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Eighty-eight

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politics

No news is good news

Cheats

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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' !

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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.

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To preserve the integrity of the EPL CHEATS !!!

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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.

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

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