Father Brown

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew Obit in from Yanis Varoufakis, New Statesman beaten by mere seconds

It's highly likely that Jacobin obit was written some time ago and it only got published now following the current rumours.

I put Corbyn down in the Portillo Moment thread. He's been the MP since 1983, but as an Independent running against Labour this time it's going to show how much personal support he has locally. More than certain that he'll lose but I'm interested by how much.

the BBC article suggests it was nothing major. No broken bones or anything, more than likely bruising and some road rash. depends on the speed and how he came off

Gordon Ramsay involved in nasty cycling accident - bruise image in article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1002z9vne3o

Hit 5 for me with Françoise Hardy

Sounds like he’s trying to lose now!

Cross posting for Françoise Hardy

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) Lee Anderson (Ashfield) Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North)

https://twitter.com/PoliticsMoments/status/1796556148688265262/photo/1 Let the Bar Chart wars recommence...

Farage standing in Clacton means he's pretty much restricted to travelling the constituency AND it'll split the Tory vote there. Doing us all a favour it seems!

BBC has a live feed of Diane Abbott. Not sure what to make of it, she’s certainly not all there these days imo. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-69071603

Michael Gove to stand down

Larry spotted

Very happy, let's get them out. John Curtice speaking now on BBC

Surely this is it!

Good thread! Nice to find other numismatists Like others above have said, I also generally only keep what I get in circulation. I had all the 2012 Olympics & Paralympics for a while but not sure what happened with all those. I’ve got a couple George VI shillings somewhere, couple of £1 notes as well. Not even sure where my collection is at the moment

Cazoo, no you can’t! To appoint administrators today. https://news.sky.com/story/former-tech-darling-cazoo-crashes-into-administration-13140557

May 19 - apologies with font size again, on mobile 81 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 77 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 70 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 46 Cee Lo Green — Forget You +4 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 41 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 36 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 36 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 33 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 32 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 32 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 31 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 31 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 29 Owl City — Fireflies 26 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 24 Iyaz — Replay 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 18 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 17 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 15 Adele — Someone Like You 12 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 06 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat -6

I have never met a nice person called Tyler or a nice Jessica. Ever. But what gets me are the people who give their kid a “unique” spelling like Jaxson, Kymburleigh, Mahdysyn, etc. you’re setting them up for a lifetime of correcting people’s spelling and pronunciation! “unique” -den/-din/-don names also annoy me. Brayden, Jayden, Okayden. Why?

We were allowed 20 votes for years already. Heck, I remember Petra saying it in 2013!

It’s been an awful weekend for the contest’s reputation but music won in the end. Congratulations Switzerland

I’ll be voting for Ireland and Croatia on Saturday. Olly lost his mic pack on Tuesday (he said it on Lorraine) but his vocals are never amazing. When he appeared during Strictly my first thought was “oh God no”. I do like his song though.

May 4 64 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 40 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight +4 26 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 04 Coldplay — In My Place -5 00 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. -1