Bobby Gillespie
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Corbyn losing the 2019 election.
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Being let go from Strictly.
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If you ask me where has been the one area where I feel that I've been most frustrated and most stymied it is the fact that the United States of America is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common-sense, gun-safety laws. Even in the face of repeated mass killings. … And for us not to be able to resolve that issue has been something that is distressing. But it is not something that I intend to stop working on in the remaining 18 months.
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Not getting solo records playlisted on the BBC.
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