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Quite surprised by just how much That's The Spirit dominates but it makes sense given that songs from Amo have only had two years to build up streams.

Is there a minimum length for an album to qualify for the charts these days? Bring Me The Horizon are releasing a new EP / mini-album that, if eligible, should easily make the top 10.

The impact of a VP pick on their home state often isn't that big anyway. What is important is that if Biden wins, Harris will leave the Senate and her seat will be up for grabs - either in a special election or by appointment by the Governor. A lot of the other picks like Warren and Baldwin represent states that either have a Republican governor or would be vulnerable in a special election under a Democratic president - with how close the Senate is likely to be in November, picking a VP from California means this won't be an issue.

Slightly odd looking shortlist. 2019's was great, the best I remember in ages. Definitely a shame for Rina Sawayama not making it. Suspected The 1975 wouldn't - 'A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships' probably deserved to win it but it's been recognised by nearly everyone that 'Notes on a Conditional Form' is a drop off in quality and probably a bit too messy for the Mercury.

Two listens in and it's really damn good. Not sure how it will stack up compared to their others (some of the hooks aren't as sticky as those on RTJ3 in particular) but it's a lot of fun and "walking in the snow" and "JU$T" in particular are incendiary.

Massive recency bias - really shows how different the audience must be more that nothing from before Sempiternal can make it in there even though their older fans would view them as 'classics'. I thought It Never Ends might sneak into the top 10.

Property is not as valuable as life. This is not a difficult concept.

The Dems look like they may struggle to win control of the Senate in the midterms as the map is stacked against them this year, but that's almost irrelevant in terms of impeachment as for a conviction you need two thirds of the Senate to vote in favour anyway. If the Dems can win back the House in November (which I think is more likely than not, despite the gerrymandering) then they'll be able to file articles of impeachment and even if the Senate votes it down, if the evidence is damning enough then Trump would be up against it in 2020. Assuming there's no criminal charges before then. Of course, he could fire Mueller this week and then all bets would be off: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration...ntial-interview

Partly self interest, partly a cultural distrust of the rest of Europe.

One more and you're warned.

We already have a Trump thread and it took approximately 0.5 seconds for this one to get derailed talking about Br*xit. I'm going to merge them, but please try and stay on topic.

How long did it take you to find that?

Anything else?

The idea of Richard Littlejohn being a good alternative PM.

So what did you base your suggestion on?

I perfectly understand the concept of free speech. Mr Littlejohn is entitled to hold those views, just as companies are entitled to withdraw their advertising from his newspaper if they think that what he's said is beyond the pale. I'm not sure what this has to do with the fact that, of all of the dozens of national newspaper columnists and thousands of people in the public eye in this country, you picked him as someone who you would like to see in charge.

Presumably because you put his name forward as an 'alternate PM', and it would be interesting to see you justify your choice in light of the article. It's a discussion forum, not a non-sequiter forum.

Radicalisation is largely done online. There's no immigration policy that's stopping that. This is an absurd argument anyway as I don't particularly want Turkey to join the EU - but running around screaming "ISIS! ISIS!" is pathetic. Presumably by the same logic your preference for Trump over Clinton means that you agree with the Ku Klux Klan.

You've done quite an impressive job of failing to comment on the contents of the article in question.

Richard Littlejohn really showed himself to be PM material this week. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20...t-all-equal-yet

You've had plenty of opportunity to find sincere reasons and generally resorted to easily debunked 'facts', flippancy and changing the subject.

I had no idea Boaz Myhill was still around.

What exactly would you like to see happen on the day we leave?

One idea would be to take the teams in European competitions out of the League Cup, as they've got six more games than everyone else during the autumn anyway. Then again, given the gulf between the top 6 and rest I'm not sure that's the way forward.

I mean... I want the whole country to stay in the Customs Union and Single Market, but it's a bit disrespectful towards the Good Friday Agreement and everything that led to it to suggest that it's equally valid to try and get the same deal for other places in the UK.