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antaxzantax · 4 months ago

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Umbrella Pharmaceuticals - Chapter 62

Summary:

Albert Wesker becomes captain of the STARS. Alexia Ashford and William Birkin begin development of a new virus for Oswell E. Spencer.

Brian Irons cleared his throat as he entered the meeting room. Those present crowded in a circle around the chief of police.

“Gentlemen, meet Albert Wesker,” said Irons with a blond man at his back.

The blond man stood to his full height.

“Pleased to meet you,” he said succinctly.

“Wesker has been elected captain of the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team. Wesker has a military background and has worked as security chief in the private sector. Behave and obey his orders as if he were your father.”

The assistants looked at him curiously. Albert looked at them with cautious indifference.

“Wesker, meet the members of Alpha team: Jill Valentine, Barry Burton, Chris Redfield, Joseph Frost and Brad Vickers. And the members of Bravo Team: Captain Enrico Marini, Richard Aiken, Kenneth J. Sullivan, Forest Speyer, Edward Deway, Kevin Dooley and Rebecca Chambers.”

Albert nodded to them all and shook their hands.

“With this, both teams are complete. We expect routine operations to begin next week. Until then, stay tuned.”

He was doing this as a personal favour to Spencer.

Spencer asked him frankly: the chaos unleashed by Alexia Ashford and William Birkin in Raccoon City had prompted heightened security in the county, and the arrival of a flood of curious onlookers roaming the city to uncover the perpetrators of the most horrific attack on American soil to date.

One of these reinforcements emerged by federal order at the Raccoon City police station: the STARS, a special operations SWAT team. The problem was not the RPD, but that this kind of special teams became fashionable and served as a precedent for the organisation of new ones. And the larger the police force in Raccoon City, the greater the likelihood that one of them, for whatever reason, would discover something they shouldn't have.

Umbrella concentrated its most successful projects in that city, and Spencer had invested a great deal of capital in making it that way; so, he was not happy about being undermined.

Albert agreed because Spencer, his target, had asked him in person. He saw him again: a sickly, badly aged old man, who had lost none of the fire in his mischievous gaze.

Spencer had a plan, but he wouldn't tell him. He probably hadn't told anyone.

In any case, he didn't care because he had accomplished his main objective.

Now he had to find out what that plan was.

“Alfred.” His fiancée called out to him in Dutch from the balcony. “Why aren't you coming? What are you doing?”

Alfred got up from the armchair where he had been talking on the phone. He went out onto the balcony, where he hugged his fiancée's hip.

“I'm sorry, darling. I was on the phone.” Alfred kissed Liv's neck.

The breeze off the Mediterranean Sea ruffled her hair so that Alfred ended up with a lock of it in his mouth. He slapped it away, a gesture that amused Liv, and for which she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

“Who was that?” Liv asked, leaning against Alfred's shoulder.

“My father.”

“And what did he want?”

“We have to push back our wedding date.”

Liv raised her eyebrows and looked at Alfred in simultaneous surprise and sympathy.

“Why? What's wrong?”

Alfred hugged Liv and kissed her on the head.

“He wants me to be by his side in Edonia to accomplish our mission,” Alfred whispered contentedly.

Liv increased the strength of her embrace.

“It's all right. Just come home, okay? I love you.”

Alfred stroked her back.

“Promise me you'll always be by my side,” Liv murmured.

“I never break a promise,” Alfred replied.

Simmons passed him a clipboard with the latest NATO report.

“We're in position, sir.”

Alexander handed the clipboard back. He had dressed in half a military uniform for the occasion.

His father's dream.

Alexander readjusted his flak jacket and walked over to the board with information on NATO troop positions and rebel army areas.

A Western-funded coup had provoked a civil war in the country to depose the government elected after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In exchange for its participation and Umbrella's involvement, it had been promised the privilege of enjoying a monopoly when its reconstruction began. However, that was a secondary benefit.

He had come in person to witness the realisation of his father's dream, and he wanted his son to accompany him to share in the realisation of that dream.

The biological weapons were ready to be deployed and to fulfil Alexander's defined objective: total annihilation.

The country would burn to the ground, and so the Ashfords, the Stuarts, would manifest their might: with death and fear, just as their ancestors had done.

And, of course, without the danger of mutually assured destruction.

He curled up on the mattress thrown on the floor that served as his bed. Packages of ready-made food clumped around him, and the television had long since ceased to broadcast anything that was static.

He had disappeared.

He had cancelled himself out after that.

The Incident, as he called it, had wiped him out inside, and he decided it was best to disappear for good.

He was a monster.

That was what he had never wanted to admit: that he was a monster. For this reason, he would never be reunited with his family.

He would never see Sherry again.

It became clear to him when he was with the twins in Scotland, after the Incident. The shrinks were honest with him: he was a sociopath. He was a dangerous individual, full of hatred and contempt for human life.

He believed he was a good, functioning citizen, but that was a lie.

You took the job, Alexia's voice sounded in the distance. No one forced you to do what you did.

She was right.

No one forced him, and that's why he was a despicable being.

A monster.

He didn't want to go back to Umbrella.

He didn't want to exist anymore.

He was a parody, a shadow of his former self.

His parents would have forgotten him, if he really had parents.

Wood creaked.

Footsteps.

William didn't bother to raise his head or move. He didn't feel like doing anything.

Whoever it was, he hoped it would put him out of his misery.

“William.”

William shivered. That voice.

Alexia.

Alexia sat in a lone cheap chair she'd picked up from a corner. Alexia's neat, regal appearance contrasted with William's grimy decadence.

“William. I need you.”

William sank his head into the pillow, pretending not to hear her words.

“William. I promised Spencer that you and I would develop a virus just for him.”

“You can do it on your own...”

“No. I need you. It'll be the best virus ever developed with the Progenitor. We'll use Spencer as a test subject.”

William sank his head further into the pillow. He didn't answer.

“Our latest project at Umbrella,” Alexia continued.

William pushed himself off the pillow to breathe normally.

“I'm not going back,” William said.

“You want to,” Alexia said. “I know you do.”

“I don't...”

“Spencer is planning his departure from Umbrella. The virus in exchange for a mutually beneficial exit. My father would take over management of the corporation. Spencer would step down to stay on as owner. Both would step down as chairman and CEO. My father and Spencer have offered me to be the new CEO, but I have no desire to remain at Umbrella.”

William curled up on the mattress.

“I'm going to start my own company, and I want you to join me,” Alexia said.

William's hair stood up.

“No limits. No superiors. Just you and me in front of the world.”

William remembered the penthouse of the skyscraper. Alexia pressed the button without the slightest sign of disturbance or regret. He missed the shot on purpose.

“What do you want from me?”

“To possess you.”

William was unable to discern whether Alexia had actually said that or dreamt it. William sat up on the mattress.

“What does Spencer want...”

“To be a god.”

“God...”

“A biological weapon. A superman.”

“How do the X-Men...”

Alexia handed him a folded piece of paper.

“Monday at five o'clock at that address.”

Alexia got up from her chair and left. William unfolded the paper: Raccoon City Underground Laboratory.

“What will your company be called?” Alfred asked.

“I don't know.”

“Can I be the one to name it?”

Alexia shrugged.

“I'll see what I can come up with.” Alfred stroked his sister's thigh affectionately. “I'm so happy for you. After all you've been through, you're finally happy.”

Alexia stroked Alfred's hand.

“I'm not sure if it's happiness, but I don't feel so... so lost.”

“It is. I'm sure it is.”

“I've gone to get William. I'll see him at the lab next week.”

Alfred looked serious.

“Are you really going to do that favour for Oswell?”

“Yes. It'll be a first step.”

“And then what?”

“I don't know. I can't predict what will happen, Alfred.”

“I don't believe you.”

Alexia sighed.

“I don't know,” she repeated.

“Don't leave me.”

Alfred and Alexia looked at each other.

“I won't,” Alexia replied.

She felt like Gregory Samsa on the worst day of his life. In a handful of days, in a very few years, she had gone from being the heiress of a wealthy American rancher to the legitimate daughter of the world's first billionaire.

Alexandra Spencer.

Her British passport, obtained by Spencer as a personal favour to Anthony Campbell, made her giddy. She was unprepared, she told herself, but her actions said otherwise.

She had become her biological father's right-hand woman, and she felt unpleasantly overwhelmed and unstoppable. That was power, real power. Yet she couldn't help feeling strange, as if she herself was her own stranger.

She compensated for this inconsistency by fixating on her father, who had begun to be strangely friendly with his bastard daughter.

Oswell told her of his plan.

And she felt the power again, the real power.

