Bibliogryphon 8,596 Posted August 15, 2014 Former MP Charles Simeons has died at 92. http://announcements.../180461/simeons He was the 10th oldest ex MP . I have a list of the 10 oldest ones if anyone wants to see it I do want to see it but only if you register..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,465 Posted August 15, 2014 Not sure if this should go under the politcal frailty thread or the cricket thread, but someone took a shot at Imran Khan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,596 Posted August 15, 2014 Not sure if this should go under the politcal frailty thread or the cricket thread, but someone took a shot at Imran Khan I think possibly it should go in the Ideas and Possibilities for 2015 if he makes it that far.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 69 Posted August 18, 2014 If it's December, it must be DDP decision time. One I've cut (I promised to myself to have 40 to choose my final 20 from on December 1st) is South African politician Mario Oriani-Ambrosini. He has terminal cancer and will likely die in 2014, but I really, really don't think he'll get the relevant obit. Good luck to those who go with him.http://www.dailymave...rsonal-odyssey/ Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has gone OoO. I went with him and it's unique but as you predicted, no decent obit as yet. Was a risk/reward strategy i know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 18, 2014 Former scottish govt minister and MSP Sam Galbraith has died http://www.dailyreco...ter-sam-4070003 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,201 Posted August 18, 2014 First female mayor of Pittsburgh, Sophie Masloff is dead at 96: http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20140818_Former_Pittsburgh_Mayor_Sophie_Masloff_dies.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,201 Posted August 18, 2014 Former US Senator Jim Jeffords has died at 80: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/08/18/jeffords_has_died.html He left the Republican Party in 2001 to prevent their takeover of the Senate after the 2000 elections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,001 Posted August 19, 2014 If it's December, it must be DDP decision time. One I've cut (I promised to myself to have 40 to choose my final 20 from on December 1st) is South African politician Mario Oriani-Ambrosini. He has terminal cancer and will likely die in 2014, but I really, really don't think he'll get the relevant obit. Good luck to those who go with him.http://www.dailymave...rsonal-odyssey/ Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has gone OoO. I went with him and it's unique but as you predicted, no decent obit as yet. Was a risk/reward strategy i know. To make it even more frustrating, he actually committed suicide and so would have qualified for an unnatural death bonus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galento 24 Posted August 19, 2014 I'm giving serious thought to putting Tony Blair's name forward under this thread, because the more I see and hear of the man and his arrogance, avarice and apathy, there just might be some nutter out there who could do us all a favour and get rid of him and his slag of a wife. OK, I hate them both with a vengeance, but how is this man getting away with what he is? I see that whilst the Middle East rages, the Middle East peace envoy is having yet another freebie, paid for by some sucker who has toadied up to the slimeball... I would like to take Blair to a nearby pub and introduce him to the landlord, whose son was one of the many who lost their lives through this man's stupidity. If that's not bad enough, it appears that one of his brats will be an MP next year, for a safe seat in Liverpool...............God, I need a drink!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 21, 2014 The former irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds has died at 81 http://www.bbc.com/n...europe-28876613 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,465 Posted August 21, 2014 The former irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds has died at 81 http://www.bbc.com/n...europe-28876613 Oh well, that's a bit of a pain, I'd not long ago put him on my long list for next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted August 21, 2014 Albert Reynolds is Madonna's Hand Of Bod's first hit. In August! AUGUST!!! It's been a long time coming. RIP Imran Khan eh? I've worked with him... *puts on 2015 possibilities list* 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted August 28, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk...litics-28967904 So it's finally happened as Rotten Ali or Bibliogryphon (I think, can't be bothered to check the posts), although he's doing it the long way round which will add more drama - seems like a good way for UKIP to test the water for Tory safe seats next year. Whilst I hate the guy, good on him for standing again after defecting - the first politician I can remember doing that. Anyone know who the last was? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,933 Posted August 28, 2014 http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/ukips-clacton-candidate-says-he-wont-stand-down-for-douglas Here we go, two UKIP candidates could well spell disaster for the Faragian old-etonian bastards master plan. It's funny that UKIP's last hurrah will be at the hands of their own antiestablishmentarianism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 599 Posted August 28, 2014 Thanks Deathray for the nod to previous posts but I don't think they came from me. In the round this bloke, Carswell, has made an ass of the situation. He was elected as a Tory for a whole term in Parliament. The cost of staging a by-election is staggering. With less than 9 months to go before a general election the whole business is a stunt and the speaker needs to have words with him. In fact if the prat can't full-fill the role of a non-aligned major party PM for the next 9 months, then the total multi-million pound cost of this by-election should be deducted from his net worth. OK, so he wants out of the Tory party, can't blame him on that count, and voicing a willingness to join UKIP, shows that he is a bouncy idiot. He does not need to jack-in the job and run again now, for the very same job he just quit. That in my book is just being a total arsehole. Just step into the long line of potential candidates for a job starting in May next year. In time, the local UKIP party may-not want him in standing for them. That's their business. If he were really smart about it, he could have kept mum about his desires, and jumped ship in the last week of the general election campaign when 90% of the election leg work was done and dusted in his favour by the very people he wanted shut of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 29, 2014 The former Labour MP Bob Wareing has died at 82 http://www.liverpool...wareing-7692720 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 5,997 Posted August 30, 2014 http://news.sky.com/story/1327097/george-galloways-jaw-broken-in-street-attack - Scottish left-wing carpetbagger George Galloway in Hospital after suffering a broken Jaw bruising to his face and head and a broken rib! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 30, 2014 http://news.sky.com/...n-street-attack - Scottish left-wing carpetbagger George Galloway in Hospital after suffering a broken Jaw bruising to his face and head and a broken rib! Oh dear.I'm sure everyone agrees with me when I say I hope he makes a full and quick recovery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galento 24 Posted August 30, 2014 Do I detect a note of sarcasm there? He deserves all he gets does Galloway! All those years of sucking up to Middle East despots!!!!!! Fuck him ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Galento 24 Posted August 30, 2014 On a local political basis, how is this cheeky South Yorkshire Police Commissioner Shaun Wright still in a job following the harrowing evidence of the Rotherham sex grooming scandal. I don't think I've ever known a time when people at local government level are not prepared to accept responsibility for problems caused by their incompetence and unwillingness to tackle situations flagged up to them by people who then have to become whistle-blowers, in order to make public what has been going on. It's a well-known fact that any town with a strong Asian population has the problems of vulnerable young girls being groomed by these slimeballs, and it's time that this whole shite of political correctness and do-gooders is thrown into the garbage bin where it belongs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 5,997 Posted August 30, 2014 He is a snake ,rape apologist, hypocrite, autocrat, traitor, racist and basically a pussy who`s greatest moment in society is purring in Rula Lenska`s hand and I hope Scotland votes for Independence so he is out of our Parliament for good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted August 30, 2014 Is Bradford in Scotland? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 10,905 Posted August 30, 2014 The former Labour MP Bob Wareing has died at 82 http://www.liverpool...wareing-7692720 Liverpool Echo have since removed it and put up a new article stating it was misinformation. He's alive and well apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted August 30, 2014 Former Tory minister David Mitchell: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28994830 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted August 31, 2014 The former Labour MP Bob Wareing has died at 82 http://www.liverpool...wareing-7692720 Liverpool Echo have since removed it and put up a new article stating it was misinformation. He's alive and well apparently. Are they the same idiots that said Jean Alexander had died a few weeks ago? They've made me look a complete fool ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
