxerbeat 20 Malcolm McLaren - Double Dutch 20 The Style Council - Long Hot Summer/Paris Match 20 Rod Stewart - What Am I Gonna Do 20 Howard Jones - New Song 20 Shakin’ Stevens - Cry Just a Little Bit 20 Culture Club - Victims 19 Toto - Africa 18 Adam & The Ants - Ant Rap 17 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times 17 Michael Jackson - Beat It -6 13 Duran Duran - Union of the Snake

Sun 14 Jul 108 Years & Years — King 100 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 98 Ella Henderson — Ghost 88 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 51 Pharrell Williams — Happy 38 Little Mix — Black Magic 34 Omi — Cheerleader 33 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 31 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 28 Calvin Harris — Summer 21 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 19 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder +4 15 Mr Probz — Waves 10 Adele — Hello -6 TTML is the second-best song in this round. Quite what the fuck it's doing circling the drain I've no idea.

Having reminded myself of what songs are coming up, I am now terribly nervous as to what you might consider to be ‘absolute bangers’. Not to say that they are particularly bad rounds imo, but there is a lot of beige.

Sat 13 Jul 24 The Beat- Can’t Get Used to Losing You 24 Soft Cell- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye  24 Tears for Fears- Mad World 24 Yazoo- Nobody’s Diary  24 Siouxsie and the Banshees- Dear Prudence 23 Michael Jackson- Beat It -2 22 Eurythmics- Who’s That Girl? +4 22 Yazoo - Don't Go 22 The J. Geils Band- Centerfold 21 Toto- Africa 20 Adam & The Ants- Ant Rap 20 Kool & The Gang- Get Down on It 20 Haircut 100- Love Plus One 20 Pigbag- Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 20 Ph.D- I Won’t Let You Down 20 Odyssey- Inside Out 20 Soft Cell- What? 20 Wham!- Young Guns (Go For It!) 20 Culture Club- Time (Clock of the Heart) 20 Wah!- The Story of the Blues 20 The Belle Stars- Sign of the Times 20 JoBoxers- Boxerbeat 20 Malcolm McLaren- Double Dutch 20 The Style Council- Long Hot Summer/Paris Match 20 Rod Stewart- What Am I Gonna Do 20 Howard Jones- New Song 20 Duran Duran- Union of the Snake 20 Shakin’ Stevens- Cry Just a Little Bit 20 Culture Club- Victims 08 David Bowie & Bing Crosby- Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy 0 Julio Iglesias - Vete A La Mierda -4

Sat 13th Jul, Vote #2 108 Years & Years — King 96 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 90 Ella Henderson — Ghost 76 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 51 Pharrell Williams — Happy 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 32 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder +4 32 Omi — Cheerleader 31 Calvin Harris — Summer -6 29 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 27 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 26 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 18 Adele — Hello 17 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 10 Aloe Blacc — The Man 06 Sigma — Nobody To Love Fuck it, it's not every day you get two goes and 108 feels fairly safe.

Sat 13 Jul 57 Madness - Baggy Trousers 57 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 54 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir -6 47 Earth, Wind & Fire - Let’s Groove +4 40 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry 17 ABBA - One Of Us 15 Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb  11 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) 

Sat 13 Jul, Vote #1 108 Years & Years — King +4 96 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 90 Ella Henderson — Ghost 76 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 47 Pharrell Williams — Happy 43 Little Mix — Black Magic 37 Calvin Harris — Summer 32 Omi — Cheerleader 29 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 27 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 26 Mr Probz — Waves 21 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 21 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 18 Adele — Hello -4 17 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 10 Aloe Blacc — The Man 06 Sigma — Nobody To Love -2

I was hopeful the update was for the 'dickhead' emoji I requested (no, I'm not letting it go)

That's far too much effort on Deathlist dot net. Don't bother ya cunt

Carr is 52 this year, so probably expected to live another 35 years or so. By this logic, Carr's definitely going first.

For quite a while he's been no stranger to the makeup department. Before the hair transplant around 4-5 years ago he looked like a dead geisha. Now, he just looks dead.

I haven't missed Twitter since deactivating my account just over a year ago. Fortunately, I still see all the funny Tweets screenshotted on Threads and places like The Poke. Threads is still a lovely place btw.

Fair play

Yet more proof of Trump & Putin collaboration: