Political Frailty

[msc 18,438]

Yes, and I've been trying to come up with a Tiswas pun ever since, and failing. Not good.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

2 hours ago, msc said:

Yes, and I've been trying to come up with a Tiswas pun ever since, and failing. Not good.

msc mind slipping, Tiswas bound to happen.

[Thatcher 2,386]

Jack Ralite, a French Communist politician who served as Minister for Health (1981-1983) and Minister for Employment (1983-1984), has died aged 89.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pitt_(politician)

 

According to Wikipedia former British mp Bill Pitt has died aged 80. He was the first mp to go under the SDLP liberal alliance  banner. 

He won the Croydon North West by election in 1981.

[Thatcher 2,386]

1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pitt_(politician)

 

According to Wikipedia former British mp Bill Pitt has died. He was the first mp to go under the SDLP banner. 

Here is an article confirming the death.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

Just now, Thatcher said:

Here is an article confirming the death.

Many Thanks 

[CastAway 488]

Youssouf Ouédraogo, first PM of Burkina Faso after the removal of the military coup led by Thomas Sankara, and in office from June 1992 to March 1994, has died aged 64.

 

Obit in French, cannot find an English one.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Spain's attorney general, José Manuel Maza, dead at 66:

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42041611

 

It was his job to deal with the treacherous Catalans and their leader Puigdemont.

[msc 18,438]

Well, he really dealt with them!

[gcreptile 10,966]

Lawyer and megadonor for the Texas Democratic Party, Steve Mostyn, dead at only 46:

 

https://www.texastribune.org/2017/11/16/democratic-mega-donor-houston-trial-lawyer-steve-mostyn-has-died/

 

"A sudden onset and battle with a mental health issue" - I guess, depression and suicide.

 

"He said he was growing tired of almost single-handedly funding top Democratic candidates in a state hostile to their party."

[Thatcher 2,386]

Víctor Hipólito Martínez, Vice President of Argentina from 1983-1989, has died aged 92.

[Thatcher 2,386]

Maurice Hinchey, a Democratic congressman representing New York (1993-2013), has died aged 79.

 

Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Lord Derek Barber has died just a week after becoming the oldest living peer http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-11-22/debates/8C44E48C-7B38-4DE1-80A1-017145246482/DeathOfAFormerMemberLordBarberOfTewkesbury That means Lord Carrington takes over as oldest peer.

[Sean 6,314]

Hearing from a friend that Question Time is cancelled after an audience member fell ill.

[gcreptile 10,966]

3 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

Lord Derek Barber has died just a week after becoming the oldest living peer http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-11-22/debates/8C44E48C-7B38-4DE1-80A1-017145246482/DeathOfAFormerMemberLordBarberOfTewkesbury

"Well, I guess it's my turn now!"

[Toast 16,131]

There goes another of my Scavenger Hunt picks.  Wouldn't have been a winner though.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

35 minutes ago, Sean said:

Hearing from a friend that Question Time is cancelled after an audience member fell ill.

it was just cut short I think

[msc 18,438]

10 hours ago, CoffinLodger said:

Lord Derek Barber has died just a week after becoming the oldest living peer http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-11-22/debates/8C44E48C-7B38-4DE1-80A1-017145246482/DeathOfAFormerMemberLordBarberOfTewkesbury That means Lord Carrington takes over as oldest peer.

Guess he didn't go for that check up, then.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

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19 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

The senior member was in his 30s, Ivan Lewis is 50 so it's not him.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 884]

53 minutes ago, CoffinLodger said:

There are reports tonight that a 'senior member' of the Labour party has committed suicide after  coming under investigation for alleged sexual abuse. Nobody has been named but the most obvious person is MP Ivan Lewis who was suspended this week  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42098762 It might not be him though. 

Sometimes I wonder how much better the world would be if Roy Moore did the same.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

• Former US Postmaster General and one of the last 3 surviving members of Lyndon Johnsons cabinet W Marvin Watson has died  at 93 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/w-marvin-watson-jr-a-top-white-house-aide-to-lyndon-b-johnson-dies-at-93/2017/11/28/a351b7d8-d43f-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879_story.html

[drol 11,927]

Vietnamese general and former Vietnam president Le Duc Anh turned 97 yesterday! 

[msc 18,438]

 

 

No real surprise to anyone who remembers him, the man was a walking talking HA waiting to happen.

 

[Death Impends 7,961]

John B. Anderson, Independent candidate for US President in the 1980 election, has died aged 95.

 

And so the presidential candidate portion of the concluded first round of the Bingo deadpool misses out on its first hit by mere weeks.

 

Also a DDP unique. Mail obit