I suppose I have always been and always will be dismissive of armchair socialists.

Having someone to blame for your situation can be cathartic and prevents you from being too inward looking if you know what I mean. Hating Thatcher because you disagreed with her is not worthy of people. Hating her because you were affected by the bitch is understandable and hating her in support of others can be somehow altruistic but borderline the first example.

Hating those charged with keeping society going can be strange when you think about it. Sadly most politicians don't help themselves. However if there were no bogeymen, the newspaper editors would elevate some poor sod in the name of selling tomorrow's chip wrapper.

Next bogeyman? why not ring Paul Dacre and ask him?