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D'ya know what, I'm thinking even the Deathrace might draw the line at Jizz Talking for a q/o For anyone wondering what a GILF looks like, this'll be our Karen, then - not sure her grandchildren have yet commented on society's loss, or owt!

Deathrace Form Guide #14 Derek Draper Obviously, we all know enough to require no update here other than his current condition is "very serious," totally selfish reason for posting this in the thread from my point of view is that it's a timely reminder that, should he decide to poop the party specifically on New Year's Eve, he's gifting anyone hereabouts selecting him with a plethora of points. There's always someone who thinks they can submit a team on New Year's Eve, maybe careful perusal of the Deathrace rules this year whilst considering Derek's inclusion in any squad will be the reason nobody makes that mistake.

Steve Cooper apparently on the edge of a P45 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67734486

Whatever the end result he's finacially strapped and tied up in legal proceedings for a long while. Not great for a guy approaching 80, we're dead poolers before we're conspiracy theorists, right?

Because of the rules of the civil court Harry and the Mirror's owners each got to present half the evidence, there are over 100 cases he gathered that he could have submitted. Predictably half the cases formed the evidence for the damning verdict because The Mirror's side only submitted evidence/stories that were blatantly gathered without phone taps.

Aye, good rant from Morgan and the bit about being pissed at both sides for failing to call him in court is the high point. Of course, it's always possible another case will be brought and he will be called - whether he's so bolshy with a barrister throwing the questions at him would be worth seeing.

Hell yeah, but other than the judgement two things here are bad news for the press. Firstly, for as long as they're reduced to scraping social media they're not selling the public much that isn't easily available from another source. Secondly, anyone who thinks they have a case and hasn't already settled with a confidential agreement is doubtless considering their options now. Some of the private investigators were employed by more than one newspaper group. Whether anyone in the press has the stomach for more time in court is another question, might end up like the Catholic church everywhere but the UK with a damages fund, window of time for claimants and a fairly low standard of evidence.

Not expecting this to have much effect on his popularity, I'm thinking how he's genuinely thrown a grenade into the way the press behave and caused an existential crisis, the other three litigants today didn't really achieve that, two cases thrown out for being out of time despite being quite deserving. The press are in a crisis anyway, sales tanking, hundreds of millions paid out in settlements to stop this day ever coming. The key thing here is that the whole set-up of private investigators being used as an unofficial arm of the press and - therefore - the execs not being responsible is shredded in this judgement and a measure of how that impacts on the press is there to be seen in the fact the Mirror (or their new owners) have just accepted this. They know how strong their appeal evidence would prove to be.

Which is nowt on the damage done to The Mirror and - by implication - the rest of the crowd who still get labelled as Fleet Street. The industry's forked out hundreds of millions in mainly confidential settlements in the hope of avoiding this day. Seriously, Harry's gone up in my estimation for sticking this out and apart from him it's a victory for everyone unwittingly caught in the shitstorm, especially families who blundered into being intruded upon by the press much in the way Millie Dowler's family did. They didn't have the money or contacts to hold out for this judgement. When Piers Morgan finally decideds to comment could someone post a link, he will, because he can't go on being Piers Morgan unless he does.

Well, the above want to die stuff is maybe a tease so's she gets a fuck-tonne of 80th birthday wishes on January 17th

More significantly. maybe - the filmed sting from The Times suggests he isn't alone in being biddable for the right money, that's hardly news regarding politicians but - presumably - he could name names because he was clearly thinking to link up the fake lobbyists with more than himself.

Shitstorm coming if they do reject the findings This one is likely hopeless for the Tories, they lost it in 2017 (i.e., Corbyn led Labour took the seat when May was PM), Labour in very clear second with Brexit Party third last time. Just a guess, the recall petition will be a frenzy, there'll be a by-election which Labour will storm and the real interest will be whether Reform can overtake the Tories for second.

Thanks for the team posts - I'm seeing them posted on the thread atm, just checking that everyone is aware of the carefully crafted rules here and that choices are available: 3 - ...entry can be made either by sending a team of twenty to MPFC via PM hereabouts and/or by posting a team of twenty on the Deathrace 2024 thread.

I posted a story a few years back of Ray leaving a London pub and then reentering the same pub by a different door, apparently not realising he'd just left the place. If he's still capable of teasing reunions then the alleged decline that day might have just been the tonnage of alcohol.

So, Lucy Letby continues to maintain her innocence - looked a slam-dunk legally when reported after the verdict and there are complete psychos in jail arguing their innocence but I did post a link ages ago to a line of argument that presents her as a scapegoat for an entire maternity unit that had gone to shit. Anyone seen anything else online that actually supports her claims? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-67691395

One school of opinion is that her cover art did her few favours when it came to being taken seriously

Yeah, I have that - years ago, as in so long back I was recording a CD onto a tape for the car, the CD stuck on a blissful little little point of humming and I rammed a new tape in and snagged 45 mins of one side of that moment of electric noise. Told the missus it was a "meditation tape" I'd just got.

And speaking of Floyd - as I was a couple of months back - the brief flurry of interest around the reissuing of the much maligned (largely by them) Atom Heart Mother reminds us that Ron Geesin, who played a significant role in that album, remains very much with us. 80 in a few days time and a shoo-in obit wise if only because of his brief dalliance with Floyd on that UK #1 album. Think he's fairly chipper by all accounts, so likely nowt to see here, yet! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Geesin

VBites, once successful vegan food company owned by Heather Mills McCartney, is history https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67686515

Cometh the Christmas season cometh the coverage of the cancer mums - the usually restrained Beeb wading in with this one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-67553148

A very good point Nice to see Linda Lewis nestling in the back of the bunch - very underrated

Only fitting given how doggedly he hung on in parliament

Long given up on this because I got the basic strategy - pack the sqaud with managers of teams I consider promoted beyond their safety levels - wrong.

Must be serious, if anything could boost his health it'd be the current meltdown in the Conservative Party!