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Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin dies at the age of 67. Official twitter of Russian Embassy in India confirms his death. No cause of death given, only said that he passed away after a brief illness.

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Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin dies at the age of 67. Official twitter of Russian Embassy in India confirms his death. No cause of death given, only said that he passed away after a brief illness.

Here it says it was heart failure (yes, ultimately everyone dies of heart failure but that's not what I mean now). It does not seems a significant death by any means, though.

http://www.newsnation.in/world-news/russian-ambassador-to-india-alexander-kadakin-dies-of-heart-failure-article-159152.html

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Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin dies at the age of 67. Official twitter of Russian Embassy in India confirms his death. No cause of death given, only said that he passed away after a brief illness.

Here it says it was heart failure (yes, ultimately everyone dies of heart failure but that's not what I mean now). It does not seems a significant death by any means, though.

http://www.newsnation.in/world-news/russian-ambassador-to-india-alexander-kadakin-dies-of-heart-failure-article-159152.html

 

Oh, you are Indian. That explains your report. Thought you were one of those who only want to report deaths on deaths ignoring how insignificant they are.

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Tam Dalyell according to the Press Association is dead.

Here it as on the BBC.

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Tam Dayl...ah, I see YW was on the ball!

 

West Lothian cremation.

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What and he hasn't even answered the West Lothian question

 

 

He has answered the question "Who will be the first casualty on Bibliogryphon's Hare's Pool Team?"

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Sad news about Tam Dalyell. Alas though now more orange in my signature (shadowlist) although I didn't list him in my Crumble teams.

 

Alas though two hits in my shadowlist means I'm doing better than the committee at this point!

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Is the father Sir Kauffman nae dead yet?

No. But I presumed you already knew that.

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What and he hasn't even answered the West Lothian question

 

 

He has answered the question "Who will be the first casualty on Bibliogryphon's Hare's Pool Team?"

 

 

He could have hung on just a little longer only 26 points. Does that put me near the top of the leader board?

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What and he hasn't even answered the West Lothian question

 

 

He has answered the question "Who will be the first casualty on Bibliogryphon's Hare's Pool Team?"

 

 

He could have hung on just a little longer only 26 points. Does that put me near the top of the leader board?

 

 

25 Points. And that means you are currently in 8th position.

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For the purposes of ending a ridiculous argument and an even more ludicrous "tradition" that's developing in the Denis Healey thread

 

UPDATED LIST (Lubbock, Grant and Prior deceased):

1945

John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour

Total: 0 / 602

1950

John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour

Total: 0 / 606

1951

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour
John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour


Total: 0 / 622

1955

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour
Sir Richard Body (b. 1927) Conservative
Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP
Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative
Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour
Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative
Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour
Tom Mitchell (b. 1931) Sinn Féin
Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative
James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative

Total: 5 / 628

1959

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour
Sir Clive Bossom (b. 1918) Conservative
Sir Edward du Cann (b. 1924) Conservative
Sir Christopher Chataway (b. 1931) Conservative
Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP
Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative
Sir Philip Goodhart (b. 1925) Conservative
Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour

John Hollingworth (b. 1930) Conservative
Lord Marcus Kimball (b. 1928) Conservative
Sir Timothy Kitson (b. 1931) Conservative
Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative
Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour
Stratton Mills (b. 1932) UUP
Lord John Morris (b. 1931) Labour
Sir John Osborn (b. 1922) Conservative
Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative
Lord James Prior (b. 1927) Conservative
Wilfred Proudfoot (b. 1921) Conservative
James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative
Sir Dudley Smith (b. 1926) Conservative
Sir Peter Tapsell (b. 1930) Conservative
Alan Thompson (b. 1924) Labour
Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929) Liberal
Sir Colin Turner (b. 1922) Conservative
Sir John Wells (b. 1925) Conservative

Total: 13 / 629

1964

Norman Atkinson (b. 1923) Labour
Lord Joel Barnett (b. 1923) Labour
Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour
Sir Clive Bossom (b. 1918) Conservative
Sir Edward du Cann (b. 1924) Conservative
Sir Christopher Chataway (b. 1931) Conservative
Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP

Bernard Conlan (b. 1923) Labour
Sir Tam Dalyell (b. 1932) Labour
Sir Patrick Duffy (b. 1920) Labour
Jack Dunnett (b. 1922) Labour
Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative
Michael English (b. 1930) Labour
Ben Ford (b. 1925) Labour
Sir Philip Goodhart (b. 1925) Conservative
Sir Anthony Grant (b. 1925) Conservative
Sir Eldon Griffiths (b. 1925) Conservative
Peter Griffiths (b. 1928) Conservative
James Hamilton (b. 1934) UUP
Roy Hattersley (b. 1932) Labour
Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour
Lord Terence Higgins KBE (b. 1928) Conservative
Sir Peter Hordern (b. 1929) Conservative
Robert Howarth (b. 1927) Labour
Lord Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926) Conservative
Lord William Howie (b. 1924) Labour
Sir John Hunt (b. 1929) Conservative
Lord Patrick Jenkin (b. 1926) Conservative
Lord Michael Jopling (b. 1930) Conservative
Lord Marcus Kimball (b. 1928) Conservative
Sir Timothy Kitson (b. 1931) Conservative
Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative

Lord Eric Lubbock (b. 1928) Liberal
Lord George Mackie (b. 1919) Liberal
Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour

Michael McGuire (b. 1926) Labour
Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (b. 1929) Conservative
Stratton Mills (b. 1932) UUP
Sir David Mitchell (b. 1928) Conservative
Lord John Morris (b. 1931) Labour
Stan Newens (b. 1930) Labour
Sir John Osborn (b. 1922) Conservative
Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative
Lord James Prior (b. 1927) Conservative
James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative

Lord Ivor Richard (b. 1932) Labour
Lord William Rodgers (b. 1928) Labour
Paul Rose (b. 1935) Labour
Lord Robert Sheldon (b. 1923) Labour
Sir Dudley Smith (b. 1926) Conservative
Shirley Summerskill (b. 1931) Labour
Lord Dick Taverne (b. 1928) Labour
Sir Teddy Taylor (b. 1937) Conservative
Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929) Liberal
Brian Walden (b. 1932) Labour
Sir Dennis Walters (b. 1928) Conservative
Sir John Wells (b. 1925) Conservative
Alan Williams (b. 1930) Labour
Baroness Shirley Williams (b. 1930) Labour

Total: 35 / 630

Thanks and goodnight

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And yet another person I've worked with bites the dust.

 

Tam Dalyell was very much liked by the PA copytakers as he was always very friendly, nice, no airs and graces and didn't try to lord it over you (unlike certain other former MPs/Lords - mentioning no names but Ill just say 'Chelsea shirt' and 'recently revealed sex allegations, bloodhound, Just A Minute, famous last name).

 

RIP

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Alex Neil (SNP) recovering after surgery on a blocked artery.

 

 

This is the most astounding and surprising news since the 2017 Deathlist was announced to have Kirk Douglas and Javier Perez de Cuellar on the front page...

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For the purposes of ending a ridiculous argument and an even more ludicrous "tradition" that's developing in the Denis Healey thread

 

UPDATED LIST (Lubbock, Grant and Prior deceased):

1945

 

John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour

 

Total: 0 / 602

 

1950

 

John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour

 

Total: 0 / 606

 

1951

 

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour

John Freeman MBE (b. 1915) Labour

 

Total: 0 / 622

 

1955

 

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour

Sir Richard Body (b. 1927) Conservative

Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP

Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative

Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour

Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative

Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour

Tom Mitchell (b. 1931) Sinn Féin

Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative

James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative

 

Total: 5 / 628

 

1959

 

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour

Sir Clive Bossom (b. 1918) Conservative

Sir Edward du Cann (b. 1924) Conservative

Sir Christopher Chataway (b. 1931) Conservative

Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP

Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative

Sir Philip Goodhart (b. 1925) Conservative

Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour

John Hollingworth (b. 1930) Conservative

Lord Marcus Kimball (b. 1928) Conservative

Sir Timothy Kitson (b. 1931) Conservative

Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative

Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour

Stratton Mills (b. 1932) UUP

Lord John Morris (b. 1931) Labour

Sir John Osborn (b. 1922) Conservative

Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative

Lord James Prior (b. 1927) Conservative

Wilfred Proudfoot (b. 1921) Conservative

James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative

Sir Dudley Smith (b. 1926) Conservative

Sir Peter Tapsell (b. 1930) Conservative

Alan Thompson (b. 1924) Labour

Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929) Liberal

Sir Colin Turner (b. 1922) Conservative

Sir John Wells (b. 1925) Conservative

 

Total: 13 / 629

 

1964

 

