Bibliogryphon

John Smith was heavily criticized for not doing anything as the John Major government fell apart but if the the Government are destroying themselves surely you just let them get on with it

I don't think you would need three guesses

Surely this is a bit of a waste thread and should be in What do you think of the 2022 thread?

If no QO shows before the next hit CW loses out as Foresti will not be available for the next round The round is still open until the QO arrives

An English language obituary will put @chilean way in second place

A. Iris Apfel B. David Butler C. Barbara Clegg D. Timothy Dudley-Smith E. Carl Erskine F. Athol Fugard G. Gaston Glock H. Sheldon Harnick I. James Ivory J. Norman Jewison K. Agnes Keleti L. Ray Lawler M. Josip Manolic N. Nichelle Nicholls O. Edna O’ Brien P. Leontyne Price Q. Mary Quant R. Ned Rorem S. Max Stafford-Clark T. Nikolai Tolstoy U. Gudrun Ure V. Erich Von Daniken W. Joy Whitby X. Xi Jinping Y. Arnold Yarrow Z. Zandra Rhodes

No sooner than I have issued the promised update for @chilean way's cabinet ministers when Paul Sorvino delivers a second unique hit for @time which means their five remaining uniques all become game enders 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Tony Blair (ar) 3. Vasily Borisov (to) 4. Peter Brooke (ph) 5. Gordon Brown (cw) 6. Irene Camber (to) 7. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 8. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 9. James Darren (ar) 10. Charlie Falconer (cw) 11. Norman Fowler (ro) 12. Tom Gayford (ro) 13. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 14. Judy Grinham (ti) 15. John Gummer (ti) 16. Roy Hattersley (ro) 17. Douglas Hurd (ro) 18. Tony Kubek (ar) 19. Nigel Lawson (mc) 20. James Mackay (bp) 21. John Major (ar) 22. Ken McMullen (ar) 23. Joanna Miles (ti) 24. John Morris (bp) 25. Koji Murofushi (to) 26. Marsh Norman (ar) 27. John Nott (ph) 28. Franco de Piccoli (ti) 29. John Prescott (cw) 30. Bob Richards (to) 31. Bob Robertson (ar) 32. Andrew Robinson (ar) 33. Bill Rodgers (bp) 34. Gillian Shepard (cw) 35. Carel Struycken (ar) 36. Norman Tebbit (ro) 37. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (ti) 38. George Young (ar) 39. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

The current list of potential outs is now as follows 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Tony Blair (ar) 3. Vasily Borisov (to) 4. Peter Brooke (ph) 5. Gordon Brown (cw) 6. Irene Camber (to) 7. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 8. Donald L. Coburn (ar) 9. James Darren (ar) 10. Charlie Falconer (cw) 11. Norman Fowler (ro) 12. Tom Gayford (ro) 13. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 14. Roy Hattersley (ro) 15. Douglas Hurd (ro) 16. Tony Kubek (ar) 17. Nigel Lawson (mc) 18. James Mackay (bp) 19. John Major (ar) 20. Ken McMullen (ar) 21. John Morris (bp) 22. Koji Murofushi (to) 23. Marsh Norman (ar) 24. John Nott (ph) 25. John Prescott (cw) 26. Bob Richards (to) 27. Bob Robertson (ar) 28. Andrew Robinson (ar) 29. Bill Rodgers (bp) 30. Gillian Shepard (cw) 31. Carel Struycken (ar) 32. Norman Tebbit (ro) 33. George Young (ar) 34. Anthony Zerbe (ro)

Despite his appearance in Star Trek VI and V he is a miss for Scavenger Hunt

Congrats @WEP 1922 Rachel Robinson/John B. Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Timothy Dudley-Smith 1927 Leontyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

Arne Ahmen provides an Eighth hit for @BuffaloPhil and @msc but more importantly a fourth hit in a fourth category for @chilean way who now only needs a cabinet minister to win. James Mckay is already taken but the other four will see a cw win. I will update the outs list when I return from holiday

Alain Delon

June Lockhart

Benedict XVI

Joan Lingard a hit for me here

Yes she was on my Hare's Pool Team. She wrote the books on which the TV Series Maggie was based on

My list is as follows Tom Tugendhat (Very big gap) Rishi Sunak Penny Mordaunt (Another very big gap) Kemi Badenoch Liz Truss Suella Braverman

I will play if you host. Thanks

Be aware that I am on holiday for the next week or so and if carnage is unleashed here I will sort it all out when I get back. We may even have a winner. I will be looking in occasionally but I will be away from all my spreadsheets and data

Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Tom Tugendhat, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch, Nadhim Zahawi, Jeremy Hunt and Suella Braverman have all made it onto the ballot They could all get the 30 votes to progress to the next round though. However I think the convention is the lowest polled person drops out. Zahawi?

Hunt has Esther McVey

BBC are currently saying Sunak, Truss, Mordaunt & Tugendhat at the nomination threshold Though they do tend to be a bit cautious with the updates

Is there are real time tracker with a countdown clock?

It allows them to present the party as being complicit in Johnson's corruption going forward but ultimately it will feel like playing politics unless a few Conservatives abstain because they cannot bring themselves to vote for it. Opportunistic if it were to come off However, I do feel like there is a lack of diversity (of political thought) amongst the declared candidates falling over themselves in a race to the right

Home Secretary I reckon Raab is backing Sunak so he will probably stay on as Deputy PM. Chancellor and Foreign Secretary might have to wait until there are later contest drop outs that need scooping up. I also think Sunak would want an ultra loyal pair of hands at the treasury not a failed rival