Political Frailty

[Sean 5,997]

Labour MP for Brent Central and former shadow cabinet member Dawn Butler was diagnosed with Breast cancer in December and has undergone a mastectomy.Looks like it hasn't spread and was found through a routine mammogram .

[Sean 5,997]

Glenys Kinnock strikes me as a name that the committee could go for in the future.Then again I would have thought Frank Field would have been a pick by the committee.

 

Glenys retired from the Lords a year ago however I didn`t see that as suspicious as it is becoming far more common unlike when the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 came in to force and people were typically quitting a few months before they died.

 

The diagnosis also explains perhaps why Stephen Kinnock saw his parents during lockdown .

[Spade_Cooley 9,018]

Early stage breast cancer for Dawn Butler.

[msc 17,719]

On 28/03/2022 at 06:10, Gooseberry Crumble said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60859457

 

Labour MP Dawn Butler has been diagnosed with breast cancer. 

 

 

 

19 hours ago, Sean said:

Labour MP for Brent Central and former shadow cabinet member Dawn Butler was diagnosed with Breast cancer in December and has undergone a mastectomy.Looks like it hasn't spread and was found through a routine mammogram .

 

2 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Early stage breast cancer for Dawn Butler.

 

 

Hearing rumours Dawn Butler's been unwell, can anyone confirm? 

[Spade_Cooley 9,018]

Fuck me, why did it take the Guardian 19 hours to file this as a story? If I'd done that in my fourth estate fake news factory I'd have been called up before the managing editor.

[TQR 12,061]

2 hours ago, msc said:

Hearing rumours Dawn Butler's been unwell, can anyone confirm? 

Brent MP Dawn Butler has undergone a mastectomy to remove some early-stage cancer cells. 
 

The Peter Falk gag is very recyclable.

[arghton 6,114]

Ilkka Kanerva, longest-term Finnish parliament member (46 years), crook, four-time minister and former deputy PM has been on sick leave for a while:

https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008716222.html

Has failed to make appearances during the last months, refuses to comment on his health.

[Grimgrass 474]

On 08/03/2022 at 16:48, arghton said:

Pentti Poutanen is the oldest one, 100 in August. In office 1970-1987.

There are currently nine of them aged 95+, most of them very minor names (including Poutanen) but there are also a few (slightly) interesting ones: Heikki Hasu, 1952 Oslo Olympics 4x10km relay gold medalist, Jutta Zilliacus, journalist (who was also sued by Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the 90s) and Ele Alenius, socialist who opposed the Soviet Union and the invasion of Czechoslovakia and now considers both capitalism and socialism outdated.

 

Pentti Poutanen dead at 99: https://www.lansi-savo.fi/paikalliset/4529149

[gcreptile 10,214]

Gravely ill Ghanian minister for Chieftaincy and religious affairs, Alexander Kojo-Kum, wheeled into parliament to squeeze one more vote out of him

https://adepanews.com/video-of-gravely-ill-mp-ferried-to-parliament-in-ambulance-to-assist-in-passing-of-e-levy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

[msc 17,719]

4 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Gravely ill Ghanian minister for Chieftaincy and religious affairs, Alexander Kojo-Kum, wheeled into parliament to squeeze one more vote out of him

https://adepanews.com/video-of-gravely-ill-mp-ferried-to-parliament-in-ambulance-to-assist-in-passing-of-e-levy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

 

So I just finished a Cup search which was fruitless and thought at least I had one name off forum from the other day.

 

Go on forum and the first new post is not only them being named, but named by my opponent! 

[Sir Creep 7,011]

4 minutes ago, msc said:

 

So I just finished a Cup search which was fruitless and thought at least I had one name off forum from the other day.

 

Go on forum and the first new post is not only them being named, but named by my opponent! 

I tried bitching about it last month but it’s no use.  There should be a 48-hour moratorium on posting sudden or grave illnesses.  No way to police it I guess beyond blocking violators a month.  

[Ulitzer95 10,952]

William Powell (wiki), Tory MP for Corby ('83–'97), dead at 73. [paywalled link]

[Grimgrass 474]

On 29/03/2022 at 19:58, arghton said:

Ilkka Kanerva, longest-term Finnish parliament member (46 years), crook, four-time minister and former deputy PM has been on sick leave for a while:

https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000008716222.html

Has failed to make appearances during the last months, refuses to comment on his health.

