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No, he does look a lot like Yeltsin. I hadn't noticed before. It is widely assumed the Heath was gay as he never married but he was in power well before homosexuality was accepted, or even legal at the start of his career. I assume we have some openly gay politicians but offhand I can't think of any...

Yep, this is soccer. Mactep is on Rugby Union.

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Available tonight on my telly: Monday 3 August: Red Bull Leipzig v Greuther Furth - 7.15pm (BT Sport Europe). It is very wrong to support a team who wear green but sometimes needs must.

Another Tory named, the biggest one yet.

Not Bond, and not set in Spain/Portugal come to that.

I can't get a photo of it but Imagine this dam shot from below with the spillways open.

The Rangers/Ross County/Hertha/Fürth cumulative season record: Played 4, won 3, drawn 0, lost 1. I would be obliged if others would update this when I forget. Fürth play tonight. Expectations for the season: Rangers should win most of their games as they are a division below where they should be and...

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And Lianachan's mob blew our perfect record. They were away to the best team in the country but still.

Bravo! It's new to me too.

Wow those are brilliant, but what does the guy in the back of the Hanomag say? I'm guessing it refers back to the start.

[sad bloke mode] Not all the 109s should have yellow noses and I'm not sure that model of Panzer II was . . . ok, I'll stop now and go and get a life. [/sad bloke mode]

[tedious Fife aside]Is KY996 berthed at Pittenweem?[/tedious Fife aside]

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That is excellent, and well timed sir!

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Lianachan seems terribly coy about naming the film so I will shamelessly jump in with "Funeral in Berlin".

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We've missed a few but jumping to today:

30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.

D'oh!

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Splendidly Bondian!

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