That is the essence of what we do as lawyers: advocate for clients within a system that seeks to make decisions based on law and established procedure, not whim or ideology or political power.

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Thirdly, the approach that Mr Cameron is taking is based not on whim, but on hard evidence of what will befall the party if it fails to change.

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The deal with Hudbay was not done on a whim.

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It builds strong links with its suppliers and does not abandon them at the whim of the markets.

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He said putting the code on a statutory basis would end the "limbo" which currently exists and would mean it could not "be changed by a minister on a whim".

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The message was, said Mr Jones, aimed at a Tory Government in Westminster who would "be able to abolish the assembly at a whim" if it wanted to - not, you might argue, that likely.

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It's a risky sector, in the sense that the demand level in much of it, in any given year, is at the whim of taxpayers--and taxpayers are not in a spending mood these days.

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Instead, it appeals to tech types who crave perfect picture quality and may not have the budget to purchase a German luxury vehicle on a whim.

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But it's not the British government that's stopping it, it's the whim of the Ulster Unionist Party as of now to no effect I may say.

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Not that anyone watching was going to be able to sign up for the course on a whim (although Jon Stewart expressed an interest in doing so).

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