But first, she had to plan her father's resignation and his agreement with Alexia. Alexander accepted Spencer's word without buts: the two men had tacitly agreed that this was the end of their long and individually fruitful partnership. What Spencer did with the virus developed by Alexia was none of his business; once the partnership was broken, it would be as if the two families had never worked together.

Oswell trusted his daughter, and it was that trust that she used as a guide.

But how long, and how long would she trust Oswell? And what about the virus? Would it be possible to use the Progenitor virus to become a god?

Would metamorphosis be possible?

Oswell signed the final memorandum detailing his plan for the last five years of the last decade of the 20th century.

The goal was clear: maximise Umbrella's profits to retire in style. His strategy: war, cost-cutting and exponentially increasing productivity.

He would retire as the greatest man on Earth before embarking on his new journey.

Alexander would not stand in the way. He owed it to him.

Spencer held up a photo: Edward Ashford, James Marcus and himself posing at the Ndipaya shrine.

“I'll see you in the Beyond.”

He tossed the photograph into the flames of the fireplace.

#resident evil #albert wesker #alexia ashford #alfred ashford #alexander ashford #william birkin #oswell e spencer #alex wesker

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frederickjones · 2 years ago

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𝓜ʸˢ𝙏𝙀ᴿ𝘠 𝐈𝐍𝐂. ˚ 〜 ₊ ✿ ˖ 𝙰𝙲𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙳𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙾 𝙿𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻𝙸𝚉𝙴𝙳 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽.

Fᴿᴱᴰ... (i) 1. the virgin suicides (1999) dir. sofia coppola 2. society (1989) dir. brian yuzna 3. the evil dead (1981) dir. sam raimi 4. a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master (1988) dir. renny harlin 5. the burning (1981) dir. tony maylam 6. the breakfast club (1985) dir. john hughes 7. twin peaks (tv, 1990-2017) 8. ryan phillippe 9. mark-paul gosselaar 10. scream (2022) dir. matt bettinelli-olpin, tyler gillett 11. the loved ones (2009) dir. sean byrne 12. beetlejuice (1988) dir. tim burton 13. the x files (tv, 1993-2018) 14. martin solveig feat. dragonette - boys & girls 15. back to the old house - the smiths 16. scooby doo 2: monsters unleashed (2004) dir. raja gosnell

Vᴱᴸᴹᴬ... (ii) 1. mirror mirror (1990) dir. marina sargenti 2. vampire in brooklyn (1995) dir. wes craven 3. kilo kish 4. detention (2011) dir. joseph kahn 5. cherry falls (2000) dir. geoffrey wright 6. the scream, 1893 by edvard munch 7. the breakfast club (1985) dir. john hughes 8. scooby doo 2: monsters unleashed (2004) script by james gunn 9. a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master (1988) dir. renny harlin 10. bones (2001) dir. ernest dickerson 11. le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain (2001) dir. jean-pierre jeunet 12. the craft (1996) dir. andrew fleming 13. ghost world (2001) dir. terry zwigoff 14. susie searches (2023) dir. sophie kargman

Sᴴᴬᴳᴳʸ... (iii) 1. clueless (1995) dir. amy heckerling 2. detention (2011) dir. joseph kahn 3. hereditary (2018) dir. ari aster 4. basket case (1982) dir. frank henenlotter 5. smiley face (2007) dir. gregg araki 6. unicorn kid - boys of paradise 7. heath ledger 8. the new radicals - you've been brainwashed too 9. narrow head - ash tray 10. go (1999) dir. doug liman

Dᴬᴾᴴᴺᴱ... (iv) 1. the virgin suicides (1999) dir. sofia coppola 2. hope sandoval 3. death proof (2007) dir. quentin tarantino 4. go (1999) dir. doug liman 5. scooby doo 2: monsters unleashed (2004) dir. raja gosnell 6. fiona apple 7. britney spears 8. hole - miss world 9. frankenhooker (1990) dir. frank henenlotter 10. texas chainsaw massacre: the next generation (1995) dir. kim henkel 11. jawbreaker (1999) dir. darren stein 12. clueless (1995) dir. amy heckerling 13. vivian girls - take it as it comes 14. juno (2007) dir. jason reitman 15. skins (tv, 2007-2013)

NONMUTUALS DO NOT REBLOG ✿

#TBT.#edits.#(heavy panting... and breathing....) its done... its finally done.#some of these references are more aesthetic based than anything else some of them are ridiculously cornplate but we move #general layout vibe inspo goes 2 sylvia on her laura palmer and the way i laid out the caption ib levi gothmite #anyways. ANYWAYS. my kids. my little ocs with a canon skin/overlay....#my fav detail are their little song recs hehe...........

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kingkenzieofmold · 2 years ago

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My Resident Evil x The Henry Stickmin Collection Crossover Cast.

Feel free to disagree with me as I was trying to fill roles by who I would think would fit into whose role within the games! So feel free to disagree with me or say who you would rather cast! Enjoy my weird combinations of my biggest hyper fixations!<3

This is casting from Resident Evil: Zero to Resident Evil 4 as this was as far as I got in casting-

Resident Evil 0

Rebecca Chambers Cool Katie

Billy Coen Billy G.

Dr. James Marcus Dr. Vinschpinsilstien

Dr. William Birkin Right Hand Man

Dr. Albert Wesker Reginald Copperbottom

Captain Enrico Marini Terrance Suave

Resident Evil

Chris Redfield Rupert Price

Jill Valentine Dave Panpa

Barry Burton Johnny Panzer

Rebecca Chambers Cool Katie

Albert Wesker Reginald Copperbottom

Richard Aiken Randy Radman

Brad Vickers Chad Hansen

Enrico Marini Terrance Suave

Kenneth J. Sullivan Jaques Kensington

Joseph Frost Sir Willford IV

Forest Speyer Reynaldo the brute

Female Newscaster Alice Hamilton

Resident Evil 2

Leon Scott Kennedy Henry Stickmin

Claire Redfield Ellie Rose

Ada Wong Earrings

Sherry Birkin Sven Svensson

William Birkin Right Hand Man

Annette Birkin Carol Cross

Brian Irons/Robert Kendo Mr. Macbeth

Marvin Branagh/Ben Bertolucci General Galeforce

Resident Evil 3

Jill Valentine Dave Panpa

Carlos Oliveira Jacob Rose

Nikolai Zinoviev Dmitri Johannes Petrov

Mikhail Viktor Grigori Olyat

Tyrell Patrick Kurt Dietrich

Nemesis CCC Robot

Resident Evil 4

Leon Scott Kennedy Henry Stickmin

Ashley Graham Victoria Grit

Ada Wong Earrings

Luis Serra Navarro Ted Adam

Ingrid Hunnigan Hat Girl

Ramón Salazar Captain H. J. Canterbury

Bitores Méndez Major Hershell Panzer

Jack Krauser Charles Calvin

Osmund Saddler Mayor Fredrickson

Merchant Mysterious Voyager

Mike Quentin Alabaster

#the henry stickmin collection #henry stickmin collection #henry stickmin au #thsc au #thsc #resident evil #resident evil au #resident evil 1 #resident evil 2 #resident evil 3 #resident evil 4

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my-chaos-radio · 10 months ago

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Release: July 15, 2016

Lyrics:

Did you ever want it?

Did you want it bad?

Oh my, it tears me apart

Did you ever fight it?

All of the pain

So much pride

Running through my veins

Bleeding, I'm bleeding!

My cold little heart

Oh I, I can't stand myself

And I know in my heart

In this cold heart

I can live or I can die

I believe if I just try

You believe in you and I

In you and I

Did you ever notice

I've been ashamed?

All my life

I've been playing games

We can try to hide it

It's all the same

I've been losing you

One day at a time

Bleeding, I'm bleeding!

My cold little heart

Oh I, I can't stand myself

And I know in my heart

In this cold heart

I can live or I can die

I believe if I just try

You believe in you and I

In my heart, in this cold heart

I can live or I can die

I believe if I just try

You believe in you and I

In you and I

Maybe this time I can be strong

But since I know who I am

I'm probably wrong

Songwriter:

Maybe this time I can go far

Thinking about where I've been

Ain't helping me start

Brian Joseph Burton / Michael Samuel Kiwanuka / Dean Cover

AlbumFacts:

👉📖

Homepage:

Michael Kiwanuka

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movies-to-add-to-your-tbw · 10 months ago

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Title: Treasure Planet

Rating: PG

Director: Ron Clements, John Musker

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, Emma Thompson, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Dane A. Davis, Michael Wincott, Laurie Metcalf, Roscoe Lee Browne, Patrick McGoohan, Corey Burton, Michael McShane, Tony Jay, Austin Majors, Jack Angel, Bob Bergen

Release year: 2002

Genres: fantasy, science fiction, adventure

Blurb: When troublemaker Jim Hawkins discovers a map to the intergalactic loot of a thousand worlds, a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms...but Silver isn't everything he seems.

#treasure planet #pg #ron clements #john musker #joseph gordon levitt #brian murray #emma thompson #david hyde pierce #martin short #2002 #fantasy #science fiction #adventure

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medium-observation · 2 years ago

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November Release

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

October 31, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Isabella Esler (Lydia Deetz), Megan McGinnis (Barbara Maitland), Will Burton (Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Lexie Dorsett Sharp (u/s Miss Argentina), Abe Goldfarb (Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Kris Roberts (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout), Lee N Price (Ensemble), Eric Anthony Johnson (s/w Ensemble), Haley Fish (Ensemble), Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua (Ensemble), Sean McManus (Ensemble), Katie Lombardo (s/w Ensemble), Trevor Michael Schmidt (Ensemble), Corben Williams (Ensemble)

Notes:

Good capture of Halloween! This was filmed on the aisle so you can see some people getting up and walking around at times. LOTS of latecomers during ready set I had to get up to let people into the row, so there is no video there. The guy in front of me wouldn't stop moving so his head can come in and out of frame at times but it's always worked around.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1KLh

Video is $20

Mean Girls - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 26, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Natalie Shaw (Cady Heron), Maya Petropoulos (Regina George), Kristen Amanda Smith (Gretchen Wieners), MaryRose Brendel (Karen Smith), Alexys Morera (Janis Sarkisian), Ethan Jih-Cook (Damian Hubbard), Joseph Torres (Aaron Samuels), Shawn Mathews (Kevin Gnapoor), Kristen Seggio (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), Justin Phillips (Principal Duvall), Justin O'Brien (Mr. Heron), Justin O'Brien (Coach Carr/Glen Coco/Math Moderator), Thalia Atallah (Dawn Schweitzer), Victoria Mesa (Lizzie Therman/Caroline Krafft), Lucas Hallauer (Tyler Kimble), Jonah Nash (Christian Wiggins), Mikey Corey Hassel (Shane Oman), Oshie Mellon (Sophie Kawachi), Megan Arseneau (s/w Caitlyn Caussin), Brandon Moreno (Jason Weems), Tyler Jung (Marwan Jitla), Reagan Kennedy (Taylor Wedell), Joi D. McCoy (Rachel Hamilton)

Notes:

Nice Capture of the new non-equity tour! There can be a head in the way at some points but it's worked around well. The video can be somewhat grainy at times due to how far I was + how dark the show was. Overall a great video of this incredible cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1e1L

Video is $20

Come From Away - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 30, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Addison Garner (Beverley/Annette & others), Shawn W. Smith (Kevin T./Garth & others), Andrew Hendrick (Claude & others), Danny Arnold (Oz & others), Hannah Kato (Janice & others), Trey DeLuna (Kevin J./Ali & others), Stanton Morales (Nick/Doug & others), Molly Samson (Diane & others), Candace Alyssa Rhodes (Hannah & others), Kristin Litzenberg (Beulah & others), Kathleen Cameron (Bonnie & others), Jason Tyler Smith (Bob & others)

Notes:

Incredible capture of the new non-equity tour. No obstruction, very little washout in wideshots. Overall a perfect video of a great new cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1DyY

Video is $20

Videos can be purchased through me at

[email protected]

#beetlejuice the musical #mean girls #come from away #justin collette #mediumobservation

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wankerwatch · 7 days ago

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Commons Vote

On: Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading

Ayes: 214 (98.6% Lab, 1.4% Ind) Noes: 3 (66.7% Green, 33.3% Ind) Absent: ~432

Day's business papers: 2025-04-30

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (210 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Mayer Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy Slaughter Anna Dixon Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Beccy Cooper Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Cat Smith Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Chi Onwurah Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Ward Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Dan Carden Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales David Burton-Sampson Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas McAllister Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emma Lewell Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Harpreet Uppal Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Murray Jack Abbott Jade Botterill James Asser James Frith James Murray Jas Athwal Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger Josh Dean Josh MacAlister Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Osamor Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Liz Twist Lola McEvoy Lucy Powell Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Mark Ferguson Mark Sewards Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin Rhodes Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Mohammad Yasin Natasha Irons Naz Shah Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Pam Cox Pamela Nash Patricia Ferguson Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Richard Baker Richard Burgon Richard Quigley Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Edwards Sarah Jones Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Sharon Hodgson Simon Opher Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Tahir Ali Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Tim Roca Tom Collins Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Tracy Gilbert Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (3 votes)

Andrew Gwynne John McDonnell Oliver Ryan

Noes

Green Party (2 votes)

Carla Denyer Siân Berry

Independent (1 vote)

Iqbal Mohamed

#uk gov #uk politics #uk parliament #politics #vote #wankerwatch

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brookstonalmanac · 3 months ago

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Birthdays 1.23

Beer Birthdays

John Carling (1828)

Leopold Schmidt (1846)

Emily Banks, Miss Rheingold 1960 (1933)

Charlie Papazian (1949)

Brian Reccow (1970)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Gary Burton; jazz musician (1943)

Jerry Kramer; Green Bay Packers G (1936)

Edouard Manet; artist (1831)

Walter M. Miller Jr.; science fiction writer (1923)

Django Reinhardt; jazz guitarist (1910)

Famous Birthdays

Ray Abrams; jazz saxophonist (1920)

John Luther Adams; composer (1953)

Richard Dean Anderson; actor (1950)

Lou Antonio; actor & director (1934)

David Arnold; English composer (1962)

Jean-Michel Atlan; Algerian-French painter (1913)

Georg Baselitz; German painter & sculptor (1938)

Frances Bay; Canadian-American actress (1919)

Rutland Boughton; English composer (1878)

Jonatha Brooke; singer-songwriter & guitarist (1964)

John Browning; weapons designer (1855)

Muzio Clementi; Italian pianist, composer, & conductor (1752)

Camilla Collett; writer (1813)

Otto Diels; German chemist (1876)

Abraham Diepraam; Dutch painter (1622)

Dan Duryea; actor (1907)

Sergei Eisenstein; film director (1898)

Gertrude Elion; pharmacologist (1918)

Gil Gerard; actor (1943)

John Hancock; politician, revolutionary (1737)

Mariska Hargitay; actress (1964)

Rutger Hauer; actor (1944)

Joseph Hewes; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1730)

Ernie Kovacs; comedian (1919)

Doutzen Kroes; Dutch model & actress (1985)

W. Arthur Lewis; Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist (1915)

Boris McGiver; actor (1962)

Jeanne Moreau; French actress (1928)

Walter Frederick Morrison; businessman, invented Frisbees (1920)

Alois Negrelli; Tyrolean engineer & railroad pioneer (1799)

Gail O'Grady; actress (1963)

Anita Pointer; singer-songwriter (1948)

Marty Paich; pianist, arranger (1925)

John Polanyi; German-Canadian chemist (1929)

Claire Rankin; Canadian actress (1971)

Tom Reamy; author (1935)

Chita Rivera; actress, singer, & dancer (1933)

Randolph Scott; actor (1898)

Ieva Simonaitytė; Lithuanian author (1897)

Richard T. Slone; English painter (1974)

Lisa Snowdon; model (1972)

Stendhal; French writer (1783)

Potter Stewart; supreme court justice (1915)

Tiffani-Amber Thiessen; actress (1974)

Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (1864)

Derek Walcott; Saint Lucian poet & playwright (1930)

Fred Williams; Australian painter (1927)

Hideki Yukawa; Japanese physicist (1907)

Robin Zander; rock musician (1953)

#Birthdays

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vintagetvstars · 10 months ago

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CLOSED! Preliminary Hot Vintage TV Men List

Alright folks! We have one week left on submissions for the Hot Vintage TV Men's Bracket! As promised here is a list of all the Hot Vintage TV Men who have been submitted and passed our preliminary eligibility checks. There are a handful of guys on this list and one or two not on it that we are currently still debating on so reminder that this list is not final and subject to change.

Currently we have 231 Hot Vintage TV Men!

Also in advance of the competition I'd like to remind anyone submitting propaganda for someone that starred in a show that aired only partially during our timeframe or was under 18 for a part of a shows filming, to please make sure you are only submitting propaganda that is from within our timeframe and when the actor was 18 years or older. This is also just good to keep in mind in general as several people submitted actors for shows that aren't eligible for our tournament either because it was outside our time period or in one case the actor was underaged for the entirety of the show (though many were eligible for other shows they were submitted for). We do our best to screen for these things but sometimes it's hard to tell or it’s a show we don't personally know well enough so we appreciate help from y'all letting us know if you do catch anything.

List below the cut

Preliminary Hot Vintage TV Men List

Dick Van Dyke

Alan Alda

Hugh Laurie

Peter Falk

Adam West

Donnie Wahlberg

Kevin McDonald

Scott Thompson

David Duchovny

Henry Winkler

Leonard Nimoy

Scott Bakula

James Garner

Tom Selleck

Dave Foley

John Astin

Joe Lando

Patrick Troughton

William Shatner

DeForest Kelley

Michael Ontkean

Russell Johnson

Kyle MacLachlan

Bruce McCulloch

William Hopper

George Clooney

Jeffrey Combs

Michael Horse

Mark McKinney

Jensen Ackles

Alejandro Rey

Mitch Pileggi

David Cassidy

Jeremy Brett

Anthony Head

George Takei

David Selby

Rod Serling

Paul Gross

Desi Arnaz

Tom Baker

Richard Dean Anderson

David Keith McCallum

Richard Chamberlain

Charles Shaughnessy

David James Elliot

Vincent Van Patten

Darren E. Burrows

David Hyde Pierce

Randolph Mantooth

Ricardo Montalban

Gene Anthony Ray

William Hartnell

Patrick McGoohan

René Auberjonois

Alexander Siddig

Reece Shearsmith

Michael T. Weiss

William Shockley

Spencer Rochfort

Danny John-Jules

David Hasselhoff

Conner Trinneer

Patrick Stewart

Jonathan Frakes

Paolo Montalban

Scott Patterson

Armin Shimerman

Anthony Andrews

David Schwimmer

Blair Underwood

Sylvester McCoy

Andrew Robinson

Pierce Brosnan

Thorsten Kaye

Anthony Starke

Darren McGavin

Clint Eastwood

Joseph Marcell

Michael Vartan

Richard Ayoade

George Maharis

Michael J. Fox

Dwayne Hickman

John de Lancie

Andre Braugher

Robert Carlyle

Dean Stockwell

Matthew Perry

Robert Fuller

Michael Hurst

Dana Ashbrook

Jonathan Frid

Dirk Benedict

Martin Milner

Demond Wilson

Robert Conrad

Telly Savalas

Peter Davison

Michael Praed

Jason Bateman

David Tennant

Brian Blessed

Miguel Ferrer

Micky Dolenz

Wayne Rogers

Mike Farrell

Michael Dorn

Cesar Romero

Eddie Albert

Nate Richert

Nicholas Lea

Brent Spiner

Dick Gautier

John Corbett

Jeremy Irons

David Suchet

Raymond Burr

LeVar Burton

David Wenham

Clint Walker

Larry Hagman

John Goodman

Matt LeBlanc

Tom Smothers

Erik Estrada

Jeremy Sisto

Colm Meaney

Stephen Fry

Ted Bessell

Ron Perlman

Luke Halpin

Ted Cassidy

Kevin Sorbo

John Cleese

Colin Firth

Colin Baker

Fred Rogers

Ben Browder

Keir Dullea

Randy Boone

Kent McCord

Jimmy Smits

Mark Lenard

Jon Pertwee

Fred Grandy

Mark Hamill

Ted Danson

Adam Brody

Noah Wiley

Eric Close

Lee Majors

Jamie Farr

Tony Danza

Kabir Bedi

Seth Green

Rik Mayall

Hal Linden

Diego Luna

Peter Tork

Sean Bean

Sam Neill

Eric Idle

Ted Lange

John Shea

Ron Glass

Tony Dow

Mr. T

John Hurt

Avery Brooks

Billy Dee Williams

James Marsters

Robert Vaughn

Kevin Smith

Davy Jones

Luke Perry

Robert Duncan McNeill

Simon MacCorkindale

Keith Hamilton Cobb

Chad Michael Murray

James Earl Jones

Bruce Boxleitner

Timothy Olyphant

Andreas Katsulas

Valentine Pelka

Peter Wingfield

Sebastian Cabot

Michael Nesmith

Timothy Dalton

Michael Shanks

Joshua Jackson

Michael O’Hare

Robert Beltran

Simon Williams

Paul Johannson

Daniel Dae Kim

David Boreanaz

Boris Karloff

Robert Wagner

Brandon Quinn

Walter Koenig

Richard Hatch

Christian Kane

Francis Capra

Nathan Fillion

John Forsythe

Patrick Duffy

Tony Shalhoub

Ioan Gruffudd

Garrett Wang

Joe Flanigan

Rider Strong

Michael Tylo

Bruce Willis

Skeet Ulrich

Jeff Conaway

Paul McGann

Scott Cohen

Mario Lopez

Martin Kove

John Stamos

Judd Hirsch

Johnny Depp

Tom Welling

Matt Bomer

Grant show

David Soul

Bob Crane

Tim Russ

Rob Lowe

Neil Patrick Harris

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miss-oranje-disco-dancer · 1 year ago

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take your fast car and keep on driving

pairing: fem! leon kennedy (aka leah) x reader

cw: wlw, use of homophobic slurs, obscure resident evil characters (no, i did not just make all of those names up), angst, light smut, forbidden love, secret relationship.

summary: you are a rookie in the rpd, and so is leah (re2r leon but as a woman). you like her but you know you shouldn't pursue a relationship because this is 1998 and you're the cops.

a/n: this is a commission for @porcelainseashore! also, the title is a line from fast car by tracy chapman bc i like to cry to that song (and she's a (presumed to be) queer woman so it seemed to fit).

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Leah. You've never met anyone quite like her before.

Like you, she's new to the force, fresh out of the police academy. It's the first thing you bond over.

In the break room, she gives you a soft smile while she lingers by the kitchen counter, waiting for her instant coffee to finish brewing. The gurgling of the machine fills the brief silence between you.

"It's your first day too, right?" she says after you attempt a "hey" that comes out as nothing but a heavy exhale.

"Yep." It's all you can come up with.

"You seem nervous."

"A little. You know, don't wanna fuck anything up on my first day." Like this conversation. You keep the last part to yourself.

"Don't worry. It took me like three tries to get the buttons straight on this shirt. Jill- Officer Valentine had to help me fix it."

And somehow you're jealous. Leah seems to have no trouble making friends since she's already getting chummy with a STARS member. You'll be relegated to the losers club while she gets to sit at the cool girls table - if there is such a thing.

Most of your colleagues are men. Lieutenant Marvin Branaugh, your direct superior seems nice enough, Chief Brian Irons is a bit off-putting, though. And the STARS members: Officers Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Brad Vickers, Richard Aiken, Rebecca Chambers - and of course, Captain Wesker, who reminds you of a cartoon villain in the way he carries himself. Most of them are relatively nice to you. Jill has a hardened exterior but a soft heart; Chris is a typical jock and a natural leader; Brad is a bit of a knucklehead; Richard is his slightly smarter counterpart; and Rebecca, who's even younger than you, is an absolute sweetheart. Not to mention, Forest Speyer, Joseph Frost, Enrico Marini, and Barry Burton. You consider putting pictures of them on flashcards with their names on the back so you can learn them all.

Then, there's Leah who has a certain je ne sais quoi that makes her name stick firmly in your mind.

She walks gracefully, steadily in combat boots identical to yours and her blonde hair sways in time with her steps. Her pants fit perfectly, especially around the ass. But you try not to stare - you feel gross doing so when you catch the guys ogling her when she turns her back to them.

You wonder if they stare at you too when you're training in the gym. Lieutenant Branaugh puts an emphasis on staying fit in case the day comes where you need to chase down criminals or dodge gunshots during a shootout. A significant amount of your day is spent doing paperwork.

But for an hour a day, you do push ups and curl ups and pull ups (in that order) to 98.6 FM or a CD if Chris remembers to bring one down with him.

"Chris," you hear Wesker snap at him, "This music is atrocious. Go get a CD, a good one."

And with an exaggerated huff and the sound of metal weights hitting the hard floor, he does as he's told.

"He's kinda hot," Leah says from next to you while she stretches her calves.

"Who? Chris?"

"Yeah," she says, decidedly.

"You can have him. I'm not into meatheads."

"I'd like to see the head of his meat."

"That's disgusting!"

"Are you going to sit there chatting all day?" Marvin asks. "Or are you going to get in the ring?"

You both shut up and stand up.

There's nothing to fight over, but you can be competitive when you want to be. Leah seems intent on impressing Chris who's half-assing his workout both to stick it to Wesker, who is satisfied by his choosing Made In Heaven, and to watch you and Leah duke it out.

