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No, it was worse than that. Animals go in the cargo hold, people go in the cabin. Nearly a whole planeload of seats on a privately chartered plane were offered to the MoD to evacuate anyone in need, but the offer was ignored. So the plane eventually left with the animals in the hold and a couple of hundred empty seats.

Wed 5 Jun 47 John Newman — Love Me Again 44 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 40 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know 37 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 37 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 35 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 35 Coldplay — Paradise 35 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 34 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 31 Little Mix — Wings 31 Lorde — Royals -6 30 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 29 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It +4 28 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium  28 Avicii — Wake Me Up 27 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child  27 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 26 Jessie J — Domino 24 Rihanna — Diamonds 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 23 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 22 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 21 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 21 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 20 Cover Drive — Twilight 20 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Gabrielle Aplin — The Power Of Love 20 Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis & Wankz — Thrift Shop 20 The Saturdays ft. Sean Paul — What About Us 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Ellie Goulding — Burn 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 19 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 19 Ne-Yo — Let Me Love You 17 Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah — R.I.P. 16 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful 12 Wiley ft. Ms D — Heatwave 11 Justin Timberlake — Mirrors

Wed 5 Jun 53 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 42 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 35 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love +4 29 The Four Seasons — Silver Star 28 David Dundas - Jeans On -2 24 Manuel and the Music of the Mountains - Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto de Aranjuez 11 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 06 Boney M - Sunny -3 06 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World -1 There, that's lined up a couple.

Judy Loe into the team replacing William Russell. New no 3 sub - Stephen Darby, please.

Well done, Phil, congratulations. It was another fascinating competition, thanks to Biblio for devising and running it and Rover for the categories. Bring on the next one!

Reckon they read about it here?

Hope that's not just water. Oh, milkshake - yes, that'll do. Sour milk lingers.

Is Michael Fabricant standing again?

My list is on page 1 of the thread. I use the Edit function to update it.

Farage has a meltdown on BBC News and then refused to go on Newsnight. https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/1797761928158130510

Tue 4 Jun 51 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +4 42 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 35 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 34 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 31 Manuel and the Music of the Mountains - Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto de Aranjuez 24 David Dundas - Jeans On -6 22 Boney M - Sunny 21 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth 14 Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World -6

Tue 4 Jun 44 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know +1 43 John Newman — Love Me Again +1 42 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know 35 Coldplay — Paradise 35 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 35 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 34 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 33 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 33 Little Mix — Wings 33 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 30 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky +1 29 Lorde — Royals -6 28 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium +1 27 Avicii — Wake Me Up 26 Jessie J — Domino 26 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 26 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 25 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 24 Rihanna — Diamonds 22 Katy Perry — Roar 22 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 21 Ne-Yo — Let Me Love You 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 21 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 21 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 20 Cover Drive — Twilight 20 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 20 Wiley ft. Ms D — Heatwave 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Gabrielle Aplin — The Power Of Love 20 Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis & Wanz — Thrift Shop 20 Justin Timberlake — Mirrors 20 The Saturdays ft. Sean Paul — What About Us 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Ellie Goulding — Burn 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 19 Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah — R.I.P. 19 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 18 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful 18 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It 16 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 12 Sam Bailey — Skyscraper 10 Flo Rida — Good Feeling 02 Will.I.Am ft. Britney Spears — Scream & Shout

Will definitely rank with the Portillo Moment.

That makes me want to vote for them! I could have in my old constituency, they are the tactical vote there.

Mon 3 Jun 40 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 38 John Newman — Love Me Again 38 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know 35 Coldplay — Paradise 34 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 34 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 32 Little Mix — Wings 31 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 29 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 28 Jessie J — Domino 28 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 27 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 26 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 26 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 26 Avicii — Wake Me Up 26 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child 25 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 25 Rihanna — Diamonds  25 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 25 Lorde — Royals -6 23 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It +4 22 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 21 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful -1 21 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 21 Ne-Yo — Let Me Love You 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 21 Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah — R.I.P. 21 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 20 Cover Drive — Twilight 20 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 20 Wiley ft. Ms D — Heatwave 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Gabrielle Aplin — The Power Of Love 20 Macklemore ft. Ryan Lewis & Wanz — Thrift Shop 20 Justin Timberlake — Mirrors 20 The Saturdays ft. Sean Paul — What About Us 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Ellie Goulding — Burn 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 19 Katy Perry — Roar 19 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 18 Sam Bailey — Skyscraper 17 Flo Rida — Good Feeling 16 One Direction — Little Things 16 Will.I.Am ft. Britney Spears — Scream & Shout 10 Martin Garrix — Animals 06 Rita Ora — How We Do (Party)

Mon 3 Jun 43 David Bowie - Sound and Vision +4 37 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 37 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 36 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 32 Boney M - Sunny 29 Manuel and the Music of the Mountains - Rodrigo’s Guitar Concerto de Aranjuez 25 David Dundas - Jeans On 23 Status Quo - Rockin’ All Over the World 21 Mike Oldfield - Portsmouth  16 The Miracles - Love Machine 06 Barry Biggs - Sideshow 00 The Chi-Lites - You Don’t Have to Go -6 You do, though.

Fair points, Clorox, and thank you for your kind words. Also for drawing my attention to July being National Ice Cream Month. Now that is something to celebrate.

He came up with a zinger on another Twitter post. I'll see if I can find it. No, life's too short.

No one's been round to ask me.

Aha, so it's for straight people as well? That's good to know. I've just done mine too. However I have a different approach. I designate various tracts as No Mow Spring and Summer, and mow wide paths around and among them, creating little islands of wildness. As long as the paths are kept mown short, it doesn't look untidy, just interesting. And it takes a lot less time than mowing the lot. At the beginning of autumn it all gets strimmed down, except one little patch for the critters.

Noam Chomsky in as new no 3 sub for Rob Burrow, please.

Dyke and Van are man-made, but I suppose we can let him have Dick.

Do I qualify as a bigot if I respectfully ask why this gets a whole month while every other section of the community that merits recognition only gets a day? Mothers, fathers, veterans, teachers, Robert Burns, etc. Apparent;y today is National Cancer Survivor’s Day.

Very happy to see the return of this enjoyable pool. Thank you, YW!

Just the smirk makes me want to punch his lights out.