 

Apparently he has a "serious illness": https://www.seiska.fi/Kotimaa/Riutunut-Ilkka-Kanerva-katosi-julkisuudesta-taustalla-vakava-sairaus/1170369

[arghton 6,114]

On 16/09/2021 at 23:20, Ulitzer95 said:

 

Bulgaria
Georgi Atanasov (b. 1933)

Georgi Atanasov, Prime Minister of PR Bulgaria 1986-1990 dead at 88.

[roaming_comrade 454]

1 hour ago, arghton said:

Georgi Atanasov, Prime Minister of PR Bulgaria 1986-1990 dead at 88.

That means that all state leaders of communist era bulgaria are now dead.

That dimitrov guy doesnt count, Bulgaria wasnt communist anymore only the ussr still existed.

[maryportfuncity 9,989]

The honourable(!) member for Somerton and Frome is whipless whilst being investigated for sexual harrassment and cocaine use. Honestly, if only he'd hung out in Downing Street it'd likely have gone unnoticed next to all the other lively goings on. If it goes the way most of us likely suspect it will the resulting by-election sees the Tories defending a majority of 19.213. What could possibly go wrong if they risk that?

 

[maryportfuncity 9,989]

The honourable(!) member is now in a psychiatric ward, which may just improve his chances of remaining central to Conservatite plans going forward. Meanwhile here's a picture of a middle aged man pretending there's no such thing as a mid-life crisis and posing next to some white powder. Has anyone asked his two kids if they think he's cool?

 

[TQR 12,061]

3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

The honourable(!) member is now in a psychiatric ward, which may just improve his chances of remaining central to Conservatite plans going forward. Meanwhile here's a picture of a middle aged man pretending there's no such thing as a mid-life crisis and posing next to some white powder. Has anyone asked his two kids if they think he's cool?

 

I honestly thought this was a fucking parody when I first read it, but then I remembered how believable Tory bullshit normally is:

 

[maryportfuncity 9,989]

12 minutes ago, TQR said:

I honestly thought this was a fucking parody when I first read it, but then I remembered how believable Tory bullshit normally is:

 

 

 

So, the "severe shock and stress" that caused his admission to a psychiatric hospital has occured because nobody believes him, then. 

 

S'funny, the women (plural) outing him as a cocaine using sex pest haven't referred to any dandruff issues, and - fuck knows - they're fairly keen to find faults and list them. 

[arghton 6,114]

On 23/01/2022 at 17:26, arghton said:

A list I've been working on for a while, health/health history of the top 100 oldest state leaders...

 

14. Abdelsalam al-Majali (18 February 1926-) Not the picture of health but he was able to talk clearly in June 2021.

Picture of Abdelsalam al-Majali (two-time Prime Minister of Jordan in the 90s) from last month. Looks great for a 96-year-old (or 97, his exact birth date isn't known) man, however he's in a wheelchair now.

 

However, here's Abdul Karim Kabariti who was the Prime Minister between his two terms:

[arghton 6,114]

On 21/09/2021 at 23:24, arghton said:

Also here's a list of the first leaders of countries that gained independence when the Soviet Union collapsed (and before):

Belarus (25th of August 1991):

Living from before independence:

Nikolay Slyunkov (1929-) Leader 1983-1987.

Yefrem Sokolov (1926-) Leader 1987-1990. Was alive in 2016.

Debatable:

Anatoly Malofeyev (1932-2022) First Secretary 1990-1991

After independence:

Stanislav Shushkevich (1934-) Head of State as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus 1991-1994.

Vyacheslav Kebich (1936-2020) First Prime Minister 1991-1994. Died from covid.

Yefrem Sokolov, leader of the Byelorussian SSR 1987-1990 dead at 95:

https://charter97.org/be/news/2022/4/5/462209/

Also a member of the Soviet Union's last Politburo 1990-1991. 

[Ulitzer95 10,952]

On 16/09/2021 at 21:20, Ulitzer95 said:

Ok, said I'd take a look at this and it's not a perfect list by any means but here are the surviving heads of state and government from the Cold War (12 March 1947 – 26 December 1991).

I've stuck to the main participants of the Cold War as defined on this Wiki page (i.e. the Eastern and Western Blocs), as opposed to spreading this too thinly and covering every single country who played a role in an event(s) of the period.

