JR976evil 906 Posted June 6, 2017 14 minutes ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said: As an American observing the election, why do they call her interviews "car crashes" ? I know that they were messy, but car crash is such a unique adjective. As in something that's painful to watch but oddly compelling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 6, 2017 http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/813880/Diane-Abbott-ill-leaked-email-prankster-Labour-Party-interview-General-Election :More speculation about Abbots health.Take from it what you will. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted June 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Shaun of the Dead said: http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/813880/Diane-Abbott-ill-leaked-email-prankster-Labour-Party-interview-General-Election :More speculation about Abbots health.Take from it what you will. It's the Express. I don't need to read it. Diane Abbott could be lying dead in her bed and the Express would call it a hoax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 6, 2017 This is just cringey.Could be Home Secretary in 3 days.:0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zsa Zsa's leg 884 Posted June 6, 2017 35 minutes ago, Shaun of the Dead said: This is just cringey.Could be Home Secretary in 3 days.:0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted June 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said: Not necessarily. I think Corbyn will dump or demote her after the election whether they win or lose .Even Corbyn realises what a liability she is ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 7, 2017 Wont be, because Tories will win a landslide. In the impossible likelihood Corbyn won, she'd be replaced by any number of folk coming in from the cold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted June 7, 2017 7 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: Not necessarily. I think Corbyn will dump or demote her after the election whether they win or lose .Even Corbyn realises what a liability she is ! The illness issue makes this more palatable. It looks like he is taking her situation into account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,135 Posted June 7, 2017 5 minutes ago, manuel said: Long term condition being an inability to do her job = stress and depression Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted June 7, 2017 The hoax email sequence mentions her diabetes. Given recent performance and link with Type II and Alzheimer's - I retract my Parkinson's and guess she might have early onset Alzheimer's - she's of an age where that can kick in with the Dreaded D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted June 7, 2017 Just now, Youwanticewiththat said: The hoax email sequence mentions her diabetes. Given recent performance and link with Type II and Alzheimer's - I retract my Parkinson's and guess she might have early onset Alzheimer's - she's of an age where that can kick in with the Dreaded D. Don't mention this to any By-Election Bingo players. I might get a unique. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted June 7, 2017 Doesn't dementia traditionally strike at a much earlier age for people with West Indian heritage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted June 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Shaun of the Dead said: WTF is Type 36 Diabetes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 7, 2017 Just now, Joey Russ said: WTF is Type 36 Diabetes? It's a piss take. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted June 7, 2017 I am praying for her Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted June 7, 2017 On 11/08/2014 at 13:31, Bibliogryphon said: A list of Lords from The Lord of Lists The following 20 peers are the oldest of those who have been given extended leave of absence from their duties in the Lords. It is possible that such leave is granted for other reasons such as holding a UN or EU political appointed post but considering the youngest of these will be 87 this year I imagine most of them are ill or frail, and remember there are many older people than this still active in the Upper House. Michael Sandberg (b.1927) John (J D) Sainsbury (b.1927) Gwilym prys Prys-Davies (b.1923) Jim Prior (b.1927) Beryl Platt (b.1923) Olive Nicol (b.1923) James Molyneaux (b.1920) Roy Mason (b.1924) George Mackie (b.1919) Betty Lockwood (b.1924) Philip Knights (b.1920) William Griffiths (b.1923) Robert Goff (b.1926) Robert Lindsay (b.1927) Alun Gwynne-Jones (b.1919) Asa Briggs (b.1921) Thomas Bridges (b.1927) Derek Barber (b.1918) Ian Paisley (b.1926) Richard Attenborough (b.1923) There should be an obit for any of these. Thomas Bridges died last week apparantely so not many left alive from that list http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214549/bridges Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 7, 2017 17 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: I am praying for her #PrayforDiane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 7, 2017 Not a fan of hers, but perhaps steady up on the piss taking till we know its just her being Diane Abbott and not, like, full on dementia or what not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said: Thomas Bridges died last week apparantely so not many left alive from that list http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/214549/bridges https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords_Reform_Act_2014 A list of peers retired under House of Lords Reform Act 2014.Some DL worthy names on there like Douglas Hurd (b 1930) Former Home and Foreign Secretary and Tory Leadership contender in 1990. Shirley Williams( b 1930) Education Secretary under Wilson and Callaghan and a founding member of the SDP. Roy Hattersley (b 1932) Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock. Mary Warnock (b 1924) Well-known philosopher and euthanasia advocate Jill Knight (b 1923) MP for 31 years and co-introduced the controversial Section 28.Chaired the 1922 Committee also. Gus MacDonald (b 1940) Cabinet Minister under Tony Blair Michael Ashcroft (b 1946) Billionaire funder to the Conservative Party who fell out with David Cameron and helped produce a book claiming Cameron shagged a pig.Also runs his own polling comapny. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 7, 2017 Just imagine one of our US pals, not aware of UK politics, stumbling across that last description for Ashcroft! # He has bouts of lousy health and a crippling allergic reaction to tax. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 7, 2017 Yeah he had kidney failure a while back.Not great.He will always be best known for the co -architect of Pig gate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,327 Posted June 7, 2017 50 minutes ago, msc said: Not a fan of hers, but perhaps steady up on the piss taking till we know its just her being Diane Abbott and not, like, full on dementia or what not? I really doubt it is.She has been showing displays of incredible stupidity and spoke at an incredibly slow rate for many years so I think this is just a cover to save face.It only seems she is getting worse but she has had greater media exposure in the last year so it just seems like it.She argued that Chairman Mao did more good than harm in 2010 and I remember when Nelson Mandela died she was on national TV saying we mustn`t forget how wonderful Winnie had been for South Africa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted June 7, 2017 Aye, maybe so, but I remember a few years back folk were mocking right winger Bob Novak for "not seeing a pedestrian" - only it turned out he didnt see him because he had fatal brain cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
