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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 18h

#thetwen2ie5 Honourable Mention 1

Song 51, the last to miss the list, mainly coz I had another by the same artist (so I’m picking it now to stop me forgetting and choosing it on the proper list later)

Slight, but fun

Olivia Rodrigo, So American (🇺🇸, 2024)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 19h

The school has very good links with industry, producers, venues etc (ironically including the Hootenanny pub in Brixton). So a good place for wannabe pop stars to go.

(And wannabe actors, dancers etc too. Annoyingly precocious kid from near us who went there is now in the theatre)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 19h

Whereas reality shows - eg Bake Off - will regularly have a European expat among the cast

Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 1d

It is for these purposes (though they claim otherwise)

Receipt of any form of “social protection”, which includes pensions, would get you kicked out. Or your income falling below £38k on a private pension. Or your spouse or child (inc a British one) ever getting maternity pay or child benefit

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 1d

There will absolutely be more

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 1d

#thetwen2ie5 day 25

Finishing the first part of two with a duet. Lovely blend of voices here

Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Like I Used To (🇺🇸, 2021)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 2d

Wonder if any British PM other than Lloyd George would be able to pronounce Llŷr?

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 2d

#thetwen2ie5 day 24

12- Point Bonus!!!

My favourite of the decade so far. The enthusiasm is absolutely undeniable

Sho Madjozi, Chale (🇿🇦, 2023)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 3d

Ospreys going for the eastern slot?

Swansea is closer to the Severn bridge than it is to St Davids, after all

Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 3d

Out of interest why are the people switching to Reform from other parties not also “tactical votes”?

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 3d

#thetwen2ie5 day 23

Lovely loping beats, clever lyrics and a very, very north London voice - have seen my daughter’s American and Aussie friends trying to copy her accent which is hilarious

Couldn’t have a 20s countdown without her

Little Simz, Gorilla (🇬🇧, 2023)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 4d

In a way, this is like complaining that China can build roads and railways more quickly than us: it’s much easier for them to do that in an autocracy with no effective checks on government

It’s just new to be thinking of the US that way

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 4d

Tbf, when I listened to the longlist, I was surprised how much I enjoyed hearing them. Having not given it a moment’s thought since about 1994

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 4d

#thetwen2ie5 day 22

Continuing to be basic with another massive global hit. Who’d have thought a song about feeling isolated and depressed and drinking too much would strike such a chord immediately after the pandemic?

Libianca, People (🇨🇲🇺🇸, 2023)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 5d

Although as they’re prepared to change the rules retrospectively, how much weight can you give their current position?

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 5d

The photo did get flagged for adult content!

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 5d

#thetwen2ie5 day 21

There was something in the water a couple of years back in west Africa

If feels like this borrows from Rema’s Calm Down and it feels like the Selena Gomez remix of that song borrows from this

Ayra Starr, Rush (🇧🇯🇳🇬, 2022)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 5d

Him or Jimmy Nail - who played a member of a gang doing slightly off-the-book jobs

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 6d

What?! Why would a journalist not want to talk with the people who know things?

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 6d

#thetwen2ie5 day 20

Doh, think this may be another ISC non-compliance - forgot about it as it was the featured rather than lead artist

Anyway, lovely tune that I think I probably heard when my son was playing FIFA

Sampa the Great ft Angélique Kidjo, Let Me Be Great (🇿🇲🇦🇺/🇧🇯🇫🇷, 2022)

ISC ❌ (5)

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh, this is good

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, it felt like there was quite an overlap between the two fanbases in our playground

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 7d

Simplest way is for Andrew to apply to be removed from the Roll of Peerages. Once that happens, the SoS is required to remove him from the Roll

From that point, Andrew “shall not be entitled to any precedence… or be addressed or referred to by any title attaching to his peerages”

www.college-of-arms.gov.uk

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 7d

Objections would be less of an issue whether personal or hybrid - an objection to these kinds of bills can only be heard if the interests of the objector are “specially and directly affected by the bill”

That seems really unlikely here - possibly only Fergie or the King would qualify

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Nick Evans @yetanothernick.bsky.social · 7d

It would be hybrid if promoted by Government

Otherwise it would be a ‘personal bill’ (subset of private bill) and would have to be promoted by Andrew as “one … of the parties principally concerned in the consequences of [the] bill”
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