So who should run the country Paul? Should it be the bankers, the armed forces or an angry mob? Do you realise how long any democratic government can stay in power after inflation has exceeded 30%? A weak government is the stuff of nightmares. Amnesty International has identified the absence of state authority as the major cause of current human rights violations throughout the world.
I have no doubt at all that many of the current policies being advocated (and practised) by the Labour Party, would have been dismissed as the rantings of right wing lunatics by Ted Heath thirty five years ago. It is a very dangerous illusion to imagine that things could not possibly get worse though. When you are confronted by two evils, it is always your duty to choose the lesser in the short term and in the long term try to improve the situation. The US is currently finding out just how far the pendulum can swing to the right. Do you really want Britain to go the same way?