Ulitzer95 12,906 Posted November 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Sean said: Lord Kilcloony has been called out for racist tweets again.This time about Kamala Harris.Turns 83 next month and doesn't exactly look the picture of health. "Hello, Bernard Matthews? Yes, I'd like to report that one of your twizzlers is on the loose." 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,756 Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Sean said: Lord Kilcloony has been called out for racist tweets again.This time about Kamala Harris.Turns 83 next month and doesn't exactly look the picture of health. How dare you. As if calling the next Vice President of the United States 'the Indian' is racist when you don't know her name! Surely you realise it's easier to just be racist than find out her name before you send your inane tweet? They never learn do they? Note, he apologised for offence caused but not for his original comment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,493 Posted November 10, 2020 On 25/10/2020 at 08:16, drol said: Saeb Erekat heading to multiple organ failure. Dead. Obituaries: Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent, BBC 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,250 Posted November 10, 2020 On 25/10/2020 at 08:16, drol said: Saeb Erekat heading to multiple organ failure. Saeb Erekat seemingly really dead this time: https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/saeb-erekat-top-palestinian-peace-negotiator-dies-at-65-after-contracting-covid-1.9243706 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Thatcher said: Dead. Obituaries: Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent, BBC This is a big shock.I will miss seeing him on tv 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted November 12, 2020 Ken Clarke made a not so common nowadays TV appearance last night on Robert Peston's show. For an 80 year old boozehound who has had periods of ill health in the last few years, he looked and sounded in fine fettle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 12, 2020 1 minute ago, msc said: Ken Clarke made a not so common nowadays TV appearance last night on Robert Peston's show. For an 80 year old boozehound who has had periods of ill health in the last few years, he looked and sounded in fine fettle. He will live for many years to come but I am expecting at least one of Maggie Thatchers vegetables..sorry cabinet members to die any day now. In particular look out for news on Douglas Hurd... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lynchian 19 Posted November 12, 2020 Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dead at 73. https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-s-former-president-j-j-rawlings-is-dead.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,155 Posted November 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Marenghi said: Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dead at 73. https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/ghana-s-former-president-j-j-rawlings-is-dead.html His mother died last month at 101. He did not inherit her longevity it seems. EDIT: COVID again. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,493 Posted November 15, 2020 Roger Jepsen, US Senator for Iowa (R) from 1979-1985, has died age 91. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,887 Posted November 15, 2020 Hasan Muratovic dead at 80. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Muratović Last person to hold the title of Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina but not the last one alive. Died from COVID complications and was a professor emeritus at the university of Sarajevo, a part-time professor and a consultant. Two people alive who have held this title: Mile Akmadzic (b. 1939) Haris Silajdzic (b. 1945) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted November 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Thatcher said: Roger Jepsen, US Senator for Iowa (R) from 1979-1985, has died age 91. Another elderly former US senator dead who's not Bob Dole. Dammit ! How long can he go on?????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,906 Posted November 15, 2020 9 hours ago, CoffinLodger said: Another elderly former US senator dead who's not Bob Dole. Dammit ! How long can he go on?????? Long enough to tickle your autistic obsession with him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted November 16, 2020 Regular Cup pick, Bangladeshi MP Shawkat Ali, dead at 84: http://www.unb.com.bd/m/category/Bangladesh/former-deputy-speaker-shawkat-ali-passes-away/60571 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,155 Posted November 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Regular Cup pick, Bangladeshi MP Shawkat Ali, dead at 84: http://www.unb.com.bd/m/category/Bangladesh/former-deputy-speaker-shawkat-ali-passes-away/60571 Sure it's the same guy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, drol said: Sure it's the same guy? Actually, not. Has it already been two years??? And there are two Shawkat Alis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,155 Posted November 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Actually, not. Has it already been two years??? And there are two Shawkat Alis? One Shawkat Ali was a Bangladeshi writer and died in 2018 aged 81. Another Shaukat Ali is a Pakistani singer who gets critical with liver issues once in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lynchian 19 Posted November 16, 2020 Syrian Deputy PM Walid Muallem dead at 79. https://www.reuters.com/article/syria-diplomacy-minister/syrias-veteran-foreign-minister-walid-moalem-dies-state-tv-idINKBN27W08S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,049 Posted November 16, 2020 4 hours ago, drol said: One Shawkat Ali was a Bangladeshi writer and died in 2018 aged 81. Another Shaukat Ali is a Pakistani singer who gets critical with liver issues once in a while. Yeah, pretty sure the Cup Shawkat Ali was the writer. He was hospitalized in February 2017 and picked in the March 2017 Cup round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,558 Posted November 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Yeah, pretty sure the Cup Shawkat Ali was the writer. He was hospitalized in February 2017 and picked in the March 2017 Cup round. If it helps, I'm pretty sure we were told the 2017 Cup one died not that long afterwards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted November 16, 2020 3 hours ago, msc said: If it helps, I'm pretty sure we were told the 2017 Cup one died not that long afterwards. January 2018 according to the search bar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,155 Posted November 16, 2020 On 10/01/2020 at 13:28, Ulitzer95 said: Edwin Edwards (also listed above) Seemingly indestructible Edwin Edwards discharged after two days spent in hospital with "a bad cold" (no, not the COVID). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,906 Posted November 17, 2020 On 04/05/2020 at 22:44, Ulitzer95 said: Lord Stoddart, former MP for Swindon (1970–1983) and 2nd oldest member of the House of Lords is 94 today. One of the few Labour eurosceptics still alive. Dead. RIP. Genuinely great guy. Interviewed him for my uni dissertation. He was still working right to the end. 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leon Brittan 297 Posted November 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Dead. RIP. Genuinely great guy. Interviewed him for my uni dissertation. He was still working right to the end. I'm not a Labour man but anyone who stood up to the eu is a friend of mine 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,368 Posted November 17, 2020 Just waiting for a QO for Lord Stoddart.A unique hit for me in DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
