I am a Socialist, but I feel like that joke about God who, after creating the Universe, is alive and well and working on a far less ambitous project.

Ok I haven't invented a Universe but I think, like most people I see the inevitable shortcomings of capitalism. It seems obviuos that water, power, education, health and some other things should be owned by the public. This list could go further.

In a world where we create more than we need, capitalism seems quite good at moving excess wealth about. In this process a few get lots and lots and the many get much less. but it does move wealth about.

If we want more spent on health education and sustainable growth etc we have 2 routes, tax the rich, mostly their companies or take them over. People don't vote for either much. Revolutions have generally produced bad and undemocratic regimes.

The second route is Socialism. The problem is it's very difficult to do and when it has been done the regimes established have been very bad economically and very bad for peoples human rights.

I am a Socialst, but I have to say I don't hear anybody describing a sytem that might work or a way of getting there. I think this takes us back to Tony. The best of a poor choice? Yes. Honest? I think so but I have poor judgement.

The row with the BBC has been tragic. But as for the press in general, Most of jounalsits write for the Mail, the Sun, the Star, the Sport, the Express, the Times etc. These are evil bad things that tell lies about most things most days. That is why we had to have Alistair Cambell and a good job in impossible circumstances he did