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Tue 2 Jul 58 Years & Years — King +4 54 Kiesza — Hideaway 50 Ella Henderson — Ghost 50 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 47 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 47 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 40 Adele — Hello 37 Little Mix — Black Magic 36 Pharrell Williams — Happy 35 Magic — Rude 34 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 27 Omi — Cheerleader 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 24 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 24 Aloe Blacc — The Man 23 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 20 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 19 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 19 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 12 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 12 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down -6 06 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 04 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C

@Sean just checking you've noted the two first teams (mine and Commtech's) - they were posted before you said you'd cleared your PM inbox.

I'd be extremely surprised if Starmer moved Rayner, Reeves, Lammy, Cooper, Streeting (unfortunately), Miliband (Ed) or Phillipson in the near future.

"A third option that I haven't seen anyone put forward" Maybe because we're not all mad cunts like you, Iain?

Well, I'll just post my 'operation hope so' of Portillo Moments here then: Rishi Sunak (Richmond and Northallerton) Liz Truss (South West Norfolk) Jeremy Hunt (Godalming and Ash) Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) Johnny Mercer (Plymouth Moor View) Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset and Hanham) Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield) Esther McVey (Tatton) Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) James Cleverly (Braintree) Gillian Keegan (Chichester) David TC Davies (Monmouthshire) Steve Baker (Wycombe) Simon Hart (Caerfyrddin) Mark Harper (Forest of Dean) Victoria Prentis (Banbury) Mel Stride (Central Devon) Michelle Donelan (Melksham and Devizes) Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay) Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) Claudia Webbe (Leicester East) Thangam Debonnaire (Bristol Central) Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire)

More vandalism? Oh god no what a shame.

Mon 1 Jul 52 Years & Years — King +4 50 Kiesza — Hideaway 46 Ella Henderson — Ghost 46 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 43 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 43 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 42 Adele — Hello 33 Little Mix — Black Magic 33 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 33 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Magic — Rude 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 31 Pharrell Williams — Happy 26 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 26 Omi — Cheerleader 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 23 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 22 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love -1 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 18 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 16 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 12 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down 11 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 10 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 6 Rachel Platten — Shite Song -5

Mon 1 Jul 68 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 38 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 26 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4

All it needs is one bit of punctuation:

Well fucking join in and up 'em!

Please please please please please...

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Yeah, a lot of this group is very droppable. There are a small handful of others I'd like to be giving points to but I'm taking no risks this round. Either my first choice is going through with flying colours, or I shall have a monumental tantrum before going round the country firebombing the sheds of anyone who looks like they could be a Deathlist member.

Bit more harmony in the scoring so far this round. We're ripping through this list!

Sun 30 Jun 46 Years & Years — King +4 45 Kiesza — Hideaway 42 Ella Henderson — Ghost 42 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 40 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 39 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 38 Adele — Hello 31 Calvin Harris — Summer  31 Little Mix — Black Magic 31 Magic — Rude 31 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 30 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 26 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj — Bang Bang 26 Pharrell Williams — Happy 25 Omi — Cheerleader 25 Sam Smith — Stay With Me 24 Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill — Gecko (Overdrive) 23 Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah — Crazy Stupid Love 22 Mr Probz — Waves 22 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 22 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 22 Rita Ora — I Will Never Let You Down 22 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 21 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 21 Sigma ft. Paloma Faith — Changing 21 Sigma — Nobody To Love 21 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 21 Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne — My Love 21 Jess Glynne — Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself 20 Dvbbs & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah — Tsunami 20 5 Seconds Of Summer — She Looks So Perfect 20 Justin Bieber — What Do You Mean? 20 Aloe Blacc — The Man 20 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel 20 Calvin Harris ft. John Newman — Blame 20 Lost Frequencies — Are You With Me 19 Rachel Platten — Fight Song 18 Take That — These Days -6 16 Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea — Problem 16 Lilly Wood & The Prick — Prayer In C 12 Sam Smith ft. John Legend — Lay Me Down

Sun 30 Jun 79 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 50 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 37 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4

The absolute heroes at Led By Donkeys attended the latest Reform Ltd. rally and brought a banner with them:

This is what stage the election campaign is at Poor Corinne

With the power of tactical voting, we could see the back of people like Kemi Bad Enoch. To the people of NW Essex and indeed anyone saying "nah, not voting, all the same etc": Just vote. Vote tactically. Do it. Be part of what could be a momentous occasion: the death of a party mostly responsible for the status quo you hate so much. This election isn't so much about who's going to be forming the next government as it is an opportunity to properly cunt one of the two major parties of government into the sea.

I don't really like the Ghost song. Saying this in small font as I've been scared into submission. Mott is probably the least predictable winner of the three, which sells it to me more tbh. Bowie, as we all know, is class. Baker Street is normally heard being introduced by Jeremy Vine.

I still don’t really go out and do things on my own unless it’s just for a walk or a drive, and I don’t really know why. It’s a weird one; It’s the other people who get my arris in gear to go to gigs and stuff, but my social battery is seriously flat afterwards and often I wonder if I’d have preferred it on my own.

I will say, full-throatedly and in normal-sized font, that Baker Street absolutely does not deserve to win. As you say, it is one of the overplayed songs. The sax solo lends the song to adverts and stuff but that's the only notable aspect really; the rest of the song has the whiff of boiled cabbage about it.

All The Young Dudes. Bowie had finished producing two of his own albums but had a few more songs in the locker he'd written already, so gave demos out to people he thought would do them justice. Think I remember reading that Mott the Hoople, who were struggling to make a success of themselves, couldn't believe a) their luck, and b) that Bowie would give such an amazing song away.