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And I thought I could stand to lose a stone or two...

Tbf I'm not exactly Kier Starmers best mate but I'd take his Labour any day of the week over this lot of Tories and by looks of it I'm far from alone there now.

I'm relieved too. I like Mark Steel and me liking modern comics is a rarity.

Now you mean you don't think 2O% of the population will vote for independents in an actual general election???

Press like horse races and listen to any gossip which suggests there is one. Khan just won an area Bailey won in 2021.

A sleep deprived Sir John looked like he was about to start beating up idiot politicians and pundits earlier. Alas, he refrained.

He was on my shortlist... for 2016! Lingered slightly.

I've lost four stone since last autumn (diet and exercise changes, trying to be healthier) and have gone down a trouser size and can safely agree I can't make head not tail of the various shops sizes. It's a matter of educated guessing and working from there

I stopped playing ages ago because certain people took the fun out but wanted to say the top five here are all excellent which is a rarity for post millennium music round for me.

My views haven't changed.

I consistently stuck on the fence as evidence shows.

At least they're not Rochdale! Danczuk, Cyril Smith, Galloway...

The next MP for the area is a school governor who used to work for a pension fund, states her reason for standing is the crap state of the health services and that the best bit of being a councillor is helping people. But I'm sure we can Westminster that out of her.

Second actor to have appeared in Taggart two parter Secrets to have died in the past fortnight. Maybe ill in the past Gray O'Brian and James MacPherson should go for a wee checkup.

The Christmas special where Geraldine accidentally agrees to attend three dinners on the one day still has me in stitches, and it's got a Capaldi cameo too.