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If it stops a party as immorally liberal as the LibDems then I applaud that system. Today has proven once and for all that "Saint" Nick Clegg is perhaps a bigger idiot than the UKIP leader Nigel Farage except he is far less funny. Kim Jong-il torpedoes Nick Clegg's disarmament policy below the waterline By Gerald Warner World Last updated: April 22nd, 2010 Daily Telegraph.co.uk When you are president of the local chapter of Obamamania, preaching a Hope ’n’ Change doctrine and preparing to tell millions of television viewers “Let’s abolish all our horrid nuclear weapons and turn the scrap metal into wind turbines, then we’ll see what nice guys all these foreign dictators whose languages I speak like a native really are”, the last thing you want to hear is that North Korea’s leading (and only) gourmet, Kim Jong-il, has slammed a torpedo into a South Korean warship and sent it to the bottom, along with 46 crew members. It somehow discredits the Unilateral Disarmament You Can Believe In message that Nick Clegg has been trying to get across. Even bearded peaceniks pull their duffel-coats more tightly around them and shudder at this momentary glimpse of the one terrain that has rigorously been excluded from this election campaign, whether in economics or defence: the Real World. It is obvious that the South Korean and American governments obscured the fact that a Communist torpedo had sunk the South Korean corvette Cheonan, back on 26 March, for fear of provoking a furious reaction. The Blue House, the seat of power in Seoul, is struggling to confect a response; the White House, the seat of impotence under the benign rule of President Pantywaist, is empty because His Hopeandchangefulness prefers to spend his time these days on the golf course. PR managers have finally reluctantly recognised that a “fire in the engine room” does not account for a 1,200-tonne warship being cut in two. Kim Jong-il, for his part, has just made the same intoxicating discovery that Adolf Hitler relished as he drove through cheering crowds in Prague: the more extravagant the provocation, the greater the immunity from retaliation by peace-loving democracies. But the vessel that is now taking on water is Her Majesty’s PM-in-Waiting Clegg: his heavy list to port on defence matters may scuttle his hopes tonight. If there is no demonstrable threat to Britain at the moment to which Trident is the response, that is an irrelevant consideration. A good defence policy is not predicated upon present danger, but on what may threaten 10, 20, 30 or even 50 years from now. With Iran pursuing nuclear armaments undeterred, North Korea openly seeking war, anti-Western terrorist groups becoming ever more sophisticated and hell-bent on going nuclear, we would be insane to disarm. So impenetrable is the future that the crazies already named will almost certainly be replaced by even more menacing forces such as we cannot presently conceive, to which Trident might well be the only deterrent. We can take nothing for granted, not even continuing American hegemony. David Cameron’s gaffe allusion to China in the first televised debate could turn out, in a future where the present leadership of that nuclear state is supplanted by warlordism or heaven knows what unpredictable forces, to be accidentally prescient. Of course, what will actually exercise the television audience and media commentators will not be realpolitik, but the colour of Clegg’s tie, the look of Dave’s hair and which hominid in the palaeontological pantheon Gordon most resembles as he knuckle-trails his way through Britain’s foreign policy. For those viewers of a more thoughtful disposition, however, it is Clegg’s nudist defence policy that has been torpedoed below the waterline by Kim Jong-il. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the day that North Korea has sunk a South Korean military boat killing all 46 crew; the LibDems Unilateral disarmament policy is grossly offensively to my morality. Furthermore, having heard about the newspaper headlines regarding his holier than thou attitude with regards to the Churchill War effort against the tyranny of Nazi Germany. Where in a Guardian interview in 2002 he regarded Winston Churchill as a war criminal for the bombing of Dresden; and that the UK atrocities were worse than Germany. Because hey the British tried to exterminate an entire religious race (of six million Jews) didn't they. :rolleyes: And hearing about his appearance on Radio 1 where with one of the more irrelevant questions he backed the radical Islamic Clerics rights to be grossly offended by this week's 200th episode of South Park which showed the prophet Mohammed disguised in a cuddly teddy bear costume which has resulted in a Fatwa being launched against creators Matt Stone & Trey Parker by an Iranian cleric. If Clegg and his bunch of lefties gets their way the UK would be reduced to sending stern letters to any tinpot dictator that decided to flex his muscles. His alternative of course is his paymasters in Brussels. But the EU (of which Clegg is of course a fully paid up and £450K pension holding member) would not even do that…much too provocative. What if someone got upset? Is that really the best future for Britain? If I had a choice between voting UKIP, BNP or LibDem, then voting LibDem would definitely be my distant last choice. :angry:

OK, here are the last three tracks I'm planning on posting tonight: 143 100 101 X X Evanescence - My Immortal 4.730 142 X 164 X X Pink - U & Ur Hand 4.737 141 192 X X X Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending 4.758 Amy Lee's classic gothic power ballad falls 43 places from its peak reached last year; Pink re enters the Top 200 with this I'm Not Dead track; and Canada's Avril Lavigne has her final appearance on this chart countdown with a 51 place climber.

