Deadpool 2017

[GrumpyBlue]

Very sad but at 86 not a bad run I suppose.

RIP Gerald - met him a few times back in the day - very nice fella - although we didn`t see eye to eye on certain policies !

 

[Benfleet A1]

RIP Gerald - met him a few times back in the day - very nice fella - although we didn`t see eye to eye on certain policies !

I heard on the radio that he used to be a comedy sketch writer before entering politics. That might explain a few Labour manifestos of the past.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I heard on the radio that he used to be a comedy sketch writer before entering politics. That might explain a few Labour manifestos of the past.

I think he's more likely to be remembered for that famous comment on the 1983 manifesto."The longest suicide note in British politics."

 

[Benfleet A1]

I think he's more likely to be remembered for that famous comment on the 1983 manifesto."The longest suicide note in British politics."

Michael Foot I believe. It was a bit of a stinker as I recall.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Howard Hodgkin, a central figure in contemporary art has drawn his last.

Nope me neither, but RIP HH.

PS: It looks like my 5yr has been let loose with her watercolours. Sorry Howard, but it's all a bit ****.

 

[Blueronron]

Cannot believe no ones off the mark yet, I blame the mild winter we had

UTS

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Michael Foot I believe. It was a bit of a stinker as I recall.

On the contrary.It's curious how much Labour's '83 manifesto -much derided at the time-has become accepted as part of mainstream political thinking on the Left since then.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jun/10/labour.margaretthatcher

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

Cannot believe no ones off the mark yet, I blame the mild winter we had

UTS

*Ahem* Post 126, old sport.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Chuck Berry pops off this mortal coil, aged 90.

 

[* ORM *]

Chuck Berry pops off this mortal coil, aged 90.

I will throw away a hat in recognition of this

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

RIP.Chuck Berry.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

RIP Chuck - had the good fortune of seeing him live twice back in the day

 

[Floval Flyer]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/39324936

RIP Ryan McBride - Derry City captain and friend of our own Stephen McLaughlin

 

[maninasuitcase]

Cannot believe no ones off the mark yet, I blame the mild winter we had

UTS

Two on the board now with Chuck Berry passing away.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Martin McGuinness, the murderous terrorist and ex deputy first minister of Ulster has freed up some oxygen. Rot in hell scumbag.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Martin McGuinness IRA terrorist turned poltician dies age 66.

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

Two on the board now with Chuck Berry passing away.

Myself and now MIAS are both off the mark after the first quarter is almost up.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Not so contentious this one - Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse dies age 86.

 

[Napster]

Not so contentious this one - Colin Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse dies age 86.

my pick for 2016.

 

[MK Shrimper]

And another....former Liverpool coach Ronnie Moran.