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12 hours ago, Thatcher said:

Jenny Tonge so they can compete with Labour in terms of antisemitism. 

Yeah, sounds fair.

I hear that both Corbyn and her have even refused to watch that film Jumanji.

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On 24/08/2018 at 10:17, drol said:

Islamabad London mayor Sadiq Khan reports the death of Labour MP Tom Cox, aged 88.

Still no obituary after three days.

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Seems to have been missed in the McCain mayhem - at least, couldn't find anything through the search bar - but former Republican member of the US House of Reps for Connecticut, Lawrence DeNardis, died on Aug 24th, at age 80.

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Also, we've just missed the 76th birthday of former Tory MP John Carlisle.

 

The man who thought apartheid worked in South Africa and is on record as describing Nelson Mandela as a terrorist.

 

Lest we forget...

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9 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

The man who is on record as describing Nelson Mandela as a terrorist.

 

Bloody hell.

 

Drol is 76?

 

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Frank Field can't handle the antisemitism in the Labour Party anymore and is resigning the whip. Interesting little side note: he was one of the 36 MPs that originally nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. 

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14 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

Frank Field can't handle the antisemitism in the Labour Party anymore and is resigning the whip. Interesting little side note: he was one of the 36 MPs that originally nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the leadership. 

 

At 76 years old he must have been Jew to retire soon anyway?

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Dale Cochran, the former Iowa Speaker of the House and state agriculture secretary who spent decades in state government, died Monday in West Des Moines. He was 89.

Iowa Democratic Rep. John Forbes, Cochran's son-in-law, said Cochran had been in hospice care for several weeks and died of heart failure.

Cochran, a Democrat, was elected to the Iowa House in 1964 and represented the Fort Dodge area. He served as Iowa Speaker of the House between 1975-79.
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On 09/02/2015 at 15:47, msc said:

Surviving members of the UK government from 1951-79. There's a lot of crossover between them, so I just listed them under their PM, with their year of birth and notable jobs for ease of access.

 

Harold Wilson (1974-6)

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Robert Maclennan b. 1936 (Undersecretary Consumer Protection 1974-9)

Lord Melchett b. 1948 (Undersecretary Industry 1975-6)

Michael Meacher b. 1939 (Undersecretary Industry 1974-5, Undersecretary Health 1975-9)

Roland Moyle b. 1928 (Minister N Ireland 1974-6)

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Jim Callaghan (1976-79)

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Raymond Carter b. 1935 (N Ireland minster 1975-9)

Les Huckfield b. 1942 (Undersecretary Industry 1976-9)

Lord Melchett b. 1948 (Minister, N Ireland)

Michael Meacher b. 1939 (Undersecretary Health 1975-9)

Roland Moyle b. 1928 (Minister Health, 1976-9)

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Lord Peter Melchett, served in both the Wilson and Callaghan governments, dead aged 71.

 

Edit: BBC, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Telegraph obituaries.

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2 minutes ago, Thatcher said:

 

Lord Peter Melchett, dead aged 71.

 

Damn, big fan of his.

 

lord_melchett__997946.jpg

 

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On 30/07/2018 at 11:11, gcreptile said:

Now the mother, Shamim Begum, is also hospitalised:

 

https://nation.com.pk/30-Jul-2018/shamim-begum-hospitalised

Discharged and realeased an interview about what's happening to her son.

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On 12/07/2018 at 22:06, gcreptile said:

Yeah, I'm kind of waiting as well. Picked him several times in something. Though currently only at the bottom of my Windy City Deadpool team.

 

Edit: He's part of that group of immortals from the subcontinent, with Sri Sri Sri, M Karunanidhi and Dilip Kumar.

Dilip Kumar hospitalized for a chest infection, but family says he's recovering.

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Lise Payette,  who served in the separatist Parti Quebecois government as Quebec Minister for the Status of Women from 1979 to 1981 and whose resume includes feminist, journalist, author & columnist, has died.  She was 87.

 

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/author-former-pq-minister-lise-payette-dead-at-87-1.4082069

 

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11 hours ago, alt obits guy said:

Gennady Gaguliya, three-time Prime Minister of the unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, has died.  He was 70.

 

http://tass.com/emergencies/1020630

 

More on Abkhazia:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia

 

 

 

In 2008, Georgia led a small war to re-conquer Abkhazia and hoped that NATO would come to its aid. But they didn't because they didn't want to face Putin over this. The whole action was a bit kamikaze from then-president Saakashvili.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War

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