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According to The Times, some Tory MPs are considering resigning their seats if the proposed restrictions on second jobs for MPs limit their outside earnings substantially. Let's hope they are in seats the Lib Dems can win and that there are enough of them to relegate the Tories into third place in the Commons.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

This week's attempt to make the singles chart appear exciting, accompanied by some more interesting news on the albums chart, can be found from the front page or the latest news box.

Dream scenario - None of the Tory tabloid scare stories are true People who believed them and end up losing money sue the papers that spread the stories They win Purveyors of lies lose huge sums of money

That’s what Jenrick says now, but he has expressed more moderate views in the past. He could try and do a Starmer and resurrect his earlier views after winning. His problem is that it would be very easy for the right-wing nutjobs to call a vote of confidence if he did that. Even if he won that vote it would be damaging.

Roosevelt died shortly after being inaugurated for a fourth term, before the two-term limit was introduced. My question specifically related to Harris winning the election, so your question isn't relevant. It would simply mean Harris being sworn in a couple months early and, potentially serving just over eight years as president. If a VP becomes president in the second half of a presidential term, that time does not count towards the two-term limit. It is, theoretically, possible for someone to serve ten years as president.

If Harris wins, does anyone else think Biden might step down soon after the election?

Saturday 5th October Crystal Palace 1-3 Liverpool (12:30) Arsenal 2-0 Southampton Brentford 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City 1-2 AFC Bournemouth Manchester City 4-1 Fulham West Ham United 2-0 Ipswich Town Everton 0-2 Newcastle United (17:30) Sunday 6th October Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United (14:00) Chelsea 3-0 Nottingham Forest (14:00) Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (16:30)

More Tory hypocrisy on show today. In 2022, James 'Jimmy Dimly' Cleverley started negotiations on handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. There were eleven rounds of talks involving him and his successor David Cameron. The final two rounds of negotiations were with David Lammy. You don't have to be a genius to work out that Lammy will have inherited something close to a deal. Now that labour has finalised the deal, the Tories, including the very same Dimly (who just happens to be running for the party leadership) are outraged. If they really are outraged, that means they were negotiating in bad faith and never intended to reach a deal. Whatever the truth, they are being their usual dishonest selves with their friends in the press doing their bit to help them.

I know I'm slightly biased, but this is another great PSB album :wub:

This week's musings can be found from the front page or the latest news box.

Would you like to go to Ukraine and explain why you think Putin should be allowed to get away with his invasion? Do you really think he would stop at Ukraine if he is allowed to keep even part of the territory invaded since 2022?

So much of it is a fuss about nothing. It may change, but so far there is no suggestion that Waheed Alli (the main donor) has gained anything involving public money from his donations. In 2015, Cameron changed the rules so that ministers didn't have to declare gifts in the same way as other MPs. That meant that a minister attending an event didn't have to declare it, but their shadow attending the same event did have to declare it. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that the Leader of the Opposition was the MP who declared the highest value in gifts. The press are, inevitably, applying blatant double standards. Sarah Vine, for example, is trying to claim that Starmer is the most corrupt politician ever. She seems to have forgotten that, when she was Mrs Gove, she benefitted from many similar gifts. If the press somehow forces Starmer to resign, it's hard to see how any Labour PM will last for as much as a year as no Labour MP will ever be squeaky-clean enough to satisfy the mob. Tories, OTOH, will get away with almost anything. Their other motive is that it is now almost impossible for Labour to reopen the Leveson inquiry into the press as they will be accused of doing it to try to silence the press. Every Labour government faces a hostile press. If Starmer managed to broker ceasefire deals in every current war, he would be accused by the press of damaging the UK arms industry.

In a sane world, it wouldn't even be close. However, there are a lot of Americans who would never vote Democrat and others who have bought into the Trump cult (checks spelling) which means the lying orange blob of flesh could still win.

It's now no votes for them :P

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Richard Harris - MacArthur Park I know we've had some of them already, nut they are just too good not to play again.

Best The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun The Beatles - I Feel Fine Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Simon & Garfunkel - The SoundsOf Silence Worst SSgt Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets

Saturday 28th September Newcastle United 1-2 Manchester City (12:30) Arsenal 3-0 Leicester City Brentford 1-0 West Ham United Chelsea 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Everton 2-1 Crystal Palace Nottingham Forest 2-0 Fulham Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Liverpool (17:30) Sunday 29th September Ipswich Town 0-2 Aston Villa (14:00) Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (16:30) Monday 30th September AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Southampton (20:00)

This week's musings can be found from the front page or the latest news box.

The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann Donovan - Mellow Yellow The Seekers - Georgy Girl

SF2 is incredibly strong. Only six songs scored under 50 out of 100 :o

Best The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love Bobby Vinton - Blue Velvet The Chiffons - He's So Fine Lesley Gore - It's My Party The Tornados - Telstar Worst Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love) Sœur Sourire [aka The Singing Nun] - Dominique

They were amazing for the whole programme, particularly Nigel. He came agonisingly close to getting the 1970s one in round one. I got it, but I was following pop music at the time. He was a long way from being born, and it wasn't exactly a song that gets played much nowadays.