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16 years ago Oh it's a catalogue of betrayal ... Maggie dumped by The Tories when she indicated her will for less Europe, three years later led Tory rebels calling for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty. Then Prime Minister John Major, famously declaring he'd not read the treaty called a three line whip to defeat Lady Thatcher's rebels in the House of Lords by 445 to 176. A week later in the House of Commons it was much closer - 318 v 317. With both sides tied the casting vote of the speaker was enough to commit us to conforming to EU regulation shaped bananas and sausages, post offices, light bulbs n all. If dear old Betty Boothroyd had voted the other way.... maybe Take That wouldn't have got their first chart-topper, 'Pray' went straight to number one on Sunday 11 July 1993 |
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Top 40 Sun 14 Jun 09 Ten new tunes this week led by 18 year old Chislehurst lass Pixie Lott who goes straight to number one with her first release 'Mama Do'. Kasabian top the album chart and 'Underdog' becomes their second song on the top forty singles. David Guetta enlists the help of Kelly Rowland on his new hit 'When Love Takes Over' which is immediately covered by the obscurely named Airi L and also bounced in at 22 perhaps because of it's availability in two six minute club mixes. GaGa's back, Linkin Park from Transformers 2, Jordin Sparks, Pussycat Dolls, The Saturdays and at 33 Lenka. Lenka Kripac, a former Yugoslav, former Aussie now living in LA - you may know her new UK hit 'The Show' from the Old Navy ads, then again. 10 new entries – 2 climbers, 24 down, 4 non-movers This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title 1 new PIXIE LOTT Mama Do 2 1 5 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow 3 4 3 AGNES Release Me 4 2 4 DIZZEE RASCAL Bonkers 5 5 4 DANIEL MERRIWEATHER Red 6 6 4 KERI HILSON, KANYE WEST & NE-YO Knock You Down 7 3 2 KASABIAN Fire 8 new DAVID GUETTA & KELLY ROWLAND When Love Takes Over 9 9 3 THE VERONICAS Untouched 10 7 6 SOULJA BOY TELLEM & SAMMIE Kiss Me Through The Phone
11 8 8 TINCHY STRYDER & N-DUBZ Number One 12 10 13 LA ROUX In For The Kill 13 new LADY GAGA Paparazzi 14 12 22 LADY GAGA Poker Face 15 15 3 LITTLE BOOTS New In Town 16 14 4 EMPIRE OF THE SUN We Are The People 17 13 12 LILY ALLEN Not Fair 18 11 9 EMINEM We Made You 19 26 4 KATY PERRY Waking Up In Vegas 20 new LINKIN PARK New Divide
21 new JORDIN SPARKS Battlefield 22 new AIRI L When Love Takes Over 23 16 8 PRODIGY Warrior's Dance 24 20 13 AR RAHMAN & PUSSYCAT DOLLS Jai Ho 25 new PUSSYCAT DOLLS Hush Hush 26 23 15 BEYONCE Halo 27 18 9 FLO RIDA & WYNTER Sugar 28 17 10 CALVIN HARRIS I'm Not Alone 29 19 8 DEADMAU5 & KASCADE I Remember 30 22 10 CIARA & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Love Sex Magic
31 27 4 PAULO NUTINI Candy 32 new KASABIAN Underdog 33 new LENKA The Show 34 33 13 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS & CIARA Takin' Back My Love 35 29 14 METRO STATION Shake It 36 30 11 PINK Please Don't Leave Me 37 35 23 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 38 new SATURDAYS Work 39 32 9 MILEY CYRUS The Climb 40 24 7 IRONIK, CHPIMUNK & ELTON JOHN Tiny Dancer |
The listening Gov. It's nice to know they're listening now according to Lord Mandelson (Lord ... come on) it's inevitable we'll be dumping the pound. Listening or not they'll certainly be analysing last week's European Election votes and here they are in simplified form with change on 2004 ... Less people voted indeed, and in mysterious ways. Here's the top line votes and the difference on five years ago. 34% voted this year compared to 37.6% in 2004 - parties with a reduced vote in plain font, parties with an increase in support are highlighted Tories 4.198m - down 200k If you add the votes for UK nationalist parties together you get an intriguing picture of the number who are uneasy about dumping the pound and UK sovereignty. America's Hot 100 1 1 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow 2 3 PITBULL I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) 3 7 KERI HILSON, KANYE WEST & NE-YO Knock You Down 4 4 JEREMIH Birthday Sex 5 2 LADY GAGA Poker Face 6 10 LADY GAGA LoveGame 7 11 SHINEDOWN Second Chance 8 6 BEYONCE Halo 9 9 SEAN KINGSTON Fire Burning 10 5 JAMIE FOXX & T-PAIN Blame It |