"There's a whole bunch of slavering, rabid, anti Tories on this forum, who really don't give a fuck whether the Tories do a good job or not, as long as they can trot out their hard wired prejudices yet again."

Erm, it sounds like you started that sentence with a hard-wired prejudice.

"But that ain't likely, is it?"

Because it's an opinion Don, and if to earn your respect we all have to have the same as you then you're right, it ain't likely.

It's impossible to post anything that opposes Conservative policy or values without being called a socialist, left-winger etc etc. It works both ways and no-one is guilt-free in this case. I wonder if it will ever be possible to express non-partisan viewpoints without ever being labelled one way or the other?

"New Labour's been doing it to you for thirteen years, and you haven't even noticed."

Plenty of Labour voters noticed Don. That's why they lost the election.

Gentle Gaint has had a wonderful time winding everyone up into a frenzy of utter hatred and anger but these are the sort of divisive political tactics that all parties have used over the years, and boy doesn't it work.

We live in a divided society now, and the gap between those that have and have not is wider than ever - and this occurred under Labour. The problem is, the Tories have a bit of a ropey track record in addressing inequality in society preferring instead to hand over control of the education of our children, prisons, healthcare etc to private companies and as we know, they exist primarily to make money NOT to educate, rehabilitate or nurse those who need it.