Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted January 4, 2016 Playing both sides is a very high-risk strategy to be undertaken solely by great political minds and movers. Simon Danczuk is not a great political mind. I wouldn't trust him to run the office Eurovision sweepstakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted January 4, 2016 It's a joke that MPs can get away with this nonsense. Apparently the 17-year-old was a "financial dominatrix", too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 4, 2016 Nigel Farage claims that he was the victim of an assassination attempt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 8, 2016 the twin sister of the late Shah of Iran Ashraf Pahlavi has died at 96 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/ashraf-pahlavi-twin-sister-of-irans-late-shah-dies-at-96/2016/01/08/e5df0e32-b5b7-11e5-9388-466021d971de_story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted January 8, 2016 One of those picks I didn't give a second thought to because I assumed there was no chance they'd obit, but Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, chief minister of Kashmir, died at 79 and got the required write-up in the Daily Mail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 8, 2016 South Carolina Sen. Billy O'Dell died of a heart attack Thursday at age 77. He represented parts of Abbeville, Anderson and Greenwood counties for 27 years in the state Legislature. A special election to replace O'Dell will be held May 17, with the primary on March 22. SC http://www.free-times.com/blogs/state-senator-odell-dies-as-does-former-usc-basketball-coach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuriedInCarolina 46 Posted January 9, 2016 George Elsey, One of the Last Survivors of World War II White House, Dies at 97 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/us/george-elsey-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-world-war-ii-white-house-dies-at-97.html? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 10, 2016 http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8629&p=248271Well RadGuy, since you asked.... Here's an historical list of all the Canadian Lieutenant Governors by province. (It's out of date so I checked many names over 90 yrs old and found most are dead) Here's Manitoba: 23 Oct 1981 - 11 Dec 1986 The Honourable Pearl McGonigal (b. 1929), 5 Mar 1993 - 2 Mar 1999 The Honourable W. Yvon Dumont (b. 1951) 2 Mar 1999 - 1 Jul 2004 The Honourable Peter M. Liba (b. 1940) 1 Jul 2004 - 4 Aug 2009 The Honourable John Harvard (b. 1938 - d.2016) 4 Aug 2009 - 19 Jun 2015 The Honourable Philip Lee (b. 1944) 19 Jun 2015 - The Honourable Janice Filmon Looks like McGonigal is next to go to that vast wheat field in the sky. Here's some very old folks (90+) worth noting***: British Columbia: None Alberta: None Saskatchewan: None Ontario: None Quebec: 28 Mar 1984 - 9 Aug 1990 Colonel The Honourable Gilles Lamontagne (b. 1919) Nova Scotia: None New Brunswick: 20 Aug 1987 - 21 Jun 1994 The Honourable Gilbert Finn (b. 1920) DIED JAN 7 2016! Two days after John Harvard! Newfoundland and Labrador: None PEI: NoneYukon: None Northwest Territories: 2 Mar 1967 - 6 Apr 1979 Stuart Milton Hodgson (b. 1924) Nunavut: None (only been a province recognized since 1999 I believe) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 12, 2016 Zambia’s former First Lady, Thandiwe Banda, has been diagnosed with cancer, her husband former president Rupiah Banda has confirmed. Mrs Banda has been in a South African hospital for more than two months undergoing chemotherapy treatment. SC http://www.panapress.com/Zambia--Zambia-s-former-first-lady-Thandiwe-Banda-diagnosed-with-cancer--15-630409346-29-lang2-index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted January 13, 2016 Former Tory MP from Scotland (oxymoron) Sir Albert McQuarrie dies at 98. http://news.stv.tv/north/1338905-former-conservative-mp-albert-bulldog-mcquarrie-dies-aged-98/ Check your deadpools people! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted January 13, 2016 That'll be a hit for The Honourable Member for DDP North when the obligatory Times or Telegraph obit comes in. It was thought to be a Tory safe seat, Banff, you know, and his young Nationalist challenger wasn't expected to do too well. A young guy by the name of Alex Salmond. He won the seat, but I don't think he ever did anything after that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 13, 2016 He was the 2nd oldest former MP. The oldest is still Ronald Atkins who will be 100 in June. Incidentally if he makes it he'll be the first centenarian MP since Bert Hazel died in January 2009 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 14, 2016 The former Israeli PM Shimon Peres has been rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israels-shimon-peres-rushed-hospital-chest-pains-36280361 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Droosy Posted January 14, 2016 Rose Chibambo - a famous Malawian former minister of Hospitals and Prisons (strange combination, indeed) who also fought the British, was imprisoned and gave birth in jail, has died http://www.nyasatimes.com/2016/01/12/rose-chibambo-dies-aged-86-malawi-first-female-minister-she-is-on-banknote/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 14, 2016 The former Israeli PM Shimon Peres has been rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israels-shimon-peres-rushed-hospital-chest-pains-36280361 Surgery was successful Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted January 14, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/17/shirley-williams-retire-lords-after-50-years-politics:Baroness Shirley Williams to retire from the house of Lords in the New year.She did an interview with the casual politics guy and looks good for 85 and appears very much on the ball but maybe she knows something we don`t?Not one for next years list maybe but certainly one to keep an eye on now she has retired.Other notable members of the house of lords that have stood down are : Shirley Williams showed up in the Lords debates yesterday. She is starting to look her age, somewhat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 20, 2016 Lord George Wiedenfield dead at 96 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/20/publishing-giant-george-weidenfeld-dies-aged-96 he was he 2nd oldest working peer in the House of Lords after Lord Carrington Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 22, 2016 A former (Indiana) lawyer and politician has died at his home on Lake James. Walter P. Helmke, 88, died Wednesday, January 20. Helmke had an extensive political career in the state and Allen County. He was elected into office as an Indiana state senator and Allen County prosecutor from 1962 to 1972. SC http://wane.com/2016/01/21/former-allen-county-prosecutor-state-senator-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted January 24, 2016 Nashville politician John Jay Hooker Jr has died of cancer at 85. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/01/24/charismatic-john-jay-hooker-has-died/79225098/ Again check your deadpools, he's on the DDP as I recall too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted January 25, 2016 Former Tory MP and minister Cecil Parkinson reportedly dead, confirmed by family. https://twitter.com/PA/status/691631489239379968 News reports to follow when I get them. Edit: BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35403445 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted January 25, 2016 I guess there was something up when he retired suddenly then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 25, 2016 Former Tory MP and minister Cecil Parkinson reportedly dead, confirmed by family. https://twitter.com/PA/status/691631489239379968 News reports to follow when I get them. I just went to text my dad with that news and it replaced "Cecil Parkinson" it "Certainly ill" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 25, 2016 BBC Confirms it http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35403445 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted January 25, 2016 Good riddance. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted January 25, 2016 No surprise failed to mention the poor little soul he fathered outside his marriage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
