Grim_Rita 4 Posted November 30, 2004 Does anybody know his d.o.b?Ta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rude Kid 3 Posted November 30, 2004 20/12/1926, Port Talbot, South Wales. Any recent news on his health or otherwise? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 12, 2005 hes fine..he'll be around for years to come Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted August 12, 2005 So laid back I can't see a sudden death related to a damaged heart a la Robin Cook. Maybe he'll die after being savaged by a sheep! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted August 12, 2005 Does anybody know his d.o.b? Ta Don't know about a date of birth; date of discovery was 17 February 1788 if that helps. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Four Horsemen 26 Posted August 12, 2005 Remember though, no man is an island....... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
honez 79 Posted August 12, 2005 Remember though, no man is an island....... Erm, except perhaps the Isle of Man? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 11, 2015 Anyone else think he looks like a stick of extra-white vanilla candy floss which has just spotted itself in a mirror and is completely shocked/flummoxed by the sight? Maybe he'll die after being savaged by a sheep! Classic..................but yeah I think that would be great actually. Depends if he spends any time doddering around in the country(side) of his birth I guess.(p.s. merge this into the Political thread and I'll savage you. Lee Harvey Oswald would have his own thread if he was still alive wouldn't he?...... or, yknow, substitute an actual genuine assassin into that analogy if you want) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest lfc1892 Posted January 11, 2015 Maybe he'll be put into 'managed decline' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 11, 2015 hes fine..he'll be around for years to come I was right! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,014 Posted October 10, 2015 Heard Geoffrey Howe on Radio 4's Today programme this morning, talking about the economic crisis. I must say, he sounded a bit frail, in a sort of Enoch Powell on his last legs sort of way. If you could imagine his (once) familiar dulcet tones, but several semitones higher... One to watch... Dead of a heart attack at 88. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34495827 7 DDP Teams have been wondering Howe long, Howe long... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted October 10, 2015 Another massive miss for the list today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 10, 2015 Nigel Lawson must be bricking it... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted October 10, 2015 Nigel Lawson must be bricking it... He was on Newsnight the other night and looked in fairly decent nick for someone who was alleged to be gravely ill. I suspect chinese whispers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted October 10, 2015 (edited) Dead of a heart attack at 88. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34495827 That's quite a miss. Did he have any health trouble? Edited October 10, 2015 by Magere Hein Several posts moved from topic: "Political Frailty" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted October 10, 2015 Dead of a heart attack at 88. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34495827 That's quite a miss. Did he have any health trouble? Far as I know, it was a Seamus Heaney case: looked frail for a while, but nothing publicly declared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted October 10, 2015 Two hits in a week! Hell yeah. Goodnight sweet 85-year-old-version-of Martin Prince. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted October 10, 2015 I blame the casual politics guy.Two deaths in a week after appearing on his show!Well Howe`s death leaves the following disntictions to other Octogenarian politicians. -Oldest Living and earliest Serving Chancellor:Nigel Lawson -Oldest Living Deputy Prime Minister :Michael Heseltine -Oldest Living and earliest seving shadow Chancellor:Roy Hattersley -Oldest Living Leader of the House of Commons :Jim Prior. His death also means only three members of Heath`s cabinet are still breathing :Peter Carrington,Patrick Jenkin and Jim Prior. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted October 10, 2015 There is however, twenty-four living members of the Heath government, most of them ministers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 10, 2015 hes fine..he'll be around for years to come with those powers of prediction maybe I better not do the lottery anymore ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted October 10, 2015 It's kind of ironic that he was so pro-EU because that now in fact makes him... a dead sheep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 10, 2015 I blame the casual politics guy.Two deaths in a week after appearing on his show!Well Howe`s death leaves the following disntictions to other Octogenarian politicians. -Oldest Living and earliest Serving Chancellor:Nigel Lawson -Oldest Living Deputy Prime Minister :Michael Heseltine -Oldest Living and earliest seving shadow Chancellor:Roy Hattersley -Oldest Living Leader of the House of Commons :Jim Prior. His death also means only three members of Heath`s cabinet are still breathing :Peter Carrington,Patrick Jenkin and Jim Prior. the number of members of the 1974-79 labour cabinet has been reduced from 9 to 5 since last year, so only 8 cabinet ministers. prior to 1979 are still alive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 10, 2015 would have been Maggie Thatchers 90th birthday on Tuesday. I guess this is an early present for her... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 10, 2015 He'll find that all the harps and wings have been broken by the team captain... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Politico Posted October 10, 2015 He's gone to savage Denis Healey in the afterlife... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites