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There's an absolutely fantastic "would never have obitted ten years ago" name that's a cert right now, but I'm 99% sure they won't make the starting line. Just a heads up....

Purdah makes for unusual BBC homepages.

Kind of guy who would have become a DL mainstay had he made it to his 90s.

More of a Shannon Hoon tbh

Well she better not take any late night swims despite not being a swimmer.

The final YouGov MRP poll does have Bolsover going Tory, for those who predicted Dennis Skinner would be on the way out. Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers also loses her seat, as does Caroline Flint with Don Valley turning non-Labour for the first time since 1922.

Al Jaffee is 98. Al Jaffee has also just relaunched his official website and doesn't look like he's going anywhere soon.

Ah man, I always liked him. Was always linked to a job at the Cobblers but, thankfully for his sanity, he never took one.

We lost her somehow.

Leaked audio from the shadow health secretary confirms what anyone who wasn't a wingcuck knew from the start of this election: it's gonna be The Midlands Wot Won It, and Corbyn doesn't have a bostin fanbase.

Ah ffs. On it.

Once You Go Black move up to third, one of the best debut seasons on record.... remind me again who they are on here?

QO. Updating the DDP as we speak...

There was a series of articles about her on a small, obscure media start-up called "the BBC".

Circus impressario Nell Gifford, who I'm sure would have been a popular pick in 2020, doesn't make the starting line.

What's more natural than lean?

Dead.

Northampton North has also had the same two candidates representing the main two parties at the 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019 elections (Michael Ellis (CON) and Sally Keeble (LAB)). Is that any sort of record?

It's weird, I can put together a team now of 20 people who I think are sure-fire goners in 2020, but then it just looks... it doesn't sit right. I think I need to put the longlist away for a week and come back to it with fresh eyes when everyone else is finalising Xmas shopping.

For those of you who were thinking of chancing your arm on New York Times' cancer columnist Josie Rubio, no need: she's died aged 42.

As I said at the time he was diagnosed: good.

What's the old adage? Never eat a place called "Momma's", never play poker with a man named "Doc" and never assume anyone shares your sense of humour.

Well, it's Christmas, let's catch up with Father Todd Unctious....

They are, specifically musicians who were still performing at the start of the year. Will change.