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I'm sure they can stop the project even without changing the law and Labour have made encouraging noises about it. They will almost certainly do that if it's perceived as an absolute disaster by the public, However, it is Keir Starmer as PM and so his default position is to go as right wing rather than left, so if there is any support for the project (even in reality it is a complete shitshow) then I wouldn't bet my life on him scrapping it. Another Labour leader yes, him no.

As well as being morally wrong, isn't this shit going to cost an absolute fortune - already has to be honest. This will only prompt, when the inevitable legal challenges happen, very unpleasant gammony calls from Farage and the usual suspects to leave the ECHR, pretending it's a foreign court when it is an international court which we helped to form. Just another step into fascism.

'Oh Yeah(On the Radio)' is probably my favourite Roxy single so glad it was a top 10. '9 to 5' or 'Morning Train' is cheesy but catchy as hell and sef one if my favourite guilty pleasures of the year. Sheens generally got worse after her first two singles. Gap Band 'Oooops Upside Your Head' is a great early 1980s disco classic but very difficult to separate in my mind from the Snap cover from 1990 which I heard first as a child! George Benson is very strong and stands the test of time.

10inch collectors limited edition single released to promote Record Store day 2024. No new tracks and all sold out so won't stay top 100. Guess 'Eat the Music' was chosen as never officially released in the UK as a single before.

'The Winner Takes It All' I absolutely loved for decades and decades. Like many other songs on Abba Gold, I find them suffer from overplay and now I prefer their more obscure singles like 'The Day Before You Came', 'Head over Heels', 'Summer Night City' etc but no denying it's power and poignancy.

One of the most (out of many, many) depressing themes in modern politics is when even the most minimal attempts to reverse the undisputedly scientifically proven damage of climate heating is met with the most well funded aggressive, mendacious, non compliant reaction. What hope have we - the science and environment doesn't care about people's reaction. What kind of future are we providing for the next generation? Re: the London mayoral election, I note the Evening standard (owned by a Russian Tory donor) had on its cover the other day picture of Khan and Hall's profile with a headline saying that Susan Hall was closing the gap in Mayoral opinion polls. You would have assumed from the cover that it was neck and neck but it turned out that Khan was still NINETEEN points ahead and she had only reduced the gap by 7 points. So misleading like so much of our toxic, biased rubbish media.

Kate Bush! 'Babooshka' despite being one of her biggest hits isn't in my top tier of Kate singles but that's because she sets the bar so damn high. Great storyline though which predates the Tindr/Grindr phenomena of using fake profile to catch a cheating partner out by several decades. And oh my at that video! :o Despite being one of her biggest hits in the UK she never performed it live or on a TV promo here but a couple of interesting European TV performances exist on YouTube.

'Too Sweet' is my genre of music and I'm pleased for Hozier to get a big hit but I'm seeing it as a good but not amazing track. Not getting why this is stratospheric tbh - preferred 'Eat Your Young' tbh.

They can if they feature on someone else's songs but that be pretty damn rare to get the top 5. Sure Drake has had 4 or 5 concurrent top 40 entries in the past though.

She's doing really well to get 3 top 10s with not the most commercial sound and no features either. All very strong songs - 'Training Season' my favourite of the 3 although haven't heard this one enough.

And Natasha's version no doubt will hit the top 40 soon, potentially giving her 3 top 40 entries. Not on anyone's bingo card etc etc

I'll definitely be voting Sadiq Khan over Susan Hall in London and despite all the horrific abuse he gets, don't think he's got anything to worry about in terms or the result.

And more grim news - Iran has started to attack Israel (in retaliation for Israel striking the Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month) Really scary stuff.

Interesting! There was so much dark and mysterious music in the early 80s. I prefer it before it all went Live Aid/Stadium/Big superstars/Bright or whatever you want to call it. The Specials were really a great band (my pet peeve re: Too Much Too Young lyric notwithstanding) - so much more than their signature song which is coming next year. 'FunkyTown' was fun and futuristic. When I first heard it at the end of the 80s I absolutely loved it for several decades although kind of 'over it' now.

Yay for Kanye going to ACR - really not liking him having hits based on his persona. But so hope that Djo avoids it as seems too early- it's absolutely stunning!

Think this is probably the strongest top 10 for a very very long time - all 8+/10 tracks apart from Teddy Swims whose like 1/10 with his oversinging/croaking over a piss weak song.

Love Djo - such an earworm. Shame it never made top 3.

Lil Baby, Da Baby are both absolutely atrocious. Stop saying 'Pledge Your Allegiance' Jack - it's not even remotely funny!

Is it - this track seems to be doing well enough? Billboard no.1 too.

This is another cheap song - and such as step down in quality for Rudimental

Love 'Training Session' - slightly more than 'Houdini' although that was very good.

This song sounds fantastic - agreed! We do seem to be getting the better country charting high than the US. Although watch me eat my words when Morgan Wallen's comeback goes top 5 here... :unsure:

Oh NewEra gets a play - I really like this track, cheesy as it is.

Lovely hearing Pete Doherty on the radio!

I fear Clementine Douglas is becoming the new Becky Hill - and she has one of the worst voices on the planet. :puke2: