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Well, we don't want a landslide for anyone, do we, if we want electoral reform.

This.

Criminal that the GE wasn't held today. More of our money wasted.

Fri 3 May 49 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 40 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 37 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 26 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 19 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +4 19 Coldplay — In My Place -6

It amazes me that so many people say "two thousand and" instead of "twenty". You'd think they'd have moved on, at least by the second decade.

Boris's polling station https://maps.app.goo.gl/Bfkw3fjTcMoxz7QHA He had the same choice of candidates as me.

Young Odda is a monk in Shardlake which has just arrived on Disney+, just a few days after the death of CJ Sansom, the author of the Shardlake books.

We've only got to vote for the police commissioner, so I doubt many will bother, but I shall pop in and do my bit towards voting out a Tory.

Thu 2 May 55 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 39 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 37 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +4 34 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight -2 30 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 25 Coldplay — In My Place 06 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag -4

I'll email them and ask. When I last did so in 2021 they were really passive about it and like most other businesses with lazy ass employees used the pandemic as an excuse for a "backlog". Will be amusing to see what their excuse is now. I asked someone who usually has a bit of inside knowledge about the GRO. He said he didn't know, but pointed out that the description of the index in the FAQs says "Death records from 1837 to 1957, and 1984 up to two years ago in England and Wales" So if that stays the same, he expects 2022 death entries to be added shortly after the end of 2024, and the same with the birth index.

I've long been of the opinion that the number on a label inside a garment is meaningless. There doesn't seem to be any consistency now. I try them on and buy the one that fits and looks best, I couldn't give a flying fuck what it says on the label. There has definitely been a shift in sizing over the years too, I can remember when the smallest available womens size was 10. And there were a few brands where we knew that we would always need a size down as they were generously cut.

"Your mom's in jail."

Not strictly political but connected.

Wed 1 May 66 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 39 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 35 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 35 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +4 30 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight -6 24 Coldplay — In My Place 21 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 20 Adele — Chasing Pavements