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6 hours ago, gcreptile said:

To reiterate a theory of mine, perhaps Betty made it onto the list because the committee always makes sure there is the obligatory homo on there.

After all, somebody had to replace Pierre Cardin.

Dick Van Dyke? 

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1 minute ago, Deathrace said:

Dick Van Dyke? 

That's supposed to be a joke?

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Missed some online course on sexual harassment as she was recovering from open-heart surgery last year, apparently.

 

She's also selling off her possessions as she is selling her London home to move to a cottage in the countryside - retirement from the Lords pending?

 

I don't care that the Crem has ninja'd this after an hour, the extra details are of interest to us, imo.

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Bang! I didn't expect this at all.

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I literally looked up her wiki page 20 minutes ago and all was fine!

 

I was also then seriously contemplating she might not be a worthy pick until 2025!

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Genuine parliamentary heavyweight - none of her successors as Speaker are even close imo.

 

1 minute ago, The Daredevil said:

I literally looked up her wiki page 20 minutes ago and all was fine!

 

I was also then seriously contemplating she might not be a worthy pick until 2025!

 

You need to start jinxing the right people like Rolf, Cheney, Sidney Cooke,etc instead!

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Bugger.

 

She was THE speaker. Nobody else has been. Only her.

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Oh, a real shock ! I wasn't familiar with her until her appearance on DL. And I must say the "order order" video is really fun. 

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Really upset to hear this. Lucky to have met her a few times. She was active until quite recently around Westminster. 
 

They don’t make Labour politicians like her anymore. 

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I wish she'd been on the list just to jinkx all the people who voted for Carter in the 3rd hit poll 

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Lib Dem Simon Hughes getting a double dose of Boothroyd bollocking:

 

 

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Huge miss for the list. Rip Betty 

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3 minutes ago, Leon Brittan said:

Huge miss for the list. Rip Betty 

this is the problem. I wouldn't called her a miss. Benedict was, Newton John was, Vialli was because they were so ill, so frail, and so famous. Boothroyd on the other hand wasn't ill and there was frailer people in their 90's who deserved her place on the list. Even Crosby wasn't a miss I think. 

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I give people the benefit of the doubt when they say “huge miss” by assuming they mean “stupid omission”, but BB wasn’t even that; she appeared to be in great nick right up to the end.

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Sad news indeed.Great speaker.Annoyed her left her off my DDP theme team this year (she was first reserve).

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Huge miss from the point of view that someone of her standing deserved to be on the DL when they died, but agree there was no reason to expect her passing this year.

 

What a woman. RIP Betty.

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She was the best

 

 

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“Mr Campbell-Savours I’m f-f-f-f-sick and tired…”

 

Imagine if she hadn’t live-censored herself there :D

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