Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted October 4, 2023 Dr. Peter Brand (wiki), Lib Dem MP for the Isle of Wight (1997–2001), dead at 76. Times death notice. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted October 5, 2023 15 hours ago, Thatcher said: Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of Germany’s AfD attacked with a syringe - condition unknown. Surprising little press coverage of this in the UK. The AFD are likely to be in the German Government in 2025. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted October 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Surprising little press coverage of this in the UK. The AFD are likely to be in the German Government in 2025. No, they won't. But the dam is breaking, maybe in 2029 and after. 2025 will rather see some complicated coalition government ot prevent the AfD. He's one of the AfD's more moderate faces. Other names in the party would have been more dramatic targets. Curious story. His condition seems under control. But the wording is still ambivalent. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,585 Posted October 5, 2023 Just now, gcreptile said: No, they won't. But the dam is breaking, maybe in 2029 and after. 2025 will rather see some complicated coalition government ot prevent the AfD. He's one of the AfD's more moderate faces. Other names in the party would have been more dramatic targets. Curious story. His condition seems under control. But the wording is still ambivalent. I thought the CDU/CSU are ready already to go into coalition with them but as you are German you obviously know more than me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted October 5, 2023 What a stupid thing to do. Assassination is very passé these days. If you want to get rid of a political figure you #MeToo them. Far more effective. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 722 Posted October 5, 2023 20 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Surprising little press coverage of this in the UK. The AFD are likely to be in the German Government in 2025. Would be quite the risk for them to govern the country that early. I'd imagine they would certainly want to be in power by 2033 to commemorate the centenary of their 'spiritual leader' coming to power Partially joking as ofcourse it's not the entire AfD that thinks that way; but I'm still not keen on seeing any of them governing our neighbours anytime soon. Just saddening to see this much polarisation both within and outside politics in so many countries. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roaming_comrade 471 Posted October 5, 2023 2 hours ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said: Would be quite the risk for them to govern the country that early. I'd imagine they would certainly want to be in power by 2033 to commemorate the centenary of their 'spiritual leader' coming to power Partially joking as ofcourse it's not the entire AfD that thinks that way; but I'm still not keen on seeing any of them governing our neighbours anytime soon. Just saddening to see this much polarisation both within and outside politics in so many countries. It seems there won't be an election in 2033 in time for that though, since we plan to extend the election cycle term from 4 to 5 years soon, maybe in part for that reason. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted October 5, 2023 On 27/10/2022 at 13:09, arghton said: Tony Street, Australia's Minister of Foreign Affairs 1980-1983 (also held other positions in Malcolm Fraser's govt) dead at 96. Australia has a lot of elderly politicians. Bill Grayden is 102, Elisabeth Kirkby is 101, Wylie Gibbs is 100, Tom Hughes and Bill Nankivell are 99, former Governor of South Australia Eric Neal is 98, Ron Elstob is 97, Hugh Hiscutt and former President of the Senate Doug McClelland are 96 (not sure if Neville Harper is alive, if he is, he's also 96), Bruce Eastick, Bob Ellicott and others are 95. NZ has a few born in the 1920s (Gray Nelson and former National Party Chairman George Chapman are 95, Hugh Templeton and Colin Moyle are 93. Old populist George Groombridge, still marked living on Wiki, died this year at 94) Other Oceanian countries + Hawaii and other territories have only* George Ariyoshi, former Gov of Hawaii, 96 and Marshall Islands' former First Lady Emlain Kabua who is 94. I'm amazed by how Emlain Kabua has lived so long, has also been quite frail for the last few years. Charles Walker, ancient Fijian politician and former Minister of Finance died last year at 92 according to facebook posts. *Counting those born 1930-1932, there's also 92-year-old Hawaii Republican Pat Saiki, ex-President of French Polynesia Gaston Flosse, 91, Falima Teao of Tokelau who like Visesio Moeliku I doubt is alive and Harish Sharma of Fiji. Average life expectancy of an Oceanian politician seems to be around half of that of a tennis player/Chinese politician. Neville Harper (wiki) dead at 97. Death notice. EDIT: Also a WWII veteran. