Just noticed that Akenaton reckons that to equate Thatcher and Scargill shows a lack of political understanding.

Gosh! Err.... thanks for telling me. I wouldn't have known and then may have carried on embarrassing myself. All those years I was a special advisor at Dept of Health and not knowing that if only I had spoken to a stupid right wing bigot I could have stopped interfering with things I don't understand there and then.

Thanks again. A bit late, as I am still interfering with Dept of Health in small ways. Although as I am not and have never been a member of any political party, perhaps what is where I went wrong? If I had a stiffy for Thatcher like Akenaton, I too could have hated people whose lifestyle wasn't like mine, and not feel guilty about making disparaging remarks about people I know nothing about.

I might also know where my stone was when I needed to crawl back under it...