Oh, it's not personal, 'theleveller' - how could it be? I don't even know you!

But experience suggests that people who 'innocently' ask the types of questions that you asked almost always (think that they) 'know' the answers in advance and are really just stirring it.

In my opinion a more honest approach would be for people state their opinions in advance rather than to ask 'loaded' questions. And again I would remind you that the answers to your questions are in the public domain and a little digging should produce them. The trouble is that there appears to be a rather vociferous group of people, within the folk community, who don't like those answers. They appear to believe that if they keep on asking the same questions over and over again they will eventually receive different answers which are more acceptable to them and more in line with their preconceptions.