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I pined for my close friend for ten years before he finally did what I never had the bottle to do. Ten years! All that time he let me tear myself to shreds on the inside and later shamble from one completely half-hearted relationship to the next, all because he himself was doing the world's longest run-up. He couldn't even be bothered to drug me (not that he'd have needed to). I dunno why I put up with the selfish bastard.

Tue 18 Jun 67 John Newman — Love Me Again 59 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 51 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 48 Rihanna — Diamonds 45 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 43 Lorde — Royals 43 Avicii — Wake Me Up 41 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum +4 40 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 33 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 26 Jessie J — Domino 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 21 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 19 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 19 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 17 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 12 Coldplay — Paradise -3 11 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 06 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love -3

Tue 18 Jun 54 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 53 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 32 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 31 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 30 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 30 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 30 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 25 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4 21 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl -6 11 Frankie Valli - Grease

Arse.

In a shock to nobody sentient, it turns out Reform's plans laid out in their manifesto are completely fucked. The IFS: Dan Neidle, tax expert running a not-for-profit tax policy consultancy:

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As soon as the Count Binface Party opens up membership to non-bins, I’m joining.

Discocunt = Decatwunt. I never thought a pokey little forum like this would become a noteworthy featurette of my life, a little escape for a moment at a time. I'd go as far as to say that, overall, it has improved my outlook on strangers.

Yes, it's an incredibly divided couple of years, this. The likes of Carly, Miley, Lorde, Florence, Jessie, Coldplay and OneRepublic are proper points of contention. Quite honestly, of those seven, I only give a toss about one. 14 remain for the chop.

A major manifesto launch today: that of Count Binface.

Rishi Sunak is "not opposed to assisted dying". I like to think this was his answer to the question "So, Rishi, how do you think your election campaign is going?"

His poor assistant.

Mon 17 Jun 50 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 49 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 38 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 36 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +2 36 Earth, Wind & Fire - September +2 32 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  32 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl -6 31 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 24 Donna Summer — Love’s Unkind 23 Frankie Valli - Grease 

Mon 17 Jun 62 John Newman — Love Me Again 58 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 50 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 45 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum +4 44 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 44 Rihanna — Diamonds 42 Avicii — Wake Me Up 41 Lorde — Royals 38 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 36 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 25 Jessie J — Domino 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 23 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 21 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 21 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love -6 18 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 17 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 16 Coldplay — Paradise 11 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love

Being a proper car anorak, I'm a huge fan of Giugiaro's work. A legendary designer of some of the most mouthwateringly desirable cars of all time, as well as everyday fixtures like the OG Volkswagen Golf. I learned to drive in my dad's 159 for a bit. Two days after I passed my test it suffered a total failure of all the engine electrics, and I had to go and rescue him in my shitey old Focus, which blew its water pump on the way back. That was not the best evening ever.

I've left it completely alone, it's not even interesting enough to downvote I like a fair amount of Coldplay but some of it, Paradise included, is very Radio 2.

Half a dozen BAFTAs, two Emmys, two Oscars, a Golden Globe, a Laurence Olivier, a DBE, a cancerous bowel in the not-too-distant past and an ominous silence since pulling out of a Channel 4 drama in March due to "ill health". Fucking legend, fucking Deathlisty.

^ Voting up a lot of bland bollocks, apparently.

Yes, please do long out this game. The 10s has a lot of catching up to do!

Wouldn't have thought so. Music taste mostly has no age. Not all youngsters are into hippity hop and wrap and bubble gum popular music.

Fathers Day Is On Sunday 58 John Newman — Love Me Again 58 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 50 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 49 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 47 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum +4 43 Rihanna — Diamonds 43 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 43 Lorde — Royals 38 Avicii — Wake Me Up 32 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 27 Jessie J — Domino 27 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love -6 24 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 24 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 19 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 17 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 14 Coldplay — Paradise 12 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing

Sun 16 Jun 49 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 43 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 42 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 36 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +2 35 Earth, Wind & Fire - September +2 35 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 32 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  31 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 31 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl -6 22 Frankie Valli - Grease 13 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 12 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Reform campaign going well in Norfolk.