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Good to see it passed, surprised in a way as it looked like it might not given (unhelpful) interventions like that from Streeting.

Made a Dame for services to flipping birds.

David Cameron has said he supports the Assisted Dying Bill. Going by history this means the bill likely will fail as a result. Ex-prime minister David Cameron backs assisted dying bill - BBC News

I initially thought he'll be pleased he at least got to see Labour return to power before dying, however given he was living with Alzheimer's it's possible he had no recollection of it.

Could this year be a record for candidates really drawing it out? Carter, Chomsky, Rantzen and Le Pen all seem to be in some way.

I'd be surprised if Netanyahu (or any Israeli politician) ever visits the UK from here, even without the warrants. Even if the UK doesn't comply with the warrant, such a trip would be a policing nightmare given protests will be off the scale.

As if nobody has lied on or greatly exaggerated parts of their CV before. The arising of this story suggests they've run out of government news to attack and now have to go for relatively minor things about specific MPs. This was essentially the crux of beer gate.

By coincidence a former colleague of mine had a benign brain tumour removed last year. She was severely crippled by the operation, to the point of being unable to walk or speak for several months and only slowly started getting movement back with assistance. She died last month, a year after the operation, although it sounds like it was still unexpected, so must have been an unforeseen complication. While no two cases will ever be the same, even being cleared of a brain tumour can still have a poor prognosis.

Then there's Bono patronising them all by singing "Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you."

I've seen road bollards look more human than Truss in that picture.

And here's the confirmation:

Tomorrow's Cenotaph ceremony could well be a record breaker in terms of number of former PMs in attendance. There are now 8 living former PMs, plus Starmer as the incumbent for 9.

His seat is next due for election in 2026 and I believe he won't run again. Given his failing health, including those freezes in public, combined with his age, I wouldn't be surprised if he does a Dianne Feinstein and dies before then.

November 7th

I'm expecting Amesbury will have lost the whip by tomorrow. This does look like an inevitable by-election, but how quickly depends on how long he brazens it out (as in will he resign or hold out until a potential jail sentence is passed down).

And/or so he can be a hit on a future Deathlist (and one of those hits that is universally welcomed).

The age that PSA tests can be asked for via a GP is 50+, so yes this is an unusual case. I haven't read the interview (behind paywall), but wouldn't be surprised if in his final years he tries to campaign for increasing test access among other related things.

Met him at the London Bike Show in 2016 and by this news would probably be the first celebrity to die who I have met before. Sounds like a candidate for 2026 and every year thereafter he's around for.

Not only that, but there is a history of actual candidates in elections being elected when they're dead: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/

BBC live feed says Israel has now confirmed. If I recall correctly that means all three suspects wanted by the ICC from the Hamas' side are now dead. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy94zdd0nxlt

Still nothing on the BBC, though I suspect it will be by tomorrow morning and headline news more or less all day.

Given he died at 69, it's possible he was in contention to have been Scotland's oldest man.

The BBC have already published a full obit, suggesting that it's not just former PMs and Royals they have pre-prepared obits on standby for: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd13102l9g5o

Or send him round personally to their homes to waffle about any of his fantasies. Not only will they not need heating, they may even need air conditioning!

Weekend at Biya's.