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I'd keep Burns over Stuart, personally. Also I was today years old when I found out that, despite the press calling her a centenarian on her death (which I vaguely remember), Lillian Gish was only 99 1/2. I guess not everyone who makes 99 will make it to 100 or something.

Political Bastards, volume 1 of a three trillion book series...

A nod of the hat towards @Octopus of Odstock for the tip. And yes, I take their motorsports suggestions very seriously.

If Joe Haines told me I lived in Scotland I'd demand a second opinion.

Joe Kinnear has died.

Remember FOUR MONTHS ago when you said Ed Davey was resigning by the end of the week?

I was tempted to pick a bunch of old CAS members for the Cup but I couldn't find your list of the old ones in the 2 minutes I searched before giving up.

A reminder that back in the nineties small steps were being made towards, if not peace, understanding. Then a fanatic, inspired by the words of Benjamin Netanyahu, shot Israeli leader Rabin dead. (In case you think I'm being unfair, a few weeks before Rabin was shot, Netanyahu led a protest march where he brought out a noose and had folk chant Death to Rabin.) Despite inflaming a situation that directly lead to the assassination of a political opponent, Netanyahu was able to take power afterwards, on the basis of being the strongman who can protect Israel from violence. And any time moves were made on either side (not enough of course) he was there to snuff them out. He built a coalition of the fearful, the trusting and the xenophobic. The attacks in October were an existential crisis for Netanyahu, because his entire career is based on being the strongman who prevents this, and it turned out his entire life was built on bollocks and lies, and his own actions had made things much, much worse. The IDF attack on the charity workers doesn't surprise, because Jeremy Bowen (well known BBC journalist) was specifically targeted in 2000. There's been a flexible definition of enemy combatants used in the past, for which the buck stops with the man in charge: Benjamin Netanyahu. For the terminally thick (not you, Willz), this does not mean the anti-semites are right. Fuck them. Israelis have a right to exist same as the rest of us, and racists can get to fuck, but... the Palestinians also have those rights. This is only going to end through some form of two state peace treaty, and the warmonger leaders pretty much need to be removed for any chance of that to succeed. (This includes Hamas, who aren't the voices of all Palestine as much as Netanyahu isn't the voice of all Israel.) It's not surprising, but it is extremely depressing. I can't see either side getting rid of their cunts, and meanwhile, children and innocents continue to die horribly.

And many thanks for a speedy and stress less succession. TCD will be in good hands.

I will update this (eventually) when I have time, but consider this a 8 month warning that if forum regulars want the Crowdsourced DL tradition to continue in 2025, you are going to need a new host.

Everyone is so antsy for this election now that the papers are printing daily predictions of hypothetical elections. It's like this forum every December with the What's your Shortlist and Who Should be on the Deathlist threads.

Currently a survivor of the dreaded Pointless Celebrities chair of doom. She looked rough when that was filmed a year or so ago.

Looked even better then. Genuinely would have passed for early 70s. Marcia Warren is younger and looked a lot older.

William Gaunt is on BBC 4 right now reminiscing about No Place Like Home. Recently turned 86 and looks amazing for his age.

Team in, if its needed. Good luck to all. Hard fought match @ThereWillBeDeaths7 - could still turn decisive in the last hours of the month.