Nobody can resist a little girl-on-girl action. Leah has many things over you - her charm, her beauty, her laugh, and her body when she pins you to the mat. It's one, two, three slaps of her palm against the mat to crown you the loser, but she gets distracted, and only you can see the mask slip because you're staring into her eyes when it happens. You want to drown in her ocean blue eyes. Her pupils widen and then her eyes themselves in response, like she's shocked by her own feelings. And then she shakes herself out of it.

You blink and she's standing again, holding out her hand to help you up. And then, like she was never even there, she's gone, rushing in and out of the locker room so quickly that you don't cross paths despite your lockers being two apart. You, on the other hand, take extra time to consider the possibility that you've hallucinated her existence entirely.

But, does it even matter?

Leah starts showing up in your dreams. She's the intermission between being completely flunking your math exam and missing your flight to Paris (the recurring stress dreams). One night, you're eating lunch in a cafeteria and she sits across from you. The next, you're at a Halloween party and she wears a sexy cop costume, which is not that far off from her real uniform. It's the third time she shows up that you kiss. It doesn't go any further than that because you wake up to your 7:45 alarm.

What the fuck was that?

You have a book called The Secret Meanings Behind Your Dreams which was a gag gift from a friend. You flip through the pages and find explanations for dreams about falling, teeth falling out, pregnancy, but none about kissing your coworker. You decide it's better not to dwell on it.

You file the thoughts of her under the category of things that you don’t have the qualifications or the time to psychoanalyze. There’s probably some sort of bullshit Freudian explanation but you have crime to fight (aka paperwork to do).

You’re grateful for the distraction when it approaches you in the Main Hall of the RPD. It's almost the end of your shift when Richard approaches you. Out of all the RPD members, you feel like he's the closest thing to a friend you've got here.

"Do you have any plans this Friday?"

"Work, per usual."

"Well, yeah," he half-laughs, "I do too. But, uh, what about after work?"

"After work, nothing."

"Cool. Brad and I were thinking about seeing a movie and maybe getting drinks, and he also invited Leah, so I think she's coming too."

The mention of Leah makes you perk up. You could give or take the whole going out on the town after a long week of work.

Leah, speaking of Leah, you spot her across the hall, chatting and laughing with Brad and Chris.

"Cool," you say, staring right past Richard.

"So, uh, do you wanna come with?"

"Yeah, sure. Sounds good." It's less an acceptance to his invitation and more giving minimal responses.

Richard says some combination of "cool", "okay", and "see you tomorrow". Or something like that. You wouldn't know because you're barely paying attention to him.

You realize it's a double date when Richard puts his arm around you. You're enthralled with Saving Private Ryan. "It should win Best Picture," you remark later. But it doesn’t. But right now, you try to play off the fact that he startled you with an awkward laugh. The theater is too dark for you to tell if he's blushing or not, but his embarrassed "sorry" says he is. But before he moves away from you, you lean into him, and you swear you can hear him sigh in relief. He's nice. This is nice.

But more importantly, you watched Leah do the same with Brad and she's your leader just as Brad is Richard's.

No, for you, she's your muse. She's the goddess that you pray to.

When they kiss, you follow suit. He tastes like the buttery popcorn you've both devoured, but it's not bad. It could be worse.

It’s forgettable, washed away by the beer you drink at the dive bar two doors down from the theater.

"Do you wanna take this back to my place?" Richard asks.

"I would but I have to get up early for church" is the first excuse you can come up with.

Richard seems to believe you, which is most likely because he wants to believe this isn't rejection. "Oh! I didn't know you were religious."

"I am, yeah," you say, and hope the rubber chicken test prepared you for the difficult task of keeping a straight face in a moment like this. You think you notice Leah stifling a laugh across the table because she knows.

But her eyes only flit to yours for a second before Brad asks her the same question.

"I actually have a date to church tomorrow morning," she says, smiling at you.

Brad believes her because he's not the brightest bulb in the bunch. Before the awkwardness permeates too far, they leave together.

"So, church on a Saturday, huh?" Leah asks with a knowing smirk.

Finally, you both exhale the giggles you've been holding in together.

"God," you say, putting your head in your hands, though still laughing, "How long do you think it'll take for them to realize?"

"I dunno." She shrugs and sips her beer. "But hopefully sooner rather than later so I don't have to make up an excuse not to go on a second date."

"No second date for you guys? You seemed to be having a good time back in the movie theater."

She shakes her head. "I was until he started kissing me."

"Bad kisser?"

"Awful. Tongue down my throat and all."

"Ew."

"How about you and Richard?"

You shrug. "He's nice. And his tongue was not down my throat."

"That's good." She leans a little closer, like she's going to reveal a secret to you. "But you don't seem like you like him that much."

"I mean, I like him as a friend."

But nothing more. "Well, I should be going," you say, picking up your purse. "It's getting late, and, as you know, I have church."

"No, you don't." She rolls her eyes. "But you do have brunch."

"I do?"

"Yeah, I'll pick you up around 10:15-10:30? Depending on my hangover."

"Sounds perfect."

You and Leah each devour a plate of waffles in a diner voted Raccoon City's #1 Breakfast Destination '97 according to a poster outside.

"Mm," she ponders the taste of her coffee. "Way better than what the RPD has."

"I'm beginning to think they might just be giving us packets of dirt instead of coffee grounds."

"Where else are they going to put all the dirt they dig up outside?"

"It's so goddamn weird that they have a cemetery. It's like they're expecting us to die."

"I feel like I'm already dead. My head is killing me."

"Mine too. I don't even think I had that much to drink."

"Me neither, and thank god - I wouldn't want to end up in bed with Brad."

"You think you would've gone home with him if you were drunker?"

"Maybe. I tend to make stupid decisions when I'm drunk."

But, so do you - one of which includes playing spin the bottle with the RPD's finest.

"We used to play Kings mostly 'cause no one had a table that we could play beer pong on," Brad says when Chris asks him about high school parties back in his hometown.

"We can play Kings if I can find a deck of cards."

"No, we can't, dumbass, unless you have cans hiding in the back of your fridge," says Forest.

"What do you wanna play, Forest? Spin the bottle?" Chris asks sarcastically.

"I thought spin the bottle was a game made up for movies. I didn't know anyone actually played it," Rebecca chimes in from the corner, holding a soda rather than a beer because she 'felt bad drinking underage' even though Chris offered her one.

"You bet your ass people actually play it," Chris says. "How else would you kiss your crush when you're an awkward 15 year old?"

"Truth or dare," she says with a roll of her eyes to say it should be obvious.

"We could play truth or dare," Brad suggests.

"No, we should play spin the bottle," says Forest.

"If you wanna kiss me that bad you can just ask," Chris says.

"Why don't we play both? Then, if the bottle doesn't decide in Forest's favor, he can dare Chris to kiss him," Jill says.

"I'll remember to pick truth in that case."

You play spin the bottle first, which results in Forest giving Richard a peck on the lips, Richard passing it on to Brad, who goes for more than a peck with Jill, and Jill, pulling swiftly away from him, kisses Leah.

And it comes to Leah who lands on you. Of course she does. The first kiss is chaste, but when you take your turn and the bottle lands on her, it barely falls short of passionate.

The bottle is Leah's again and if it were possible to rig this game you might've believed someone had because it points in your direction.

A collective - and juvenile - "ooh" comes from the group. It's the same one you hear from a classroom of 7th graders when a teacher tells a student they need to "speak to them".

Rebecca, clueless, asks, "What?"

"They have to play 7 minutes in heaven."

"What's 7 minutes in heaven?"

"The two people have to go into a separate room for 7 minutes and they can do whatever they want."

Leah looks at you, you look at her. Hesitant, nervous, and curious.

"My bedroom's down the hall," Chris says, pointing towards it. "No snooping, no stealing, and if you break it, you replace it. Got it?"

"Yes, Officer Redfield," you say sarcastically.

Leah stands up, giving Chris an exaggerated eye roll, and you follow her down the hall. You can hear them whispering their predictions and fantasies about what you'll get up to behind closed doors.

But eventually, the games go on in your absence. You remain unaware as you sit on the edge of Chris' unmade bed next to Leah.

It’s just you and Leah Kennedy in Chris Redfield’s bedroom, the world is still and the lights are low, but you watch a decade fly before your eyes in a single moment. It’s fancy dinners and home-cooked meals, an apartment in the city and a house in the suburbs, the balcony, the backyard, the wedding, the honeymoon, the family portrait.

"So…" you begin, expecting her to set some sort of ground rules, expecting you'll end up conversing for the duration, maybe giving each other a friendly peck on the cheek. But, she looks at you, her eyes flicker as they quickly run up and down your body, and she takes the leap.

Her lips are soft and sweet with cherry-flavored chapstick, and like Katy Perry, you liked kissing a girl. But, there are no boyfriends to mind, and despite being tipsy and technically still playing by the rules of a game, there is something real about the way she kisses you. It's heated and hungry, urgent due to time constraints. You can't stay in this room all night - not because it's Chris', but because no one can know about this. You can't tell them that when her tongue meets yours it's the first time you enjoy the taste of beer. You can't tell them about how she tucks her bangs behind her ear so they don’t obstruct her view of you when she pushes you onto your back and her hands travel from your waist to your bra and stop when Chris opens the door. Leah is quick to sit back up, to pretend, but not quick enough. He knows, but for whatever reason, he keeps his lips sealed.

When you return with your head down to hide your reddened cheeks, Brad says, "You two must've been having a lot of fun in there since you missed the timer on the microwave going off."

"We just talked," Leah says.

"Uh-huh," he says, "Talked."

"You guys were totally getting it on in there," Forest says.

"I would've paid to see that," Brad says.

"You can admit it," Richard says. "We won't judge."

"There's nothing to admit," you say.

Jill throws you a sympathetic save by announcing, "You missed Rebecca having her first kiss."

"It's not that big of a deal," Rebecca says, timidly.

"Are you saying I'm a bad kisser?" Chris asks.

"I didn't say that."

The group decides to transition to truth or dare, and you're relieved to have the attention taken off of you and Leah. The boys become distracted by the sight of Jill's tits when Brad dares her to flash everyone. You decide to leave before you end up naked.

While you wait for a cab outside, Leah turns to you. "Can you keep what happened between us a secret?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Thanks," she says. "You're a great friend."

A friend. You longed to be accepted for so long, but now the word sounds like rejection. The word taunts you while you struggle to fall asleep.

Just friends. The way you told Leah you felt about Richard after you made up an excuse to not go home with him.

Leah avoids you at work the next week. No one seems to care except Chris, who asks you privately, "What is up with the two of you? You were going at it in my bed last weekend and now you won't get within 20 feet of each other."

"Nothing. We were just drunk on Saturday, so that whole thing happened, and we've just been busy with separate work this week."

"Uh-huh. You were just drunk? Nothing else going on between you two?"

"That's like asking if you and Rebecca have something going on. We just kissed because we were playing a kissing game."

He doesn't press further, though when he turns to walk away, you call after him, "Wait, Chris…"

"Yeah?"

"Don't tell anyone, though. I don't want them making a big deal out of it."

"I won't."

He keeps his word.

Leah used to eat her lunches with you, you'd both meet in the break room at 12:30 sharp, but now, you sit by yourself. Until Friday, 12:20, you find her sitting across from Jill, talking and laughing.

"Alright, I've gotta get back to work," you hear Jill say before she leaves the room. There's only one exit, so she inevitably crosses paths with you. She's the first person to give you a warm, genuine smile that week. It makes you feel human and real, and it gives you the confidence to talk to Leah.

When she spots you, she hurries to pack her things up and leave.

"Leah," you say. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No, of course not."

And you didn't. That's not why she avoids you.

"Then why are you avoiding me?"

"I'm not avoiding you." Her shifty eyes and wavering tone give her away - not that it wasn't already obvious.

"Yes, you are."

She looks around the empty room before lowering her voice, "Fine. If I admit it, will you let it go?"

"How can I 'let it go'? We went from making out on Saturday to-"

"I told you not to talk about it."

"You told me not to tell anyone else."

"Same thing. You're just making it worse."

"How?"

"You're reminding me of it, and I don't want to think about it."

"Why? I thought you liked it."

"I did. I like you."

"I like you too."

Her face softens for a second, going from forced agitation to poorly-hidden bashfulness, but ultimately, she looks disheartened. Because you both know this can't happen.

"I wish it were different."

"You wish I didn't like you back?"

"No, I wish this world was different. I wish Raccoon City was different."

"Me too, but why should we let it stop us?"

She sighs, purses her lips, and turns her head. Finally, after a moment of contemplation, she says, "Okay, but we have to keep it quiet. When we're at work, we're just friends." She pauses and her lips curve into a smile. "And tonight, after work, when I take you out to dinner, we can be something more than friends."

"Deal."

She glances towards the door to make sure you're alone and gives you a grin that's almost conspiratorial before kissing you on the cheek.

"That's against the rules!"

"Oops," she says with a shrug.

You sneak a kiss on her cheek to 'get even' and she walks out of the room with an extra pep in her step. You notice her trip on the laces of her combat boots, too far away to hear you stifle a laugh, but you see her shake her head, feeling embarrassed by her stupid mistake despite being alone in the hall. She's not used to being lost in thought like this, not used to liking someone in this way.

That night, you play a mixtape you and a friend made together back in high school when your only problems were silly crushes on boys. You remember her gushing over a guy you thought was mediocre at best while the sound of Kiss Me amplified her giddiness, and you remember how you comforted her when he broke her heart while Linger covered up the sounds of her crying.

You wish you could call and gush over your date and have her calm your nerves over the phone, but you know you shouldn’t. You could say you were seeing a boy but a lie like that would violate the rules of girl talk. You decide to keep yourself company.

You drive separately and meet at the restaurant. It's relatively crowded with the typical hustle and bustle of Friday evening downtown.

You split two dishes and Leah pays. Like you, the waiter seems allured by her.

"Before you leave," he says to Leah in a hushed voice as if you can't hear what he's saying from across the table. "I just wanted to let you know that you're very beautiful."

"Thanks," she mumbles with a half-smile. Polite, but nothing else lies behind it. No desire.

"And," he continues. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime."

"No thanks, I'm unavailable."

"Oh? Where's your boyfriend on this fine Friday night?"

"No boyfriend."

He doesn't quite get it. Not until she reaches for your hand, giving it a squeeze when she takes it in hers. She smiles at you, warm, and then at him, proud.

"Oh, so that's how it is," he says, and you can almost hear the roll of his eyes. "Well, I left my number on the check, so you can call me once you're done 'experimenting'."

Her face turns sour while her eyes remain on him, softening when she meets yours. You walk out hand-in-hand now that you're beyond the point of hiding. Most people pay no mind, thoroughly absorbed in themselves and their dinners.

You take the bottle of wine to go, since you each had only a glass at dinner as neither of you planned to drive home drunk on anything but each other. You're grateful that Leah invites you to share the rest at her apartment since you didn't bother tidying yours. It's better she comes over when the floor of your bedroom is visible, and not covered in a layer of dirty clothes.

Her house is neat and minimalist to a degree that makes you think it's always this way. Her wardrobe, which mainly consists of multi-purpose basics - white t-shirts, blue jeans, and an array of leather jackets - lives on a single-rod stand-alone clothing rack. With her level of organization, she doesn't need to hide all of her things behind a closet door.

You are the only thing she hides.

But when you enter her bedroom together, she keeps the lights on. She wants to see all of you, to know you. She wants to put your picture in a locket and let you dangle around her neck, swinging like the pendulum of a clock in time with her heartbeat.

You unravel under her touch slowly and then all at once. She kisses you from your lips to your core with meticulous reverence and savors your taste. When you struggle to catch your breath, she holds you like you're bleeding out and your dying words are sacred to her.

Leah teaches you how to return the favor by letting you practice. It is a hands-on lesson. By the time you fall asleep, your lips are wine-dark and barely tired. She holds you close to her heart like a rosary while you sleep soundly.

You roll out of bed stealthily and search her kitchen for breakfast. There isn't much. She seems regimented in most areas of her life and health-conscious. There is a disappointing lack of Lucky Charms cereal in her cupboards. There is a carton of eggs, so you scramble a few for you both. You brew coffee too.

"Something smells good." You hear Leah's voice from the hallway before she appears in the kitchen. She wraps her arms around you, hugging you from behind.

"I took the liberty of making us both breakfast. I hope you don't mind."

"No, of course not. In fact, I could get used to this."

You take a sip of your coffee before you decide, "It's better than the kind they keep in the RPD break room."

"I think anything is."

You try to kiss her and she turns her head. You fear she'll claim the night before was a drunken mistake - it would be the same lie you told to Chris. Obvious in a way that makes it more infuriating than saddening. But she doesn't.

"Mm-mm," she says, shaking her head. "When I said anything is better than the RPD coffee, I didn't mean my morning breath."

"I don't care," you say with a smile and lean in again to kiss her.

She laughs when she playfully pushes you away. "At least let me brush my teeth before you kiss me."

"Fine," you concede and settle for kissing her on the cheek the way you do when no one is looking at work. Even in locker rooms you have to be vigilant. You doubt Jill or Rebecca would say anything unless you were doing something truly salacious. But it isn't unheard of for one of the guys to take a trip through the women's locker room under the guise of "hearing something suspicious" or "accidentally walking in there", sometimes without any excuse at all if it's Irons who has done this on multiple occasions.

Your secret relationship makes you feel like teenagers sneaking around behind their parents' backs. And like teenagers, you both can't wait to grow up and break free of the rules that hold you back from being together. But, you live under the tyranny of societal norms that you can't outgrow on your own.

Not when you have Brad and Richard who find you in the previously-unoccupied hallway.

"It's only a kiss. It's not a big deal."

"Not here."

"No one's going to see us."

But they do.

"I should've known you two were a couple," Brad says.

"Yeah, a couple of dykes," Richard says.

They laugh like bullies on a playground. You thought they would have learned by now. Aren't you supposed to get wiser with age? You're too stunned to say anything for a moment, but you make a conscious effort not to look at Leah. Not yet.

"What's going on over here?" Forest says, peeking around the corner.

"We just discovered there have been two queers hiding among us," Richard says as if he's speaking about foreign spies or ghosts.

"Yeah, they were totally getting it on out here," Brad says.

"Aw, I can't believe I missed the action. Could you give us a little replay?" Forest points at you two like he's the director of a porno.

"Go take your sorry ass to the video rental across the street if you want something to watch," Leah says with unwavering confidence.

Yours wavers. You never got the thick skin they promised you. You put all your strength into holding back tears. Something else burns behind Leah's eyes, though, you can see it. Her icy blue eyes somehow hold fire.

"Wow, a feisty bitch," Forest says, "or should I say butch?"

All her training led to this moment, but you step out of the ring in fear.

"Sorry I get more pussy than you, Forest," Leah says. She wouldn't normally engage them like this. It's personal. It's you.

"Shit. Pretty good one," says Brad.

"Ugly bitches usually have some brains, so it makes sense," says Forest.

It feels like middle school until it becomes physical. Richard pushes Leah, so she hits him in the nose hard enough to make him bleed. Forest lays his hands on her and likely knowing that she can't take all of them at once, especially when you're standing by in shock rather than fighting beside her like you should be (a thought you only have later), she pulls her gun on him.

Chris, who has won every sharpshooting contest STARS has held since he joined, hears the commotion and runs in with his own gun trained on Leah.

"Put the gun down now," he says.

And terrified, she points it at him.

They both stare each other down for long enough for you to draw yours and fire it because you know if he shoots her, he won't miss.

You would kill for Leah.

The bullet hits no one but the picture of Brad on a poster that hangs on various walls of the RPD. Which would be kind of funny if that's what you meant to hit.

Leah turns to you in shock which allows Chris to easily disarm her, knocking her gun out of her hand and kicking it out of her reach. His gun is aimed at you now. He can shoot you and get away with it, and he knows it. His finger hovers over the trigger but something in him holds him back.

"Put the gun on the ground or I will shoot you," he warns you instead.

You put it down and hold your arms above your head. All five of you are placed in separate rooms. There are not enough interrogation rooms to hold you all, nor are there enough cops that are not involved in the situation. Each of you is placed in handcuffs, but you are first. You never thought your handcuffs would end up around your own wrists.

You should be arrested. For once, you are grateful for the way Chris pities you.

"I wasn't going to shoot," is the first thing he says when he walks in. The second is, "you're lucky your aim sucks".

"I really thought you were going to kill her, and I was just scared. I swear, I'm not like that, usually."

"I know. And that's why you're not going to jail." He pauses before adding, "But you're handing in your gun and badge."

Everyone else gets a slap on the wrist. You wonder if it's a literal slap when you see Brad walk out of the interrogation room looking like he's on the verge of tears, but you find out from Leah that the combined interrogation of Chris and Jill will scare you straight.

"Pun intended?" you ask.

"No," she says, but a hint of a smile peeks through.

She tells you that she hates goodbyes before she hugs you. You open your driver's side door and she stops you.

"Wait," she says, and you turn to face her one last time. "Before you go, I wanted to tell you that I… I lo-"

"I know," you say, cutting her off. "Don't say it."

You climb into your car, but before closing the door, you say, "but just so you know, I would've said it back."

The sunset doesn't look as beautiful when you drive off into it alone.

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Cette réflextion est rrés intéressante.

Ce qui suit est une copie d'un article écrit par l'écrivain espagnol Sebastián Rodríguez Vilar et publiée dans un journal espagnol . Il ne faut pas beaucoup d'imagination pour extrapoler le message au reste de l'Europe - et éventuellement, au reste du monde. Ce n'est guère de la propagande, les faits parlent d'eux-mêmes. A méditer ....

Par Sébastien Vilar Rodrigez

Je marchais dans la rue à Barcelone, et soudain je découvrais une terrible vérité - L'Europe est morte à Auschwitz... Nous avons tué six millions de Juifs et nous les avons remplacés par 20 millions de musulmans.

À Auschwitz, nous avons brûlé une culture, la pensée, la créativité, le talent. Nous avons détruit le peuple élu, véritablement choisi, car ils ont produit des gens formidables et merveilleux qui ont changé le monde.

La contribution de ce peuple se fait sentir dans tous les domaines de la vie : science, art, commerce international, et surtout, comme la conscience du monde. Ce sont les gens que nous avons brûlés.

Sous prétexte de tolérance et parce que nous voulions prouver à nous-mêmes que nous avons été guéris de la maladie du racisme, nous avons ouvert nos portes à 20 millions de musulmans qui nous ont apporté la stupidité et l'ignorance, l'extrémisme religieux et le manque de tolérance, la criminalité et la pauvreté, due à un manque de volonté de travailler et de soutenir leurs familles avec fierté.

Ils ont fait sauter nos trains et ont transformé nos belles villes espagnoles dans le tiers monde, noyé tout dans la crasse et la criminalité.

Enfermés dans les appartements qu'ils reçoivent gratuitement du gouvernement, ils planifient d'assassiner et de détruire leurs hôtes naïfs.

Ainsi, dans notre misère, nous avons échangé la culture pour de la haine fanatique; le savoir-faire créatif pour des compétences destructrices; l'intelligence pour le retour en arrière et la superstition.

Quelle terrible erreur a été faite par la misérable Europe.. .

La population mondiale comprend 1,2 milliards d'islamiques ou 20% de la population mondiale

Ils ont reçu les Prix Nobel suivants :

Littérature :

1988 - Najib Mahfouz

Paix :

1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat

1990 - Elias James Corey

1994 - Yasser Arafat:

1999 - Ahmed Zewai

Économie :

(Zéro)

Physique :

(Zéro)

Médecine :

1960 - Peter Medawar Brian

1998 - Ferid Mourad

TOTAL : 7 (sept)

La population juive mondiale est approximativement de 14.000.000, soit environ 0,02% de la population mondiale.

Ils ont reçu les Prix Nobel suivant :

Littérature :

1910 - Paul Heyse

1927 - Henri Bergson

1958 - Boris Pasternak

1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon

1966 - Nelly Sachs

1976 - Saul Bellow

1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer

1981 - Elias Canetti

1987 - Joseph Brodsky

1991 - Nadine Gordimer mondiale

Paix :

1911 - Alfred Fried

1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser

1968 - René Cassin

1973 - Henry Kissinger

1978 - Menahem Begin

1986 - Elie Wiesel

1994 - Shimon Pérès

1994 - Yitzhak Rabin

Physique :

1905 - Adolph von Baeyer

1906 - Henri Moissan

1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson

1908 - Gabriel Lippmann

1910 - Otto Wallach

1915 - Richard Willstaetter

1918 - Fritz Haber

1921 - Albert Einstein

1922 - Niels Bohr

1925 - James Franck

1925 - Gustav Hertz

1943 - Gustav Stern

1943 - George Charles de Hevesy

1944 - Isidor Rabi Issac

1952 - Felix Bloch

1954 - Max Born

1958 - Igor Tamm

1959 - Emilio Segre

1960 - Donald A. Glaser

1961 - Robert Hofstadter

1961 - Melvin Calvin

1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau

1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz

1965 - Richard Phillips Feynman

1965 - Julian Schwinger

1969 - Murray Gell-Mann

1971 - Dennis Gabor

1972 - William Howard Stein

1973 - Brian David Josephson

1975 - Benjamin Mottleson

1976 - Burton Richter

1977 - Ilya Prigogine

1978 - Arno Allan Penzias

1978 - Peter L Kapitza

1979 - Stephen Weinberg

1979 - Sheldon Glashow

1979 - Herbert Charles Brown

1980 - Paul Berg

Sellam Mickael Elie, [23-Oct-22 8:18 AM]

1980 - Walter Gilbert

1981 - Roald Hoffmann

1982 - Aaron Klug

1985 - Albert A. Hauptman

1985 - Jerome Karle

1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach

1988 - Robert Huber

1988 - Leon Lederman

1988 - Melvin Schwartz

1988 - Jack Steinberger

1989 - Sidney Altman

1990 - Jerome Friedman

1992 - Rudolph Marcus

1995 - Martin Perl

2000 - Alan J. Heeger

Économie :

1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson

1971 - Simon Kuznets

1972 - Kenneth Joseph Flèche

1975 - Leonid Kantorovitch

1976 - Milton Friedman

1978 - Herbert A. Simon

1980 - Laurent Robert Klein

1985 - Franco Modigliani

1987 - Robert M. Solow

1990 - Harry Markowitz

1990 - Merton Miller

1992 - Gary Becker

1993 - Robert Fogel

Médecine :

1908 - Elie Metchnikoff

1908 - Paul Erlich

1914 - Robert Barany

1922 - Otto Meyerhof

1930 - Karl Landsteiner

1931 - Otto Warburg

1936 - Otto Loewi

1944 - Joseph Erlanger

1944 - Herbert Spencer Gasser

1945 - Ernst Boris Chain

1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller

1950 - Tadeus Reichstein

1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman

1953 - Hans Krebs

1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann

1958 - Joshua Lederberg

1959 - Arthur Kornberg

1964 - Konrad Bloch

1965 - François Jacob

1965 - André Lwoff

1967 - George Wald

1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg

1970 - Julius Axelrod

1970 - Sir Bernard Katz

1972 - Gerald Maurice Edelman

1975 - Howard Martin Temin

1976 - Baruch S. Blumberg

1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow

1978 - Daniel Nathans

1980 - Baruj Benacerraf

1984 - Cesar Milstein

1985 - Michael Stuart Brown

1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein

1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini]

1988 - Gertrude Elion

1989 - Harold Varmus

1991 - Erwin Neher

1991 - Bert Sakmann

1993 - Richard J. Roberts

1993 - Phillip Sharp

1994 - Alfred Gilman

1995 - Edward B. Lewis

1996 - Lu RoseIacovino

TOTAL : 129

Les Juifs ne font pas la promotion du lavage de cerveau des enfants dans les camps de formation militaire.

Ils ne leur apprennent pas à se faire exploser et à causer le maximum de mort de Juifs et d'autres non-musulmans.

Les Juifs ne détournent pas des avions, ne tuent pas les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques, et ne se font pas exploser dans un restaurant allemand.

Il n'y a pas un seul Juif qui a détruit une église.

Il n'y a pas un seul Juif qui proteste en tuant des gens.Les Juifs ne font pas de trafic d'esclaves, n'ont pas de dirigeants qui appellent au Jihad et à la mort

de tous les infidèles.

Peut-être les musulmans du monde devraient considérer à investir plus dans l'enseignement ordinaire et moins à blâmer les Juifs pour tous leurs problèmes.

Les musulmans doivent demander «ce qu'ils peuvent faire pour l'humanité » avant d'exiger que l'humanité les respecte.

Indépendamment de vos sentiments à propos de la crise entre Israël et les Palestiniens et les voisins arabes; même si vous croyez qu'il y a plus de culpabilité de la part d 'Israël, les deux phrases suivantes disent vraiment tout :

«Si les Arabes déposaient les armes aujourd'hui, il n'y aurait plus de violence. Si les Juifs déposaient leurs armes aujourd'hui, il n’y aurait plus d' Israël.»

Benjamin Netanyahu

Le général Eisenhower nous a averti : c'est un fait historique.

Lorsque le commandant suprême des Forces alliées, le général Dwight Eisenhower a trouvé les victimes des camps de la mort, il a ordonné de prendre toutes les photographies possibles du peuple allemand, des villages environnants; de leur faire visiter les camps et même enterrer les morts.

Il a fait cela parce qu'il a dit des mots à cet effet :

«Rassemblez tous les dossiers et documents maintenant - saisissez les films - faites parler les témoins - parce que quelque part sur la route de l'histoire quelques bâtards vont se lever et dire que cela n'est jamais arrivé..»

Récemment, le Royaume-Uni a débattu pour savoir s'il fallait supprimer la Shoah dans son cursus scolaire, car il «offense» la population musulmane qui affirme que cela n'a jamais eu lieu.

Sellam Mickael Elie, [23-Oct-22 8:18 AM]

Ce n'est pas encore supprimé... Cependant, c'est un signe effrayant de la peur qui paralyse le monde et combien il est facile pour chaque pays d'être paralysé par elle.

Cela fait plus de 60 ans après que la Seconde Guerre mondiale a pris fin en Europe..

Ce courriel est envoyé comme une chaîne commémorative, en souvenir des 6 millions de juifs, 20 millions de Russes, 10 millions de chrétiens, et 1900 prêtres catholiques «assassinés, violés, brûlés, affamés, battus, humiliés et ont servi de cobayes, tandis que le peuple allemand a regardé ailleur.

Maintenant, plus que jamais, avec l'Iran, entre autres, revendiquant que l'Holocauste est «un mythe», il est impératif de s'assurer que le monde n'oublie jamais.

Ce courriel est destiné à atteindre 400 millions de personnes... Soyez un maillon dans la chaîne de mémoire et aidez à distribuer ce message à travers le monde.

Combien d'années faudra-il avant que l'attaque du World Trade Center «n'ait jamais eu lieu» parce qu'elle offense les musulmans des États-Unis?

Ne vous contentez pas de supprimer ce message...... cela ne prendra que quelques minutes pour le faire passer.

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Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch

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Vinyl Fridays—Week #7:

DANGER MOUSE—ROME (2011)

Produced by the talented geniuses that are Brian Joseph Burton and Daniele Luppi, ‘Rome’ was an experiment of theirs, as was their goals to create an album that had all the aspects of a movie soundtrack, but wasn’t. Featuring infamous singer/songwriter/member of four bands, Jack White, and famous country singer Norah Jones, ‘Rome’ is a flawless album, perfectly mixing instrumental tracks that leave the instruments to tell a story, such as “Rome” “Te Matador Has Fallen” and “The Gambling Priest” alongside stunning vocal tracks, especially on Norah’s part, with instant classics such as “Season’s Tree’s” “Problem Queen” “The Rose With the Broken Neck” “Two Against One” and “Black” which went on to be featured as the terrifyingly haunting closing track for the hit show Breaking Bad’s fourth season. There are few albums that I have yearned to own on vinyl for years, that are impossible to find, but with ‘Rome’ now a part of my collection, I get to scratch one off the list

As always, I challenge you to take 35 minutes out of your day and give Rome a listen…who knows, it could be the best 35 minutes of your life :) Enjoy!

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Commons Vote

On: The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

Ayes: 304 (97.0% Lab, 2.0% Ind, 1.0% Green) Noes: 105 (94.1% Con, 3.0% DUP, 1.0% RUK, 1.0% Ind, 1.0% UUP) Absent: ~240

Day's business papers: 2025-04-02

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Labour (295 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex McIntyre Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Lewin Andrew Ranger Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Norris Danny Beales Dave Robertson David Burton-Sampson David Smith David Taylor David Williams Dawn Butler Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Diana Johnson Diane Abbott Douglas McAllister Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell Emma Reynolds Euan Stainbank Feryal Clark Fleur Anderson Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Gen Kitchen Gill Furniss Gill German Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Imran Hussain Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Joani Reid Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Davies Josh Dean Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Kenneth Stevenson Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Laura Kyrke-Smith Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Twist Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Jones Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Rimmer Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matthew Patrick Maureen Burke Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Mohammad Yasin Nadia Whittome Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Coyle Neil Duncan-Jordan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Baker Richard Burgon Rosena Allin-Khan Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Sharon Hodgson Simon Opher Sojan Joseph Stella Creasy Stephen Doughty Stephen Kinnock Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Tahir Ali Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Zubir Ahmed

Independent (6 votes)

Adnan Hussain Andrew Gwynne Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Oliver Ryan Rosie Duffield

Green Party (3 votes)

Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Noes

Conservative (95 votes)

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Democratic Unionist Party (3 votes)

Gavin Robinson Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Reform UK (1 vote)

Lee Anderson

Independent (1 vote)

Rupert Lowe

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

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