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Dom Mintoff, ex Maltese PM, dead.

 

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

 

Next you'll be posting that Michael Jackson is dead.....FFS keep up

 

Michael Jacksons dead?

 

I believe the rumours are true. ;)

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Dom Mintoff, ex Maltese PM, dead.

 

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

 

Next you'll be posting that Michael Jackson is dead.....FFS keep up

 

Michael Jacksons dead?

Sorry I should of asked if you were sitting down before I broke the "breaking news"

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Dom Mintoff, ex Maltese PM, dead.

 

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

 

Next you'll be posting that Michael Jackson is dead.....FFS keep up

 

Michael Jacksons dead?

 

I believe the rumours are true. ;)

 

And I'm lead to believe Peter Falk has altzheimers...

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Dom Mintoff, ex Maltese PM, dead.

 

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

 

Next you'll be posting that Michael Jackson is dead.....FFS keep up

 

Michael Jacksons dead?

 

I believe the rumours are true. ;)

 

And I'm lead to believe Peter Falk has altzheimers...

 

The joke that never gets old :)

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I think that Eric Pickles might be the next recipient of the Cook-Dewar prize for Death in Political Office.

 

He is certainly not the oldest member of the cabinet but the photo that graced the cover of i last week made him look unhealthy.

 

I would be interested to know if you think that any of his cabinet colleagues would be more likely to go.

 

(This is highly theoretical as deaths of serving cabinet ministers are very rare)

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(This is highly theoretical as deaths of serving cabinet ministers are very rare)

 

Except in Africa and the Middle East :)

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http://www.dw.de/dw/...6184548,00.html

 

Georg Leber former German defence minister and member of Helmut Schmidt's cabinet has bit the big one.

 

Schmidt next please (and take Merkel with you)

 

thank you for repeating the news I broke 4 posts earlier!

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(This is highly theoretical as deaths of serving cabinet ministers are very rare)

 

Last time that happened in the Netherlands was in 1986, when Koos Rietkerk, Minister of the Interior and aged 60, died in office, from a heart attack, IIRC.

 

One Dutch Prime Minister died in office, Thorbecke. This man is highly regarded in Dutch political history. His name is almost synonymous with the 1848 state reform, in which the political principle of ministerial reponsibility in was introduced and all political power removing from the king. Hie died in 1872 from pneumonia, aged 74.

 

Oh, and he wasn't handsome:

 

Johan_Rudolf_Thorbecke.jpg

 

regards,

Hein

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(This is highly theoretical as deaths of serving cabinet ministers are very rare)

 

Last time that happened in the Netherlands was in 1986, when Koos Rietkerk, Minister of the Interior and aged 60, died in office, from a heart attack, IIRC.

 

One Dutch Prime Minister died in office, Thorbecke. This man is highly regarded in Dutch political history. His name is almost synonymous with the 1848 state reform, in which the political principle of ministerial reponsibility in was introduced and all political power removing from the king. Hie died in 1872 from pneumonia, aged 74.

 

Oh, and he wasn't handsome:

 

Johan_Rudolf_Thorbecke.jpg

 

regards,

Hein

 

He looks like he is about to spit out a mouse! LOL

 

Thanks for the detail about Dutch political reform I now feel better informed and slightly chastised as I was being very parochial as I was thinking of the British Cabinet and the devolved parliaments.

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They say you are getting old when Politicians seem younger.

 

Well William Petzall won't be getting any older than 24

 

http://translate.goo...d=0CDYQ7gEwADgK

 

http://en.wikipedia....am_Petz%C3%A4ll

 

Edit for : overdose.

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They say you are getting old when Politicians seem younger.

 

Well William Petzall won't be getting any older than 24

 

http://translate.goo...d=0CDYQ7gEwADgK

 

http://en.wikipedia....am_Petz%C3%A4ll

 

Edit for : overdose.

 

Such a shining example. I hope his Dutch political soul mate Geert Wilders follows it.

 

regards,

Hein

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Ed Koch, 87, was hospitalised with anemia and had a blood transfusion. He's expected to be released Wednesday... Who knows.

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The former Prime Minister of Haiti Smack Michel has died http://www.washingto...300b_story.html

 

Smack down!

 

Smarck down even. You'd have spotted that if you'd followed the link.

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http://news.sky.com/...adited-to-libya

 

I can see this guy getting the death penalty too. Maybe the same time as saif .

 

Looks like a good pick for 2013

 

Not necessarily, the French government will be quite anxious to get their hands on him I imagine. Would be interesting to know also what guarantees were given to the Mauritanian government regarding his extradition, perhaps taking the death penalty off the table was one of them

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