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  1. Posted

    23/4/2024

     

    84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah

    41 Adele — Chasing Pavements -3

    27 Taylor Swift — Love Story 

    26 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings +4

    23 Rihanna — Russian Roulette -3

    08 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 

    03 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

  3. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Toast said:

    Same. Our local councillor will be standing for the Greens, but I can't afford to vote for them which is a shame. Honest, conscientious and hard-working, and would be a terrific MP.

     

    Both the Conservatives and Labour are now both uneasy coalitions and Brexit has shot a bolt right through party politics I think now is the time where we have to reconsider the current voting system and introduce a form of Proportional Representation. It will free up the wings of the parties that disagree with each other to breakaway and we might get a more grown up approach to coalition.

     

    Politically the distance between Kier Starmer and Ken Clarke is a lot shorter than it is between Kier Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn or Ken Clarke and Suella Braverman

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  5. Posted

    April 22nd 

     

    84 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah

    38 Adele — Chasing Pavements -3

    33 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody

    29 Taylor Swift — Love Story 

    24 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings +4

    22 Rihanna — Russian Roulette -3

    20 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 

    06 La Roux — In For The Kill 

  7. Posted

    7 hours ago, RoverAndOut said:

     

    More likely simply it doesn't really feel like the time to make fun of a family while two of its principal members (and key characters in your show) are suffering from cancer. Not much humour to be found there.

     

    Surely the death of Hayden Gwynne is part of the decision 

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  8. Posted

    21/4/24

     

    80 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 

    38 Taylor Swift — Love Story 

    31 Rihanna — Russian Roulette -3

    31 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

    31Adele — Chasing Pavements -3

    26James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings +4

    23 La Roux — In For The Kill 

    22 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, TQR said:

     

    15 players is great but I'd love to see more. Yes, this is an appeal to the many people who read but don't play :P

     

    It's clear, though, that the 70s-90s games are the most popular (aside from Christmas; that was popping). Question is, is that for familiarity/demographic reasons or is it simply that music was just more appealing during those times?

     

    The format of this game should actually depend on how good the music is because there is a definite and finite group. You have to choose which ones to promote or kick down. Sometimes it is finding the best of a bad lot but I have learnt quite a bit about eras that passed me by

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  11. Posted

    20/Apr/2024

     

    79 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah

    37 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

    34 Taylor Swift — Love Story

    31 Adele — Chasing Pavements -6

    30 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

    29 Rihanna — Russian Roulette

    28 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

    26 La Roux — In For The Kill

    12 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold +1

    12 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +3

  14. Posted

    19.04.24

     

    79 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 

    37 Adele — Chasing Pavements -6

    33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

    32 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

    32 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 

    31 Taylor Swift — Love Story

    30 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 

    29 La Roux — In For The Kill 

    23 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold

    14 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4

    06 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

  15. Posted

    12 minutes ago, TQR said:


    Thing is, you look at the definite seat-holders - Braverman, Hayes, Truss, plenty of that ilk. Are they the foundations on which to build a party that’ll be electable again in 10 years? Are they fuck. The only way the Tories become remotely credible again is if they detoxify themselves to pre-Brexit standards. 

     

    The current Conservative Party is a uneasy coalition of One Nation Tories and Brexit/Culture War nutters. They only stay together because neither one wants to give up the activist base (which is needed come election time). In a recent council by-election in my constituency the Conservatives won (albeit on a very low turnout)

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  16. Posted

    Michael Portillo was meant to be the shining knight for the Tory Party who was going to shake them up and make them a credible opposition to New Labour but he lost his seat on that night in 1997. Most people outside the Tory party thought that Ken Clarke was the sensible choice for leader (especially after Michael Heseltine's Heart Attack) but for the party he was too pro-European so they went with the untested William Hague (who might have made a good successor to one of the names above but he was plunged in too quickly) for these decisions they spent 13 years in opposition. However we don't know whether Clarke would have been able to put up a credible fight at the 2001 election which hardly saw any seats change hands from Labour to Conservative.

