Forgive me. I'm lost.

1. Does this 58% include the rich, in which case the survey results are skewed?

2. Does the unskewed portion of the 58% think that all of the rich deserve all of their riches? If so that must include every wealthy gangster, drug dealer, fraudster, slum landlord etc?

3. If they don't, then which portion of the rich are the deserving? Is it limited to those who acquired their riches through honest toil? If so, what about the people who likewise spent their lives in honest toil and left this world as poor as the day they entered it?

4 Does it include all the bankers who nearly brought the world economy to its knees, and may yet succeed in doing so.

5. Does it include lottery winners and other people who have acquired their wealth fortuitously?

6. Does it include people who were born into riches and who therefore did nothing to enter the echelons of the wealthy?

7. Does it mean the rest of the world deserves its poverty?

I'm curious because I've just had a call from one Lewis Carroll asking if I know what's happened to his white rabbit.