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    To me a notable death is one in which I get a push notification about. I got notifications from BBC, Sky, Mirror and Telegraph about Robin Windsor and the Guardian and BBC Sport about Andreas Brehme,  Therefore on average there is about 7-10 notable deaths a month for me. 

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    6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Ahem. We are talking about the BAFTAS. British. (Scottish, even). Many film roles. McCallum's omission here is quite amazing - I guess they think he;s Uncle Man or Doctor such and shite from some ridiculous US box set ensemble.

     

    Perry had little to do with film. I agree he's for the telly memoriam section of the awards.

    He might well be on the TV BAFTA’s as well. His obits were led by him being in The Man from U.N.C.L.E

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    1 hour ago, TomTomTelekom said:

    German soccer player Andreas Brehme, most famous for kicking the winning goal for Germany against Argentina in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Fina, died at 63 years:

    https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/bundesliga-andreas-brehme-ist-tot-87228352.bild.html

    He won the 1990 FIFA World Cup playing for German manager  Franz Beckenbauer. He won also the Guerin d'Oro as the Serie A Footballer of the Year in 1989 and won league titles with clubs like Kaiserslautern and Bayern Munich.

    The cause of death was a Sudden cardiac arrest.

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    Bill Francis, English born born professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Wales and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wigan, St. Helens, Oldham and Salford, as a fullback, wing, centre or stand-off. Obit

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    3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Don't think I asked for Scotland to have special powers. 

     

    Labour's issue and therefore Starmer's issue has always been delivering for those areas which used to vote Labour without question. The boot in the bawbags that Labour took in 2019 seems to have been disregarded in that respect - after all, they have been repeatedly kicked in their soft parts for years in Scotland.

     

    @Sod's Law is right. Been calling for federalism for years, jeez it used to be a stand point of the Liberals. Starmer's Labour Party will not win in Scottish Parliamentary elections unless it wins in England and shows it can deliver real change.

     

    Anyway, I'd quite like to give Labour Party a kicking on here, bit boring kicking the Tories forever. Starmer can deliver that at least. :lol:

    I think the issue is partly that a lot of Scottish ex labour seats seem less interested in culture war politics than their English equivalents. Scottish ex Labour working class seats pretty much all voted remain in the EU by 55% or more while the English equivalents voted leave by massive majorities. 

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    8 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

    Not a lot of laughs as usual as he speaks in Glasgow.

     

    Looks like he's woken up to idea of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine. Took him long enough.

     

    Unfortunately he's congratulated Sarwar and Baillie for their tremendous leadership in Scotland. They are possibly two of the worst performers I have ever seen, still dug in to their belief that Labour have the divine right to seats in Scotland. If anything, if the rest of the country votes Labour, Scotland needs somebody else. What he doesn't understand is that Scotland doesn't need yesmen to London run Labour. We all remember how Labour First Ministers said yes to policies designed for Middle England being imposed on Scotland.

     

    Labour if it needs Scotland might get it by default. But what it needs to do imo is to have a design for Scotland different from the needs of Milton Keynes, Manchester or Swansea. And that means breaking from his idiotic clinging to a Union idea that what is best for those places is best for Scotland.

     

    Welcome to Glesca, how long will he spend here in Scotland? Bet he's out of the country in hours.

    The problem is giving Scotland special powers doesn’t often go down well electorally outside of Scotland. Remember the Tories found considerable success in 2015 campaigning on the fear of an SNP deal with Labour and people outside of Scotland don’t follow the polling figures enough to not believe that is possible again. 

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    9 hours ago, msc said:

    Goal scorer in the famous Battle of Santiago, QO a cert imo. 

     

     

     

    "Let's hope they never face again."

     

    No no David, let's hope they draw each other more often.

     

    The ref was so upset by Toro and both teams antics that he later invented the red card. True story!

     

     

    So far I can’t even find any English language obits. He doesn’t strike me a strong contender for an Q/O obit, 

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    12 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    Key point here being that he has to deposit that amount so's he can continue the legal fight. There's always been doubt about the distance between the wealth he claims and the wealth his biggest critics think he actually has. It's getting tasty. 

    A mystery donation will arrive from abroad. In an envelope postmarked Moscow. 

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