Bob Collins

so when you're near me, darling, can't you hear me

This

When it first became an identifiable genre, goth was tagged 'positive punk' by the music press. Although I think the 'goth' tag came along soon after while the genre was still in its first pomp.

But also, arguably they are the two metal bands that people who 'don't like metal' like the most.

In 1963 if you'd asked the Supremes or the Beach Boys if they were making rock and roll music, they would have said yes.
If you'd asked the Beatles, they'd have said no -- they used to but didn't any more.
If you'd asked the Rolling Stones, they'd have told you to fuck off, they were R&B.

Not so much overrule. But if they don't like a Supreme Court ruling on what is and isn’t lawful they can propose a change to the law. Which is what they could and should have done in that other case.

If the Government feels the need to 'warn' us of anti-immigrant riots surely it needs to reassure us that it intends find and arrest those planning them, not tell us how they are going to pander to them. The idea that getting immigration numbers down or "under control" will calm these thugs is nuts

I genuinely think Probability and Statistics (more so than all other maths) should be in the top 5 compulsory subjects at all levels of schooling.

OK I get that you're arguing that their proscription for this action is in accordance with the law, not that the law is just.

Everything you say is an argument for a criminal conviction and a severe sentence. It's not an argument for them being deemed 'terrorist'.

Correct. You'd like to think that the election administrators would contact the signatories directly to verify that their nomination was genuine, even on a sample basis, but I don't know if they do.

Did anyone verify the ID of the signatories?

Very odd that ‘levelling the playing field’ has been adopted as the metaphor for equality of opportunity as teams typically change ends at half time to ensure fairness. There’s a dissertation to be written about what ‘changing ends’ would mean in society.

"From Mafeking to Stalin" - in bookshops now (or 7 min drive on Google maps)

In Chatham near where I live they were very inclusive in their choice of war heroes for this estate

Absolutely. The age beyond which it is impossible to imagine rock stars continuing to play has always tracked exactly with the current age of the oldest rock stars.

There's a clip of George Harrison in the 70s sveing asked if anyone can seriously be a rock star at over 35

I remember Ed Miliband doing that Russell B***d interview in 2015 and thinking they should be doing more things like that (but better obviously!)

It's on my list for sure

De La Soul as the 'Talulah Gosh of backpack hop-hop'! Makes sense to me 😀. Never noticed how indie these lyrics are.

Seven years since this gem on BBC News

Oasis v Blur, by Swansea Sound 2 track album

Maybe a definitive answer isn't necessary and you just need to make a cool little single about it

swanseasound.bandcamp.com/album/oasis-...

This. The most infuriating thing anyone can say about Thatcher is that 'at least she had a plan and stuck to it'. NO SHE DIDN'T. And 'she never u-turned'. YES SHE DID.

You can never emphasise this enough. AI makes shit up and gets shit wrong. And future AI will be 'learning' from its previous shit self. Not good.

I was at this gig and I have one of their singles. I believe they were from Portsmouth but I could be wrong (my band The Dentists also played on the 14th Dec)

I imagine this will be sufficient for all the Boris Johnson fans to now be convinced that Mamdani is a jolly good chap.

Or maybe not....

Of course the GPO tower must be woke - it was officially opened by Tony Benn after all!

"But the other part to it has a much harder edge, which is looking at the crowd and saying, ‘who should not be here?" 😲😲😲

Gee whiz