At the risk of being told to f**k off because I am only a Guest, I personally do not have a problem with political threads. I ignore them. It is very easy to do, just scroll down the list and avoid anything that mentions Bush, Blair or any other politically motivated cretin who regards him/her self as one of our "leaders".

Go on, try it for yourself. There's no costly software to buy or expensive training to undertake. All it needs is a dose of ordinary COMMON SENSE. The more we ignore these people the more uncomfortable they will get as their only reason for existing is to be noticed. With any luck they will all crawl back into the dark and slimy places they were spawned and leave the rest of us to our music.