*snip*

Eastern Bloc

Byelorussia
Nikolay Slyunkov (b. 1929)
Yefrem Sokolov (b. 1926)
Stanislav Shushkevich (b. 1934)

*snip*

Yefrem Sokolov (wiki), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (1987–1990) dead at 95.

[arghton 6,114]

On 05/04/2019 at 23:34, drol said:

Đồng Sĩ Nguyên, who succeeded the late Do Muoi as Minister of Construction and who was also Deputy PM of Vietnam for nine years, has died aged 96. He was responsible for mantaining the Ho Chi Minh trail during the war and was interviewed in 2017 documentary The Vietnam War.  The documentary also contained an interview to Republic of Vietnam colonel Trần Ngọc Châu, (1923),  former DDP pick. Among the Southerners who fled to America I'd like to remember general Tran Thien Khiem (1925), the last PM of South Vietnam, who has received his Christening last year and was very frail. Oh, and dying mr. Ly Tong (1946) of course.

 

Among the commies there's not only perennial 108 Hospital resident Le Duc Anh (1920). Legendary diplomat and vicepresident Nguyen Thi Binh (1927) is still doing relatively well, and among the living vice PMs we find Nguyen Con (1915, he came before Do Muoi and looks like a zombie), Tran Phuong (1927), Nguyen Ngoc Triu (1926), Nguyen Kahn (1928), Doan Duy Thanh (1929), a plethora of nobodies.

 

More notable (but don't exaggerate) are general Nguyen Trong Vinh (1916) and influential linguist Vu Khieu (1916). And another mate of mr. Anh I can't find anything about right now, born in 1926.

Checked some of the names.

Nguyễn Ngọc Trìu died off the radar in 2016. 

 

The alive ones are:

Nguyễn Thị Bình has gone downhill during the last years. In a video from November she could still sit, but looks ghoulish. Also seems like she now lives at 108 Hospital, as the video was probably filmed there. Most notable out of the living ones and won't die off radar. However it might take a while, Vietnamese politicians traditionally seem to spend around one to two years there before they finally die.

Trần Phương was wheelchairbound last year, but still leads Hanoi's University of Business and Technology. 

Nguyễn Khánh hasn't made appearances recently as far as I know.

Đoàn Duy Thành is also still alive. 

[arghton 6,114]

Li Suwen, Chinese politician, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 1975-1978 dead at 89.

Apparently rose to fame for being a "popular vegetable seller" after which Mao gave her political power.

 

The same position has been held by a lot of people, usually multiple at the same time. Some of those who held it before 2000 are alive, all 80+. They include the Dalai Lama, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai*, Zhou Guangzhao, Xu Jialu, Jiang Zhenghua and around five nonagenarians mentioned here before.

 

*Mentioned here before, a month ago by drol. Thought I'd have heard the name somewhere recently

[arghton 6,114]

On 23/01/2022 at 17:26, arghton said:

A list I've been working on for a while, health/health history of the top 100 oldest state leaders...

 

Part 1/2, up to place 50:

 

-. Josip "Joža" Manolić (22 March 1920-) Widowed from his wife, 36 years younger than him in 2020, had covid and pneumonia in April 2021, survived without getting hospitalised.

-. Colonel César Yanes Urías (24 April 1920-) "Frail" at 98 in 2018, partially blind and wheelchair-bound in April 2021.

1. (General) Francisco Morales Bermúdez Cerruti (4 October 1921-) Could not attend the presentation of his autobiography in 2018 due to health reasons, wheelchairbound since 2021, frail but not in such a bad condition.

2. Luis Echeverría Álvarez (17 January 1922-) Very frail, hospitalised with blood shortage to brain in 2006, pneumonia three times 2017-2018, rumored dead multiple times, wheelchair/bedbound and looked like a corpse in 2021. No pictures from his 100th birthday.

-. Branislav Šoškić (19 November 1922-4 April 2022) Was able to stand in 2016. Seems like there's been nothing on him since.

3. General Khamtai Siphandone (8 February 1924-) Looked ancient for the last 20 years but has really declined during the last months and was wheelchairbound and covered with a blanket the last time he appeared in public.

Updated for the death of Branislav Šoškić who died yesterday at the age of 99, as mentioned by Ulitzer95 in the Oldest State Leaders DP.

 

Only Luis Echeverria left from 1922.