As to the attempts of this government to make itself proof against democratic processes, you have forgotten the 55% rule Willie.

Turning now to tax and benefits, perhaps you would kindly point us to the equal or equivalent concentration on tax schemes and evasion? So far this government has let Vodafone off 6 billion and trumpeted as a triumph an agreement under which 1 billion in tax is recovered but 40 billion of evaded or concealed tax (if the figures applied to avoided tax they would be bigger) stays hidden in Swiss banks.

Has it proposed mandatory physical labour for the rich if they want to keep their tax allowances? Has it proposed fines for mistakes in tax returns and disqualification from tax allowances in the case of repeated overclaims of allowances? Has it proposed to make it harder to qualify for tax allowances (this is not the same thing as closing tax loopholes)?

What is has proposed is manual labour or starvation for benefits claimants (and indeed as far as I have seen, not only those who do not seek work or do not go to interviews) - and so far I have seen no recognition of the fact that many benefits claimants while they may be fit for some types of work may well not be fit for manual labour.