Norman Atkinson (b. 1923) Labour

Lord Joel Barnett (b. 1923) Labour

Tony Benn (b. 1925) Labour

Sir Clive Bossom (b. 1918) Conservative

Sir Edward du Cann (b. 1924) Conservative

Sir Christopher Chataway (b. 1931) Conservative

Sir Robin Chichester-Clark (b. 1928) UUP

Bernard Conlan (b. 1923) Labour

Sir Tam Dalyell (b. 1932) Labour

Sir Patrick Duffy (b. 1920) Labour

Jack Dunnett (b. 1922) Labour

Lord John Eden (b. 1925) Conservative

Michael English (b. 1930) Labour

Ben Ford (b. 1925) Labour

Sir Philip Goodhart (b. 1925) Conservative

Sir Anthony Grant (b. 1925) Conservative

Sir Eldon Griffiths (b. 1925) Conservative

Peter Griffiths (b. 1928) Conservative

James Hamilton (b. 1934) UUP

Roy Hattersley (b. 1932) Labour

Lord Denis Healey MBE (b. 1917) Labour

Lord Terence Higgins KBE (b. 1928) Conservative

Sir Peter Hordern (b. 1929) Conservative

Robert Howarth (b. 1927) Labour

Lord Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926) Conservative

Lord William Howie (b. 1924) Labour

Sir John Hunt (b. 1929) Conservative

Lord Patrick Jenkin (b. 1926) Conservative

Lord Michael Jopling (b. 1930) Conservative

Lord Marcus Kimball (b. 1928) Conservative

Sir Timothy Kitson (b. 1931) Conservative

Lord Robert Lindsay (b. 1927) Conservative

Lord Eric Lubbock (b. 1928) Liberal

Lord George Mackie (b. 1919) Liberal

Lord Roy Mason (b. 1924) Labour

Michael McGuire (b. 1926) Labour

Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (b. 1929) Conservative

Stratton Mills (b. 1932) UUP

Sir David Mitchell (b. 1928) Conservative

Lord John Morris (b. 1931) Labour

Stan Newens (b. 1930) Labour

Sir John Osborn (b. 1922) Conservative

Sir David Price (b. 1924) Conservative

Lord James Prior (b. 1927) Conservative

James Ramsden (b. 1923) Conservative

Lord Ivor Richard (b. 1932) Labour

Lord William Rodgers (b. 1928) Labour

Paul Rose (b. 1935) Labour

Lord Robert Sheldon (b. 1923) Labour

Sir Dudley Smith (b. 1926) Conservative

Shirley Summerskill (b. 1931) Labour

Lord Dick Taverne (b. 1928) Labour

Sir Teddy Taylor (b. 1937) Conservative

Jeremy Thorpe (b. 1929) Liberal

Brian Walden (b. 1932) Labour

Sir Dennis Walters (b. 1928) Conservative

Sir John Wells (b. 1925) Conservative

Alan Williams (b. 1930) Labour

Baroness Shirley Williams (b. 1930) Labour

 

Total: 36 / 630

Thanks and goodnight

 

Might have struck off Tam Dalyell while you ported the list. ^_^

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Loved Dalyell's no mucking about opinions. A spade was a spade in his eye and he was not afraid to rock the establishment if he wanted to speak his mind.

 

On the flip side, I had him down on MPFC Deadpool last year and Tam went on for another twelve months. This year my list drew bugger all as they are all still living. Mental note to self.....Use the Dalyell theory for 2018 and name the same 2017 list coming up to Christmas

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William Lacy Carter, two time Republican member of the Tennessee House of representatives, has died at 91.

Robert Garcia, six time Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from New York, has died at 84. Cause of death was stated to be bacterial infection related to emphysema.

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More of an ideas and possibilities sort of thing, but nvm:

As I write this, I still cant believe Arthur Finkelstein is ailing. Badly. It cant be. Arthur has always been Arthur: a fun and principled conservative [=US GOP+Bibi Netanyahu] consultant to hundreds of campaigns, but he was much, much more than that. He quite literally changed our world. Arthur made a difference. Hes struggling through chemotherapy now, and as with everything in life, there is more than a particle of risk. Still, this is a tribute to our friend Arthur, not a eulogy. Not yet anyway.

And if You have ever wondered how his name should be pronounced, here's the deal:

Early in our friendship, I asked him whether it was Finkelsteen or Finkelstine (with a long i), and Arthur characteristically replied, If I was a poor Jew, it would be Finkelsteen, but since I am a rich Jew, its Finkelstine.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444254/arthur-finkelstein-republican-political-consultant-strategit-conservative-libertarian
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