Josh, you are not seemingly a bastard, but you are a guest, which is tantamount around here. I'm pleased that you can rise above the bilious outpourings here and still continue to state your case.

My counsel is to become active in mainstream politics, not the tin-pot parties like the BNP and the MRLP. The saying 'Some grin and bear it, others smile and change it' applies here. He's not my cuppa, but that Michael Howard was opining about challenging the political correctness only this week. Our own Cllr is of the same hue, and whilst I don't share his exact politics, I count him as a personal friend and drinking buddy, and he is an effing good example of someone who is making a difference by actually doing something rather than saying 'something should be done'.

So, become or state your membership here, get active in politics with a social conscience, and listen to mooman, as he is a Buddhist, and a very incisive thinker. And enjoy living in this wonderful country.