146 162 53 107 182 Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River 4.676 145 X X X X Brandy - What About Us? 4.676 144 185 X 83 157 Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up 4.703 JT spends his fifth year in this countdown with this track from his debut album Justified; Brandy debuts in the chart for the first time with this track, produced by Darkchild; and Black Eyed Peas continue to bounce back up the countdown with this track from their break through second album (and the first to feature Fergie).

149 X X X X Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger 4.630 148 57 93 113 138 Destiny’s Child - Lose My Breath 4.667 147 X 52 X 120 Girls Aloud - Love Machine 4.667 French dance outfit Daft Punk debut on the Top 200 with the track sampled to great affect by Kanye West; Destiny's Child make it five years on the bounce for this track; and Girls Aloud continue the pattern of in-out-in-out-in with the Xenomania penned jaunty Love Machine.

152 X 41 42 51 Melanie C ft Lisa Lopes - Never Be The Same Again 4.593 151 X X 196 167 Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick 4.594 TuPBCCF2Bvw 150 X 63 116 X Justin Timberlake ft Timbaland - SexyBack 4.605 The former Sporty Spice makes her second of two appearances on the countdown with her first UK#1 hit single featuring the late great TLC rapper; "the Welsh warbler" re-enters after a two year absence, maybe her judging on BBC's I'd Do Anything (which suggests from her very impressive critiquing of vocal techniques, etc showing she is well and truly over qualified to be a judge on X-Factor :lol:) have helped raise her profile; and the former 'N'Sync member returns to the countdown with this Prince sounding track.

155 64 73 82 X Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy 4.593 154 X 96 X X Destiny's Child - Say My Name 4.593 153 X 65 X X Melanie C - I Turn To You 4.593 Britney's 2nd UK#1 hit single drops 91 places; Destiny's Child return to the countdown with this track after a year's absence; and (now West End star, as well as former Spice Girl) Melanie C's second solo UK#1 hit re-enters this Top 200 also after a year's absence.

158 149 76 170 72 Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again 4.519 157 X X X X AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls – Jai Ho! 4.528 156 128 140 X X Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry 4.538 Britney appears with one of her nine entries in the Top 200, this track making its fifth consecutive appearance; the excellent AR Rahman collaboration with Nicole Schwerzinger - do the others sing on this track at all? the Pussycat Dolls debuts inside the Top 200 with this Slumdog Millionaire track; and Fergie cries slightly as her solo ballad track drops 28 places.

161 X X X X Beverley Knight - Come As You Are 4.485 160 X X X X MGMT - Time To Pretend 4.485 159 X X X X Alphabeat - Fascination 4.515 Three new entries. Both UK soul diva Beverley Knight and alternative dance/rockers MGMT each have one other song to follow; but Alphabeat make their sole entry on the chart with their spirited 1980s styled pop song that is a bit of a rip off of Kenny Loggins - Footloose IMHO

164 120 X X X Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 4.455 163 X X X X Chemical Brothers - Galvanize 4.469 162 X X X X Jamelia - Something About You 4.474 Predictably Kings of Leon suffer from a slight decline; whilst UK acts The Chemical Brothers and Jamelia enter the Top 200 for the first time with these respective tracks.

167 72 59 33 99 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 4.444 166 73 27 X X Nelly Furtado - All Good Things 4.447 165 X X 161 133 Will Young - Your Game 4.455 Country star LeAnn Rimes falls out of the Top 100 for the first time; Nelly Furtado suffers from a rapid decline in popularity compared to the previous two years; and Will Young re enters the Top 200 with this track after a two year absence.

170 X X X X Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 4.424 169 195 X 114 130 Gorillaz - Dare 4.438 168 85 184 X X Coldplay - Trouble 4.444 (Effectively), one hit wonder Sam Sparro makes a very respectable #170; the Gorillaz featuring vocals by Shaun Ryder spends its 4th out of 5 years on this Top 200; and Coldplay suffer another heavy drop from last year.

173 140 X X X Brandy - Afrodisiac 4.424 172 X X X X Keane - Bedshaped 4.424 171 32 X X X P!nk - So What 4.424 Brandy falls slightly, but she has another track to come; Keane debut with the first of only two tracks on the countdown; and Alicia Moore's chart-topping single has the unenvied distinction of being the largest faller on this year's countdown down 139 places!

