Political Frailty

[Spade_Cooley 9,527]

Yeah, her skin would have gone red, her face would have turned puffy, her hair would be falling out and she'd be going on TV talking gibberish. Easy to spot.

[Dead Wait 1,139]

1 minute ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Yeah, her skin would have gone red, her face would have turned puffy, her hair would be falling out and she'd be going on TV talking gibberish. Easy to spot.

Sounds like Diane Abbott during the election......!

[Joey Russ 7,227]

No. I think there was a prominent Bush Jr cabinet member who stepped down and died the following year, no?

[Death Impends 7,976]

Just now, Joey Russ said:

No. I think there was a prominent Bush Jr cabinet member who stepped down and died the following year, no?

 

Guessing you're thinking of his spokesman Tony Snow? Though his position wasn't technically a cabinet one IIRC.

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Just now, Death Impends said:

 

Guessing you're thinking of his spokesman Tony Snow?

Ah, that's right. Claimed to be in remission at some point but died about 2 months afterwards iirc. 

[msc 18,472]

9 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Yeah, her skin would have gone red, her face would have turned puffy, her hair would be falling out and she'd be going on TV talking gibberish. Easy to spot.

 

 

Aye, but look at how many DDP teams she was on back then...

[Thatcher 2,416]

William F. Goodling, a Republican congressman representing Philadelphia (1975-2001), has died aged 89.

 

Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

17 hours ago, Thatcher said:

William F. Goodling, a Republican congressman representing Philadelphia (1975-2001), has died aged 89.

I didn't look but would find it hard to believe it was posted -- Goodling's wife, Hilda, died March 18 of this year.
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[gcreptile 10,972]

Eberhard Van Der Laan, major of Amsterdam, steps down as doctors stop his treatment:

 

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/09/amsterdam-mayor-van-der-laan-steps-down-as-doctors-stop-cancer-treatment/

 

If he was the sitting major at death, I'd expect him to get an obit (BBC Europe or something like that), but now... obit gamble nr. 1. 

[YoungWillz 21,046]

Former Glasgow Cathcart  and then Rochford and Southend East Tory MP Sir Teddy Taylor has reportedly died aged 80. http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/15549442.Former_Southend_MP_has_died/

 

One of my former MPs.

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Taylor

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Former Glasgow Cathcart  and then Rochford and Southend East Tory MP Sir Teddy Taylor has reportedly died aged 80. http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/15549442.Former_Southend_MP_has_died/

 

One of my former MPs.

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Taylor

He will be sadly missed in the months ahead as this Brexit process goes through it's tumult !

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

Liberal Party activist Nelia Penman aged 101.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/09/21/nelia-penman-eminent-liberal-obituary/

 

Had her on my long list of possibilities for about 5 years. Scrubbed her off last year as I conceded she was most likely dead. 

 

Bollocks.

[msc 18,472]

3 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Former Glasgow Cathcart  and then Rochford and Southend East Tory MP Sir Teddy Taylor has reportedly died aged 80. http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/south_essex_news/15549442.Former_Southend_MP_has_died/

 

One of my former MPs.

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Taylor

 

Not a surprise as I think I mentioned on here a year or two ago he'd looked really frail on something.

 

Beaten by a Maxton. Alas, a money grabbing Maxton. Jimmy would have turned in his grave!

[Thatcher 2,416]

Christine Butler, Labour MP for Castle Point from 1997-2001, has died aged 73.

 

Edit: The Telegraph obituary.

[drol 11,946]

Ah, how long do I have to wait to come on this thread and see an African/Asian prime minister/president has died? For example I'd like to see:

 

Do Muoi (1917)

Babiker Awadalla (1917)

Kim Yong-ju (1920)

Prem Tinsulanonda (1920)

Thanin Kraivichien (1926)

Tun Tin (1920)

Nuon Chea (1926)

Kenneth Kaunda (1924)

Dawda Jawara (1924)

Daniel Arap Moi (1924)

Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924)

Robert Mugabe (1924)

Jiang Zemin (1926)

Li Peng (1928)

Zhu Rongji (1928)

Tulsi Giri (1926)

Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919)

Mustafa ben Halim (1921)

Hyun Soong-Jong (1919)

Hau Pei-tsun (1919)

Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925)

 

And I could go on. They'll probably be still alive, all of them, in September 2018, or maybe one of them dead, not more. What is their secret?

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

36 minutes ago, drol said:

Ah, how long do I have to wait to come on this thread and see an African/Asian prime minister/president has died? For example I'd like to see:

 

Do Muoi (1917)

......

Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925)

 

And I could go on. They'll probably be still alive, all of them, in September 2018, or maybe one of them dead, not more. What is their secret?

 

Couscous

[drol 11,946]

And how could I forget Drol's favourite Le Duc Anh (1920)?

[drol 11,946]

Some more:

Abdelmalek Benhabyles (1921)

Lee Teng-hui (1923)

Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918)

Tomichi Murayama (1924)

Khamtai Siphandon (1924)

Mahatir Mohamed (1925)

Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924)

Abdelsalam al-Majali (1925)

Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925)

Antoine Gizenga (1925)

Tran Thien Kiem (1925)

Kim Jong-pil (1926)

Yang Hyong-sop (1925)

Kim Yong-nam (1928)

Ri Kun-mo (1926)

Abdoulaye Wade (1926)

Khieu Sampan (1931)

Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926)

Kirti Nidhi Bista (1927)

Albert Zafy (1927)

Hamed Karoui (1927)

Sisavat Keobounphahn (1928)

Balak Sher Mazari (1928)

Belaid Abdessalam (1928)

Chung Won-shik (1928)

Sam Nujoma (1929)

Mengistu (1937)

Gombojavyn Ochirbat (1929)

Mohammad Hasan Sharq (1925)

Lucas Mangope (1923)

Ali Haroun (1927)

Marcelino Dos Santos (1929)

Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929)

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929)

Selim Hoss (1929)

 

[Thatcher 2,416]

Mohammed Mahdi Akef, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood from 2004-2010, has died aged 89.

 

Edit: Daily Mail, The Guardian obituaries.

[charon 4,943]

^^ dying bigots thread surely.

 

 

Mods!!!

[Ulitzer95 12,620]

8 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Christine Butler, Labour MP for Castle Point from 1997-2001, has died aged 73.

Or maybe not? The link is gone. Weird...

[msc 18,472]

When I saw it, it appeared to have a photo of Fiona Jones, the late Labour MP, instead of Ms Butler - unless they were twins, of course.

[Thatcher 2,416]

That's strange, I can still find it on Google News but you're right the link isn't working. Additionally the candidate for Castle Point in 2017 has paid tribute. Curious.

[msc 18,472]

Since you've posted the thumbnail, here's a pic of a Telegraph obit from 2007...

 

As she is apparently dead, according to Labour folk, I'm going with Crap Research at the Echo for 10...

 

[Thatcher 2,416]

Bill Michie, Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley from 1983-2001, has died aged 81. 

 

Edit: The Telegraph, The Times obituaries.