Bibliogryphon

Could happily lose everything below Diamonds.

Bit nervous to open this on seeing it was active

This really is his "Running through Fields of Wheat" moment. The question was what didn't he have as a child. He should have prefixed the answer with an acknowledgement that it was very much something that would not really be considered a hardship for most people. He was not trying to suggest that he has experienced poverty but is just so shit at the whole being normal thing everything just emphasises his privaliged background

12/6/24 43 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 43 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 41 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 41 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down +1 38 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 37 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 31 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 +1 30 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) +1 28 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 28 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) +1 27 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous  21 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight -2 18 Frankie Valli - Grease 16 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 13 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City  13 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 06 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody -4

12/06/24 56 John Newman — Love Me Again 56 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know +1 47 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 45 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 43 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 41 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 37 Lorde — Royals -2 36 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +1 36 Avicii — Wake Me Up +1 35 Coldplay — Paradise 34 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 34 Rihanna — Diamonds +1 32 Jessie J — Domino 31 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 31 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 31 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) -2 28 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 22 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 22 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 17 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 17 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 16 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 14 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 09 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now

First hit for Grand Prix I knew she was somewhere in my games

If Hunter and Joe both accept the verdict and take the punishment and are seen to uphold the implementation of US law they can contrast this with Trump's petulant whining that he is being singled out and persecuted However, I suspect Trump doesn't have the humility to not try to use this as a stick to beat Biden with

I am reluctant to speculate on who could be Conservative Leader until after the election and see the make up of the parliamentary party. Anyone accepting that role will almost be resigned to the fact that they will not become Prime Minister so it would not surprise me if an older more experience person took it on almost as a caretaker leader for two years until it pans out how well or badly Starmer is doing. If Reform get some seats that it will enbolden the right and there may be a coming together to form an alliance on the right but that risks a defection of One Nation Tories from the party. Farage will struggle to be a junior partner in any alliance I can't see him playing fiddle to someone even like Kemi Badenoch but he will have a credibility gap if he defects and then tries to become LotO it will make Starmer's job very easy at PMQs

To do that he would have to move to the left or the Overton window move to the right I don't rule it out but would like to know the sequence of events which delivered it

11/6/24 41 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 39 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street  39 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 35 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind +1 34 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 32 The Rolling Stones - Miss You -2 28 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) +1 27 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 27 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) +1 25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous  25 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 24 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 23 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight -2 22 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 21 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts  21 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City  19 Frankie Valli - Grease 16 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number +1 14 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me  10 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody -2

11/6/24 53 John Newman — Love Me Again 49 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know +1 47 Coldplay — Paradise 47 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 44 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 41 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 41 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 38 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 34 Rihanna — Diamonds +1 34 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 34 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +1 33 Avicii — Wake Me Up 33 Lorde — Royals -2 33 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum 31 Jessie J — Domino 29 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) -2 27 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 27 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 22 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 17 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 11 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone +1

As is Leontyne Price

Kettering is my constituency Previously it has been an early morning declaration. Don't know why it was last time I have seen some data suggesting that it is vulnerable

So both Swindon and Broxbourne will give a good indication on how good/bad the night will be for the Tories - That Conservative/Reform split could be the difference in winning or losing the seat

Could be a big one for the Inverse Pool

Looking at the declaration times in 2019 the early results tend to be the Labour ones Blyth Valley declared third (approx 11.30) in 2019 and is a sub 1000 Conservative majority The next Conservative seat that declared in 2019 was North Swindon (@12.30) which has a 16000+ majority so this should be the first indication of how the Tories are really doing First really big one was Broxbourne where Charles Walker (standing down) is sitting on nearly 20,000 At 1.44am (#25) we had Mark Francois sitting on a 33000 majority Of course times will vary on the actual day depending on turnout and the size of the majority

That is the line that is used to suppress turnout. The media often use Vox Pop to push this line. I actually hate Vox Pop on really significant issues because you do not know how they selected which ones to use and how many people they had to speak to to get them to say what they wanted to broadcast As the manifestos are published everyone should be encouraged to look at vote for policies or some other comparative forum to see what aligns with their values However if the answers come back as Conservative or Reform then you should probably check your values I have no time for Keir Starmer he is weak light blue turncoat who has nothing to say on the really big issues (Brexit and Climate) but I think a Labour Government will not be so out of touch and will try to govern for a larger percentage of the population than this lot who only seem interested in the 1%

