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I never said that we did. A previous poster said that May was elected (as a leader) by her party. She wasn't, the party members had no opportunity to vote.

The Tories and Labour both have their rival factions but they don't go around thumping each other. According to Sky News, it was a single punch and he hit his head on metal bar and collapsed 30 minutes later.

She wasn't elected by her party. Leadsom withdrew from the final round which was when the party members would have voted, so May became leader by default.

Perusing the weekends papers, there appears to be a split developing in cabinet. The Chancellor says that the negotiations should prioritize free trade even if we have to compromise on immigration whereas Liam Fox says that we should prioritize immigration whilst compromising on free trade. Boris will agree with whoever is likely to further his career.

This report says that a reduction in immigration will ease pressure on public services. Yet where the government could have reduced the numbers ie non-EU immigrants, it's done absolutely nothing. The net figure has been around the 200k mark since the late nineties. And who's been in charge of immigration for the last six years?. Theresa May, and she's achieved sod all. Now that she's finally woken up, she's targeting students coming to UK universities. These pay higher fees and are helping to subsidise UK students so you may wonder where the logic is in that. But when did logic ever have a place in politics?

If they had been so concerned about immigration, why have the non-EU figures been around the 250000 mark each year since the early 90's? That's where we do have control yet they've done nothing to reduce it.

She also refused to rule out contributing funds to EU programmes after Brexit, despite the money paid to Brussels being another major issue in the referendum debate. Also would not guarantee to meet the Vote Leave pledges of £100 million a week for the NHS or a cut in VAT on energy bills. Apparently, Nigel Farage is "very angry".

The past is another country etc. Ted wouldn't have lasted long in today's climate (who does?) but he deserves an enormous amount of credit for the part he played in getting us where we are today. Mind you, getting rid of Martin Chivers and bringing in Frank Saul was a bit of a bummer.

Did a search on YouTube and there's a few streams. No idea what they're like. Suck it and see.

Don't the Fire Brigade charge for putting out chimney fires? I know they do in Ireland as it is seen as negligence on the part of the householder.

One person's "slagging off" is another's justified criticism. How do you draw the line? We should be able to respect other people's views even if we disagree, and not descend to childish insults. Unfortunately, the skill of rational argument seems to be lacking in some of the tossers here.

What? Concede 4 at home?

You should also have a look at the Small Claims Court. I had a problem with a local coach company who refused to compensate me for a cock-up on their part. After weeks of back and forth correspondance, I threatened them with the Small Claims Court and they paid up immediately.

Still nowhere near as good as Case and Cockerill from a couple of decades ago.

Further complicated by the pro-EU majority in the Commons (at the moment and assuming no General Election) and the Lords which will have to approve any new legislation.

Can I use my 10% Season Ticket discount? I'll buy it anyway but may as well save money if possible.

In her speech outside No. 10 last week, May said that she would stop UK companies being sold to foreign owners. So when ARM, a world-leading technology company which designs the chips in 95% of the world's smartphones, gets flogged off to the Japanese, she welcomes it. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

They very nearly did. Leadsom could have been elected by 150000 retired colonels from Tunbridge Wells.

I think they use playdough now. When my missus taught infants, she used to make her own from food colouring, flour, oil and water so it didn't matter if they ate some.

I think that you're a bit muddled there. Invoking Article 50 signals the start of formal negotiations. There is then a 2-year period at the end of which we leave. As existing EU legislation will no longer apply, we will need new laws and regulations to take their place and they will require the approval of parliament. As there is a pro-EU majority in the Commons and the Lords, we'll probably end up with something similar to what we have already but by a different name.

So Gove supported Boris then, after shafting him, supported Leadsome and now said that he will give his full support to May. Hope she wears a stab-proof vest when Michael's around.

I see that Leadsom's had to re-publish her CV after she claimed that she had experience of managing "hundreds of people and billions of funds" and “managing the investment banks team at Barclays”. In fact she never managed any funds and, according to one retired senior banker who worked with her, she didn't manage any teams, large or small.

You certainly put forward a lucid and cogent argument. You're not a past President of the Oxford University Debating Society by any chance?

If you work in a small business, you'd better hope that Leadsom doesn't get in. This is what she said in Parliament in 2012: “I envisage there being absolutely no regulation whatsoever—no minimum wage, no maternity or paternity rights, no unfair dismissal rights, no pension rights—for the smallest companies that are trying to get off the ground, in order to give them a chance."

Who said in 2013: “I don’t think the UK should leave the EU. I think it would be a disaster for our economy and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving. “Like the rise and fall of the Roman and Greek Empires we are seeing the rise of the Asian and South American economies at a time when our own future is less certain. And to be honest economic success is the vital underpinning of every happy nation. The wellbeing we all crave goes hand in hand with economic success.” Another opportunist jumping on the Brexit bandwagon.