badgerx16

But in this case there are no children, the woman had her own successful independent career, inherited over £700K from her parents, and lives in a £1M+ house. She was claiming she needed £48K per year from her ex 'to avoid undue hardship' !

erosion

But Dune's post #46 makes the point that at the preceding election, the result put New Labour with Tory Bliar in charge into Government, the electorate had not given Gordy a mandate as leader. This is exactly the same situation as John Major, the previous election had put Maggie in No 10, not the Grey Man.

Gordon

picard ( reply to bathysphere )

troposphere

hemidemisemiquaver

crochet

To preserve the integrity of the EPL CHEATS !!!

guillotine

But it was a good enough process for Alec Douglas-Home to be appointed as a Tory PM in 1963, John Major ( Tory ) in 1990, and even Churchill ( Tory ) in 1940, all unelected by this definition. ( And AD-H wasn't even an MP, he was moved from the House of Lords and had to win a contrived candidacy in a by-election in a safe seat to get admitted to the Commons ) :cool:

How many more times is this going to be trotted out ? No Prime Minister is ever elected, he is appointed by invitation from The Queen, on the advice of the Privy Council. As with all other MPs, Gordon Brown HAS been elected - by his parliamentary constituency.

turban

returning

imperial ( leather )

I think a hung Parliament might just work, - with a little encouragement set out on Parliament Square

buttercup

Courtney

piece

I think TDD serves 'IN', else he'd get very wet Interesting concensus so far, seems the Beeb was wrong ( shock horror ).

entwined ( as in the lyrics for New Years Day by U2 )

Speedie ( David...)

Serious point of grammar, on which I would like the opinion of the naval types, ( and anybody else with a point of view ). When referring to ships of the RN is it correct to say "HMS xxxxxx" or "the HMS xxxxxx" ? In just struck me as wrong when it came out on a BBC news report the other day, and it's also used at the end of the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies". In my view the first of these is correct, as you have to consider expanding the abbreviation, such that "I served on Her Majesty's Ship Temeraire" is correct, and "I served on the Her Majesty's Ship Temeraire" is incorrect. What do you reckon TDD, et al ?

ticket

compendium