Looking at this data there is the argument that close fought elections will improve turnout (74 & 92) I suspect the fall between 92 and 97 was more to do with Conservatives sitting on their hands rather than voting for an alternative party and this is as dangerous for the Conservatives as it is for Labour. However with Reform now polling significantly there is someone that some of them on the right of the party might be willing to vote for. Starmer and Davey are making the play for former One Nation tories In the past I have voted Green or Lib Dem when it has looked like a Conservative walk over in my constituency but if there is a possibility of ousting the incumbent Conservative then I would stick with Labour The last election was held in December and that might have put some people off but there is a real swing against the Conservatives at the moment which might make people want to play the part in kicking them out. It is also possible that the Conservatives are getting their bad headlines in early with the hope of Labour slipping up in the next three weeks.

I know that Doctor Who fans are often looked on as cash cows by marketing companies (I am guilty of this myself if you look at the prices of things on my ebay store) but who is going to fork out nearly £300 for a teddy bear with a long scarf...... Danbury Mint have had too much of my money in the past

10/6/24 38 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street  35 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 33 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind  32 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 31 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 30 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 28 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 27 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 27 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 25 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 25 Frankie Valli - Grease 24 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 24 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 23 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 23 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 22 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - 21 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts  20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 12 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody -2 12 David Essex— Oh What A Circus +4 09 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie -2 04 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love -2

10/6/24 53 John Newman — Love Me Again 49 Coldplay — Paradise 48 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 43 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 43 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 43 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 37 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 35 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 35 Lorde — Royals 35 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -2 34 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 32 Avicii — Wake Me Up 31 Jessie J — Domino 29 OneRepublic — Counting Stars 29 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 29 Rihanna — Diamonds 27 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) 27 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 27 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 22 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 15 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 10 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know +4 08 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful -2

9/6/24 52 John Newman — Love Me Again 44 Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know 43 Lorde — Royals 42 Carly Rae Jepsen — Call Me Maybe 41 Coldplay — Paradise 41 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams — Get Lucky 40 Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida — Troublemaker 40 Florence & The Machine — Spectrum -2 39 Miley Cyrus — Wrecking Ball 31 Avicii — Wake Me Up 31 Rudimental ft. John Newman — Feel The Love 31 David Guetta ft. Sia — Titanium 31 Jessie J — Domino 29 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E — Need U (100 Percent) -2 28 Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa — Payphone 27 Rihanna — Diamonds +1 25 Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero — I Could Be The One 25 OneRepublic — Counting Stars +1 23 Katy Perry — Part Of Me 23 Fun ft. Janelle Monae — We Are Young 23 Will.I.Am ft. Eva Simons — This Is Love 22 Little Mix — Wings 21 DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora — Hot Right Now 20 Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch — Sweet Nothing 20 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre — Waiting All Night 20 Storm Queen — Look Right Through 20 Calvin Harris ft. Alesso & Hurts — Under Control 19 Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin — Don’t You Worry Child -2 16 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX — I Love It +1 15 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith — La La La 14 Cover Drive — Twilight 14 Lily Allen — Somewhere Only We Know +1 12 Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande — Beneath Your Beautiful

9/6/24 36 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 31 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 30 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3  30 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 30 Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 30 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 27 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 25 The Rolling Stones - Miss You -2 25 ABBA - Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 25 The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl 23 Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City 22 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 22 Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) 22 The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight 22 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 22 Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 22 Frankie Valli - Grease 20 Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven 20 Racey - Lay Your Love on Me 20 The Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody 20 Sad Café - Every Day Hurts 18 A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 16 The Three Degrees - Woman in Love -2 16 David Essex- Oh What A Circus +4 08 Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star  00 The Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin’ in the Riggin -2

Why would any celebrity bother to go on Dermot O'Leary's Radio 2 show. He is the most appalling interviewer. I am no fan of Steve Coogan but I did have some sympathy this morning when Dermot asked him if he wanted to act in straight roles. He very gently reminded Dermot of his BAFTA award. Radio 2 should sack him immediately and give someone better the job

Jonathan Gullis (Stoke-on-Trent) Tom Pursglove (Corby & East Northants) Alex Chalk (Cheltenham)