176 90 162 141 X All Saints - Rock Steady 4.395 175 71 105 92 X Avril Lavigne - I'm With You 4.405 174 X X X X Pussycat Dolls - Buttons 4.421 Two large falls for two acts who have two songs on the Top 200 countdown; and the Pussycat Dolls make their first of three appearances with a song that could be about the lead singer's boyfriend's team-mate! :lol:

179 X X X X Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 4.368 178 X X X X Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog 4.368 177 184 197 167 X Destiny's Child - Bootylicious 4.370 The only appearance for UK soul singer Corinne Bailey Rae who has returned with a new album this year; Jamelia makes her first of three appearances with a track that samples Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus; and the first of four Destiny's Child tracks with a track that samples Stevie Nicks Edge Of Seventeen early 1980s USA hit single.

182 141 43 30 X Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight 4.353 181 X X X X Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 4.361 180 198 X X X Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 4.364 Kylie continues her slide in popularity on this countdown; Calvin Harris makes his only entry on this chart; and the first of eight appearances by the Popstars: The Rivals formed girlgroup.

185 X X X X Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes 4.324 184 144 X X X Dannii Minogue - You Won't Forget About Me 4.333 183 X X X X Duffy - Mercy 4.333 Sisters' Kylie & Dannii make their first of just two and three entries respectively; whilst Welsh songstress Duffy debuts on the countdown with her only entry in this chart with this retro Northern Soul inspired UK chart topper.

188 68 196 85 11 Coldplay - Yellow 4.296 187 X X X X Tomcraft - Loneliness 4.297 186 79 83 125 38 Coldplay - In My Place 4.324 A classic dance anthem makes its first ever appearance on the countdown in between two Coldplay tracks from their first and second albums which have each plummeted over 100 places.

191 X X X X Jordin Sparks – Battlefield 4.250 190 190 64 37 124 Moulin Rouge (C.Ag, Pink, Lil Kim, Mya & Ms Elliott) - Lady Marmalade 4.259 189 X X X X Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm 4.282 Jordin Sparks makes her first of two appearances on this countdown; the Moulin Rouge single makes its 5th consecutive appearance; and Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys make just their first of only two appearances.

194 X 80 151 177 Madonna - Music 4.222 193 97 X X X Leona Lewis - Better In Time 4.242 192 X X X X Royksopp ft Robyn - The Girl & The Robot 4.250 Madonna's 2000 chart topper re enters the Top 200; Leona Lewis drops 96 places; and a fantastic track that got nowhere near the UK charts from 2009 reaches this Top 200 countdown.

197 X X X X Zero 7 - Destiny 4.185 INn1C6ImJKg 196 196 113 X X Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse – Valerie 4.205 195 X X 193 X Black Eyed Peas - My Humps 4.219 This batch of three sees a fantastic chill out record make its first ever Top 200 appearance; the first of three appearances of the irratically brilliant Amy Wino; and the first of 5 appearances by the Black Eyed Peas who love their lady lumps.

I'll be counting these down in groups of three: 2010 Position (2009-2008-2007-2006 Position) Artist - Song Title - Pts Average 200 X X X X James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings 4.167 199 X 120 X X Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena – Out Of Control (Song 4 Mutya) 4.179 198 X X 146 186 Eve & Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind 4.185 The countdown starts off with the first appearance of everyone's favourite Canadian/Portuguese female singer; a former member of the Sugababes; and the duet between a member of No Doubt and a sometimes cameo actress in Glee.

As a recap here are the Top 10 Results of the Previous Record Of The Decade contests which has seen four different winners in four years: 2006 1st Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 2nd Kylie Minogue - Cant Get You Out Of My Head 3rd Shakira - Whenever Wherever 4th Oasis - Dont Look Back In Anger 5th Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 6th Britney Spears - Toxic 7th Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 8th Will Young - Leave Right Now 9th No Doubt - Don't Speak 10th Madonna - Frozen 2007 1 No Doubt - Don't Speak 2 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 3 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 4 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 5 Robbie Williams - Angels 6 Britney Spears - Toxic 7 Pink – Just Like A Pill 8 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 9 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 10 Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 2008 1 Britney Spears - Toxic 2 Nelly Furtado – Say It Right 3 Kylie Minogue Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 4 Shakira – Whenever Wherever 5 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 6 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 7 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 8 Spice Girls - Viva Forever 9 Madonna - Frozen 10 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 2009 1 Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 2 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 3 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 4 Britney Spears - Toxic 5 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 6 Girls Aloud - Biology 7 Lady GaGa - Just Dance 8 Nelly Furtado – Say It Right 9 Sugababes – About You Now 10 Girls Aloud – Call The Shots