bridge too far

Oh look at the pedant! :D Oh hang on! http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/mullered

But no way is he a moron! Batman doesnt quite understand that.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=burger+flipper

That's OK - not everyone can be a burger flipper

Moron is a term that isn't used these days. In the past, it meant a very low IQ (around 50) when the average IQ is 100. Here is the academic history of a 'moron' for you. "In 1989, Miliband gained four A Levels – in Mathematics (A), English (A), Further Mathematics (B) and Physics (B) – and entered the University of Oxford where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College. In his first year, he was elected JCR President, leading a student campaign against a rise in rent charges. In his second year he dropped philosophy, and was awarded an upper second class Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to graduate from the London School of Economics with a Master of Science in Economics.[12]"

But he's most definitely NOT a moron.

You may not have liked him or wanted him to win the election but, really - a moron? I suggest you read his Wiki entry and then tell me where he's a moron. A typical response from someone who doesn't ever read facts and bases his opinions on the 'popular' view in the right wing press

He's chosen not to for family reasons

Do keep up sweetie The rules have changed

Sadly it will be a beauty contest because that's the way things are these days

There's some sort of fraud enquiry going on in Thanet where Farage lost Norman Lamb and Tim Fallon declared for the Lib Dems Liz Kendall, Chuka Umunna and now Andy Burnham for Labour Tim Fallon and Chuka Umunna are very articulate and unflappable. Andy Burnham is a good operator. Don't really have a view on Liz Kendall. But whoever is selected has to be able to stand up to Cameron's inability to answer questions (a trait inherited by Priti Patel today)

Put your dicks away, boys. Stop waving them about

The rules to elect the Labour Party leader changed since Ed was in charge. He instigated the change I think following the Collins report in 2014. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/05/how-will-labour-leadership-election-work

When I think of binary I think of 0 and 1 not black and white. Is this where I've been going wrong all my life?

I think it's called hypocrisy

Have they started building Tesco yet?

You're up for losing this? Are you sure?

Surely all it means that some of those that voted for separation voted for one of the other parties in the election. I don't think your statistics prove anything, really

Looks like they've got Cook http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32682630

I think I read somewhere (I may even have posted a link) that the blind and deaf will be losing some of their support. Feckless, workshy buggers Edit I don't really mean this bit in bold as I'm sure you know!

But that's because of Market Forces (beloved of many on here). Senior public sector employees have far more budgetary and resource responsibility than many in the private sector earning a lot more money. If you want the best people for a job, you pay them accordingly. Isn't that what they say about bankers / hedge fund managers et al?

In the real world, people like Job Centre staff (I'm talking about the real workers here, not their managers) are not given any authority. Claimants don't have any rights to ask for an escalation of their complaints. All he could achieve was a note on his file to the effect that there had been an administrative cock-up and that his JSA should apply from the original date. No apology and the 'blight' of the sanction is still there. I don't think you realise just how frightened ordinary people are to complain. God forbid, but it's going to get far worse.

No, the process is driven by the cuts. There have been many reports of the 'jobsworths' being scared to report glaring inaccuracies for fear of losing their jobs. In Mr TF's case, the clerk told him s/he didn't have the authority to change his wrongly applied sanction or to allow him to escalate his complaint to a senior manager.

I don't blame the jobsworths (who are often very poorly paid anyway) but rather the mandarins who set the tick-box exercises and the targets that the jobsworths have to meet (evidenced by Mr TF's experience mentioned about 3 days ago).

Nah that's just your bias talking.