Week 14 update
Two deaths this week. Up first, Japanese musician Ryuchi Sakamoto: Ryuichi Sakamoto obituary | Music | The Guardian
I was reading about Sakamoto after he died and I haven't knowingly heard of any of these films or music. After looking up Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence I'm still getting nothing. Here's what his name means to me.
Sakamoto died at 71, so he's worth 54 Base Points for @Aim Here, @Donathan, @JustOneCornetto and @Savage Henry.
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Second death this week was former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson: Nigel Lawson obituary | Politics past | The Guardian
Let's see:
Thatcher's chancellor
Leave voter
"His main interest, however, was a campaign to counter the case for global heating. He set up a thinktank, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, designed to challenge international attempts to mitigate the impacts of global heating. Lawson claimed that economic growth should not be slowed down to prevent a possible eventuality, but that policy should be made pragmatically in response to what had already happened."
Called his daughter "Nigella"
Hmm. Lawson died at 91 so he's worth 34 Base Points for @HTG, @Oystercatcher and @tamthebam.
As a result of these, the standings look like this:
1. JustOneCornetto 309
2. The Naitch 208
3. Arbroathlegend36-0 198
4. buddiepaul 194
5. LoonsYouthTeam 187
6. psv_killie 185
7. peasy23 165
8. The DA 153
9. Desp, Ned Nederlander 151
11. Karpaty Lviv 145
12. Sweaty Morph 140
13. get_the_subbies_on 138
14. Arabdownunder, Bully Wee Villa, cdhafc1874, D.V.T., Frosty, HK Hibee, Mark Connolly, microdave, qos_75, throbber, weirdcal 134
25. Donathan 121
26. tamthebam 111
27. Arch Stanton, Ludo*1, mozam76 101
30. Aim Here 97
31. Miguel Sanchez 87
32. George Cowley, Billy Jean King, Indale Winton, sparky88 84
36. ICTJohnboy 69
37. paulathame 68
38. atfccfc, chomp my root, DG.Roma, Fuctifano, gkneil, HI HAT, lichtgilphead, Lofarl, lolls, Michael W, pub car king, The_Craig, thistledo 67
51. Oystercatcher 65
52. sleazy 55
53. Savage Henry 54
54. HTG 34
55. Bodie, Melanius Mullarkay, Suspect Device 32
58. amnarab, choirbairn, Derry Alli, expatowner, stanton 31
63. Everyone else 0
The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing