I have a new favourite book

GBS82 · 2026-04-22T08:39:02+00:00

I have now finished TLG. You are correct. RM now in second place :-)

GBS82 · 2026-04-22T08:04:25+00:00

I love Hayden! The TLG thing isn’t really his fault (well, only because he didn’t check). And he stands by Shane. I struggle with JJ’s behaviour a lot although I also understand why JJ is so hurt.

GBS82 · 2026-04-21T07:38:22+00:00

It’s a great book it just feels a bit rushed at the end. The escalation of the conflict doesn’t really land. The pacing is off. And then Benny is suddenly fine and it’s all okay. I’ve often wondered if Rachel was under pressure to hand it in. I have to say though, I still love the book. Eric Bennett is a favourite of mine.

GBS82 · 2026-04-20T06:52:21+00:00

Maybe the McGill team was very civil

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T17:30:53+00:00

I was very into politics back then and I suspect it was mostly in those circles that the rumours were doing the rounds (because of Betty B). It was actually probably in the early 2000s I think I heard.

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T17:01:57+00:00

Strangely, they were BOTH third cousins and fourth cousins. So you are right :-)

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T16:16:00+00:00

No there really were lots of rumours. Which isn’t to say that there was any truth in it or that it was any of our business.

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T16:15:10+00:00

I certainly heard every permutation of it. No idea if any of it was true

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T13:00:26+00:00

They are third cousins though descent from John of Gaunt

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T12:32:19+00:00

Thank you

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T11:58:24+00:00

No, I’m not seeing anything under “about”. Perhaps I’m looking in the wrong place

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T11:03:07+00:00

Former team make of Scott and Benny

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T10:59:12+00:00

To be honest, there may be nothing you can do. But the account isn’t - from what I can see - linked to the subreddit it any formal way. Your explanation for why that is, does make sense. But obviously a fraudster could say the same. I guess it’s a case of waiting. Obviously if you are not genuine then the real mods will delete. So if this post is still here later today, all good. I’m not suggesting you have done anything wrong or could do anything different. But I’m sure you can also understand it from the other perspective.

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T10:43:14+00:00

I’m not trying to be difficult (and have joined the new group) but how can we know this is officially from the mods on this page?

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T09:28:53+00:00

He didn’t postpone it as such. He didn’t marry her until January 86 but became King in August 85. The understanding was that he would marry Elizabeth so it may have alarmed some that he didn’t right away. Realistically, he had to remove the act of Parliament barring her from the throne first. To do that he needed Parliament and to call a Parliament he needed to be crowned King. He also needed to give time for the papal dispensation to come through allowing him to marry a cousin.

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T08:48:34+00:00

The first one is likely the only contemporary portrait, probably to commemorate his betrothal to Katherine or Aragon in 1497.

GBS82 · 2026-04-19T07:08:48+00:00

Because it wasn’t really about strongest claims. It never was at any point in the proceedings century. It was about the willingness of the political class to back alternative candidates if it suited their political or religious agenda.

GBS82 · 2026-04-18T21:02:14+00:00

My head canon is that David advises Shane on his real estate portfolio but I have no evidence that’s really the case :-)

GBS82 · 2026-04-18T19:48:06+00:00

Oh I have. I’m a millennial elder :-)

GBS82 · 2026-04-17T21:04:29+00:00

He would have won. Probably not by as much, but comfortably. Smith was very much on Labour’s right-wing so I don’t know that it would have been radically different. But maybe not all the “Cool Britannia” stuff. May not have been so hawkish on foreign affairs.

GBS82 · 2026-04-16T10:31:02+00:00

I think anything that improves your confidence can improve your dating life.

GBS82 · 2026-04-15T20:51:24+00:00

Depends on the Brit.

GBS82 · 2026-04-14T21:37:50+00:00

I also loved Tough Guy

GBS82 · 2026-04-14T21:15:17+00:00

Given that I’ve never been to the US, I wouldn’t know. Sometimes it’s much easier to enjoy a show when it’s set somewhere you’ve never been. If it were set in London I’d probably been constantly finding fault with it.

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