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Michael Mosley’s wife has made a statement, saying how devastated they are to have lost him but how they take comfort in the fact he ‘nearly made it’ in the climb that ultimately finished him off.

What’s that word that rhymes with ‘blunt’? Ignoring someone because you disagree is poor form; opinion variation adds colour to the world. Plenty of people here can be blunt and amusing. A couple, though, just have personal issues that make them unpleasant. Make you right with calling out misinformation. It’s absolutely necessary. Crem got sent to ignore jail though cos he was a repeat offender to an exhausting extent, like Iain but without the funny bits. I would, however, like to see the engineer have a crack at something other than Covid & vaccines, and to see different conspiracies in this thread. They’re often bollocks, but they’re interesting bollocks and usually harmless.

Would recommend. You still occasionally see some of their posts if others quote them but to be in a world with at least drastically reduced Crem/Ulitzer/Kenny/SC is a much better one. Having said that, because of the one-trick pony nature of the engineer, I haven't got him on ignore. If the bullshit is all confined to one thread, the nature of which invites people who are a bit barking, you can ignore easily enough anyway if you so choose. I'm sure if the engineer wanted to end his long phase of being a single issue poster, his contributions elsewhere would be fine.

Thank you, great spot. If the next person could add it back in, that'd be marv.

Sun 9 Jun 36 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 31 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 30 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 30 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 27 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 27 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +1 26 Earth, Wind & Fire - September +3 26 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 25 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 23 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 22 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 22 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 21 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 21 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 20 Frankie Valli - Grease -1 20 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven 20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 20 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 18 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 18 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love 14 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star 12 David Essex- Oh What A Circus -5 08 The Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin’ in the Riggin’ 06 James Galway - Annie’s Song

Ahhh I remember these! Billy Corgan off of Pumpkin Smashing was my fave:

Sun 9 Jun 52 John Newman — Love Me Again 44 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 43 Lorde — Royals 42 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 42 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 41 Coldplay — Paradise 40 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 40 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 35 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 31 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) +4 31 Avicii — Wake Me Up 31 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 31 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 31 Jessie J — Domino 28 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 26 Rihanna — Diamonds 25 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 23 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 22 Little Mix — Wings 21 OneRepublic — Counting Stars  21 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 19 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know 18 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful -6 15 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 11 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It 06 Ellie Goulding — Bum

Ed McGuinness, the Tory candidate in Michael Esgovebar’s old seat Surrey Heath, has been caught claiming to have moved into the area…while posing outside an AirBnB. That level of honesty and integrity makes him the perfect successor to Gove.

Good point. And to add to that, polls that are monumentally disastrous for the Tories (i.e. third place/Canada 1993 scenarios) might help as, if it becomes a genuine possibility that a governing party as damaging to the country as this one can be actually killed to death, of course people (or at least 80% of them) want to be part of that!

Annie's Song is grand when John Denver is singing. The instrumental doesn't really work imo.

Ah well then, RIP the Portillo Moment.

Nah nah, Binface is a political force to be reckoned with! Having said that, he's been removed entirely from my results on that quiz when I looked just now. I'm outraged; I was about 90% in agreement with him! #Justice4Binface

Quite some shenanigans going on in Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge. The newly created seat in which Gavin Williamson is standing had a Reform candidate in Tom Wellings, until he withdrew and defected to the Conservatives. Gavin Williamson has denied any foul play.

I dunno, I think Mordaunt might've started screaming, knocking down podiums and howling at the moon if she and Labour were a stage width apart. At least with Rayner in pointing and spitting distance she could keep a lid on her volatile temper.

That “You can tell” at the end

My Southern Independence Party begins their campaign just after the election. We want a referendum before 2029. Take Back Control etc.

Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent North) Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset and Hanham)

Politics aside, no single clear winner imo but three tiers of performance: Daisy Cooper - Would be great if she didn't shout every word. A fair few refreshingly direct responses to questions, good understanding of key issues and policy, appeared honest, defended well when attacked. Stephen Flynn - SNP are in the toilet and lack answers in many respects, but Flynn's a bloody effective debater. Deserves a tonne of respect for opening up the possibility that, get this, immigration might not be a bad thing, and articulated perfectly why not. On this particular point, he could teach Labour a thing or two. Carla Denyer - I loved her focus on what was being asked, with very little desire to be drawn into all the catfighting. Solid outlining of policy in the little time she was allotted. Great, but you can't be too polite in a debate. Nigel Farage - Same shit, different bucket. At home on the attack, but no real answers to anything other than something something immigration something, which were then promptly shot down effectively by the other minor parties. Angela Rayner - Very strong against the Tories, missed a few points in her direct answers to the questions (e.g. what Labour achieved under Blair & Brown, as Rover pointed out). Holds her own but just not informative enough. Rhun ap Iorwerth - Okay debut; personable, positive, with the odd few well-considered contributions, but a total lack of presence and not much substance when it came to Plaid's party policy. Penny Mordaunt - Useless as a fishnet condom. Repeated Rishi's lies and tantrums. A perfect illustration of a party broken beyond repair. Honestly came across as being in dire need of mental health first aid.

Sat 8 Jun 51 John Newman — Love Me Again 44 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 41 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 40 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 39 Lorde — Royals 39 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 37 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 37 Coldplay — Paradise 35 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) +4 34 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 31 Avicii — Wake Me Up 30 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 30 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know -3 28 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 28 Little Mix — Wings -3 27 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 27 Jessie J — Domino 25 Rihanna — Diamonds 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 22 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 21 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 21 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 20 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Ellie Goulding — Burn 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 20 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It 19 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 14 Cover Drive — Twilight 12 Ne-Yo — Let Me Love You

Sat 8 Jun 30 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 27 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 26 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 25 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 25 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 24 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 24 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 23 The Rolling Stones - Miss You +4 22 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 22 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 21 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 21 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 21 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 21 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 21 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 20 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star 20 James Galway - Annie’s Song 20 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 20 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 20 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven 20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love 20 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 20 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 16 Frankie Valli - Grease -2 16 The Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin’ in the Riggin’ 15 David Essex - Oh What A Circus -4 14 The Dooleys - Wanted 14 The Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me 10 Boney M - Hooray! Hooray It’s A Holi-Holiday 06 Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley - If I Had Words

Audience Member: Why is it that when parties want your vote they promise so much but, when they’re elected, nothing gets done? Mishal Hussein: Penny Mordaunt? *audience laughs*