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted October 6, 2023 On 17/02/2023 at 12:10, arghton said: Allende minister. Still a lot of Allende's government alive 50 years on, youngest ones are in their late 70s, oldest as far as I know is agriculture minister Jacques Chonchol, 97 next month. Jacques Chonchol (wiki) dead at 97. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted October 6, 2023 The AfD guy from the previous page has left the intensive care unit. The police don't actually have any indication that there was an attack on him. He just felt bad after he met people and his skin was irritated. Who knows what it was, and well, he is one of the less obvious targets for an attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 807 Posted October 6, 2023 Failing Grayling standing down, citing a prostate cancer diagnosis: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-67034851 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted October 7, 2023 Former PM of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit dead at 76. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
La Tombe 354 Posted October 7, 2023 Former french senator for Guadeloupe, Victoire Jasmin dead at 67. RIP ! She was senator from 2017 to 2023, she lost her seat at the senatorial elections in september. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 7, 2023 On 09/08/2023 at 20:28, adrian0719 said: Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated. Six suspected hit men charged in the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio died in prison under mysterious circumstances, days before the country chooses a new president. (behind paywall). https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/six-suspects-in-ecuador-assassination-are-killed-in-prison-b82a25e6 We have an Assassinations thread, this whole thing shoulda been posted therein. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,329 Posted October 8, 2023 László Sólyom (Wiki), former President of Hungary dead at 81 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 870 Posted October 8, 2023 On 10/01/2020 at 06:28, Ulitzer95 said: Agreed that a lot of them have been dropping off recently. Thought I'd take this opportunity to look at how many WWII veterans from the three strands of government in the U.S. are still with us. There are 6 living Governors who served: b. 1921: John Malcolm Patterson b. 1922: Wayne Mixson b. 1923: William Winter, Al Quie (also listed above), Linwood Holton b. 1924: Dale E. Wolf, Jimmy Carter b. 1925: Ted Schwinden, Daniel Evans (also listed above) b. 1926: George Ariyoshi b. 1927: Phil Batt, George Nigh, Winfield Dunn, Edwin Edwards (also listed above) Ted Schwinden reportedly dead at 98 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted October 9, 2023 On 22/09/2023 at 10:14, drol said: Khaleda the Faker back to CCU. EDIT: it's the usual scam. Khaleda the Faker in critical condition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted October 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, drol said: Khaleda the Faker in critical condition. "transfer her abroad".... lol, and also "in critical condition", double-lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funeralopolis 250 Posted October 9, 2023 22 minutes ago, drol said: Khaleda the Faker in critical condition. she will probably be discharged tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted October 10, 2023 Khaleda the Faker moved to CCU. May be the 15th time... this week. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 752 Posted October 11, 2023 Kevin Phillips, 82, Nixon aide, mastermind of the GOP racism-based Southern Strategy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/politics/kevin-phillips-dead.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Phillips_(political_commentator) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,596 Posted October 11, 2023 On 21/09/2022 at 17:56, Ulitzer95 said: Would be interested to see a list of the oldest U.S. ambassadors. Oldest ones I'm aware of (with wiki pages): *snip* Malcolm R. Barnebey (wiki) b. Nov 1927 – Belize *snip* Malcolm R. Barnebey dead at 95. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roaming_comrade 471 Posted October 11, 2023 Looks like Guillermo Rodriguez just got a year older and now tops the list on state leaders. He's still marked as being born 1924 on the Spanish Wikipedia so he prolly will lose the Pole position real fast. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 11, 2023 Jim Lee, the Premier of the province of Prince Edward Island from 1981 to 1986 and a provincial politician (MLA) from 1975 to 1986, has died. He was 86. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-premier-jim-lee-1.6992952 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted October 12, 2023 Khaleda Zia's hearing defered to next month: https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/327751/charge-framing-hearing-against-khaleda-zia-in-11 Maybe we should make a thread for her simply to avoid spamming other threads. This seems to continue for quite a while. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
