Cerberus

Probably the one who did the least drugs and booze in the whole band. RIP.

Sent. I don't envisage making many changes.

Son of the great Everton Weekes, who died only a couple of years ago. I wonder how much he did to help his errant son. Yes there was huge condemnation of the 'rebels' by the West Indies team at the time, but it was easy for the likes of Richards, Lloyd and Holding, all automatic picks, to say that they shouldn't have taken the South African money. Players on the fringe of the team like David Murray were barely scraping by in domestic cricket.

Francis can't really step down while Benedict is still alive, can he? I mean, I suppose you could have two ex-Popes, but it brings to mind the Oscar Wilde line about losing both parents.

Jonnie Irwin, but I see he's on 'Ideas and Possibilities.' How come you can't delete a post on here?

Lord Denning?

Going with Mel Brooks again.

I reckon the time might be fast approaching for a Jim Dale vs Ian Lavender thread.

Not many old cricketers have left the crease of late. But Alan 'Froggy' Thomson who played against England in 1970-71, and also took the first wicket to fall in a one-day international (one G Boycott) is the latest. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-quick-bowler-alan-thomson-who-took-the-first-wicket-in-odi-history-dies-aged-76-1342781 I don't think he's actually demonstrating his 'unusual bowling action' in that photo. I'd have thought there were better images they could have used.

Pretty well-known in the UK I would say, and certainly listable. 'If You Could Read my Mind' is a stone cold classic.

Marty Wilde? Joe Brown? Tommy Steele of course.

BBC News is saying 'Jerry Lee Lewis has died aged of 87' Not a construction I'm familiar with.

Can't help but wonder what Grant Schapps did wrong in his five days as Home Secretary ... And as for Cruella, it would take a braver man than me to explain why she's back so soon. The Anti Tofu Coalition are responsible, I guess.

Perhaps Liz will do for him on her way out. "I'll 'dear oh dear' you."

Politicians in this and just about every other country tend to come from fairly comfortable middle-class backgrounds, though. That goes for all parties. Not necessarily Eton and Oxford, but they don't usually come from poor families. Angela Rayner is the only one I can think of who comes close. Maybe a handful of other Labour and SNP MP's would fit the bill.

Over the next 24 hours I'm looking forward to seeing all those former supporters who bailed on him during the summer, going over to Truss when it seemed like his support was waning, now backpedalling furiously in a desperate attempt to land a plum job. I suspect Sunak will remember the names of all those fair-weather friends.

Shhhhh! You know Hu.

Or if Ed Miliband hadn't decided to stand against his brother in the first place. A rift that still hasn't been healed I gather.

Not going to get sucked into Leslie P's trap again - he's clearly one of the Immortals - gone for Brooks.

I suppose at 95 you're not that fussed about being out of a job. She actually retired as long ago as 2014, due to a battle with arthritis. Sufficiently famous to be worthy of a slot in the 50 in her own right, I would say, and would make a fitting replacement for the Queen.

If Sunak should take over, could he keep Hunt as Chancellor? At least he's a name people know (unlike Kwarteng) and sounded, I thought, as if he knew what he was talking about yesterday. He was basically saying there are no easy fixes, which was at least honest. We are in for a hard winter, and would be even if Labour were to win an election tomorrow.

I'm all of those words that Blackadder says here ...

Never seen a Harry Potter film, but thought he was terrific in 'Cracker.' Sad news. Meanwhile, Leslie Phillips slogs on ...

I suppose Harry could come on his own, but is a child's birthday really such a big deal? Archie will have many more birthdays, a Coronation comes along once in a generation. No doubt he will have to choose between his wife and his family, again.

Jeffrey still here, unfortunately.