     

    As to members of the cabinet who elicit respect. The discussion around who will lead the party after the election does not throw up names that inspire confidence. A lot will depend on the size and make-up of the rump of Conservative MPs left and who would want the job. By saying Penny Mordaunt sounds like the best of a bad bunch is really just demonstrating how bad things are

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  17. Posted

    1 minute ago, TQR said:

     

    A question to anyone tuned in to politics in the 90s: how woeful did it all look for Major in his last couple of years? Did his electoral prospects look anything like as bad as they are now for Sunak? Was anyone still singing his praises?

     

    I think he was astonished (and possibly a bit disappointed) to win in 1992. As the Parliament progressed divisions over Europe and a few scandals meant things looked dire by 1997 the writing was on the wall especially after John Smith was replaced by Tony Blair

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  19. Posted

     

    22 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

    As low as Major and Corbyn at their lowest points  ooofff

     

    The big difference between Sunak and Corbyn is that whilst a lot of people really disliked Jeremy Corbyn there was a hardcore of people who really liked him and flocked to see him speak. Whereas those people who do not dislike Sunak aren't singing his praises from the highest hills. It is greeted with a shrug and a better than Truss/Johnson/Starmer* 

     

    *delete as appropriate

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  20. Posted

    4 hours ago, Drewsky1211 said:

    Erasmus Darwin died on this day 222 years ago, aged 70.

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    - Darwin started off as a doctor, and managed to be such a success that king George III invited him to become the Royal Physician- which he declined.

    - Darwin was much more famous for his biology studies, with his first publications being translations of Carl Linnaeus works into English- Darwin would coin several plant names. In 1791, he would write The Botanic Garden, a compilation of two long poems that incorporated lurid vocabulary and anthropomorphizing the plants in the book to pique readers' interests in botany. 

    - Darwin's most famous work is 1796's Zoonomia, which focused on the study of bacteria and viruses, wheree would categorize diseases into four different groups (irritation, sensation, volition and association). However, what was the lasting impact of the book was his ideas that supported the theory of evolution- namely a common ancestor to life, and inheritance of characteristics with each passing generation.

    - Darwin was also an inventor- his inventions included a carriage designed to not tip over while riding, a machine that was used to produce sounds similar to human speech, and meteorological devices.

    - Darwin's ideas in Zoonomia would later be further developed by his more famous grandson- none other than Charles Darwin.

     

    There is a building named after him at Nottingham Trent University

  21. Posted

    april 17 2024

     

    71 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah

    39 Adele — Chasing Pavements -2

    35 La Roux — In For The Kill -2

    35 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

    33 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 

    32 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

    30 Rihanna — Russian Roulette -2

    28 Taylor Swift — Love Story

    28 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold

    21 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

    16 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4

    13 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 

    07 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 

  22. Posted

    Rotherham part company with their manager two weeks after relegation to League one was confirmed

     

    He was only appointed a few weeks ago clearly with his mission to be to keep Rotherham in the Championship and failed but I think no-one should have been surprised at the outcome. In an extremely competitive league Rotherham have looked like an outlier for the entire season. Though as it stands it is looking like the bottom three are all Yorkshire clubs. Well hopefully Leeds will keep the Championship flag flying for Yorkshire next season (when they will be joined by Sheffield United)

  23. Posted

    17/4/24

     

    67 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 

    39 Adele — Chasing Pavements  

    35 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

    33 La Roux — In For The Kill

    33 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold

    33 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

    28 Taylor Swift — Love Story

    28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette

    27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

    27 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 

    22 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror

    18 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite

    16 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 

    13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4

    09 Leona Lewis — Happy -6

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  24. Posted

    Congrats @ladyfiona

     

    1924 William Russell/Eva Marie Saint
    1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman
    1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Gudrun Ure
    1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price
    1928 James Ivory/Queen Ratna of Nepal
    1929 John Woodvine/Vera Miles
    1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien 
    1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron
    1932 Roy Hattersley/Petula Clark

    1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak

  25. Posted

    16.04.24

     

    61 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah  

    34 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 

    31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite

    31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings

    31 Adele — Chasing Pavements

    30 La Roux — In For The Kill

    29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold

    28 Taylor Swift — Love Story

    28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette

    27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

    26 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody

    23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind

    21 Leona Lewis — Happy

    20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough

    16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 

    11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 

    10 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)

    05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4

    04 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova -6

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