Michael Howard is the MP for the constituency next to where I live and that is too close for comfort. He was a disaster as Home Sec - I worked in the Home Office and remember his disastrous time in office all too well. I suppose the only comforting thought is that the Tories are only re-arrranging the deckchairs on the deck of the Titanic. Labour may not be perfect but they will trounce the Tories again at the next election. The Tories had 18yrs of power and look what they did for Britain in that time - remember Harry Enfield's 'Loadsamoney' - he was definitely a child of Maggie's time. Remember when Kent used to have coalfields, providing employment and pride for many village communities? Selling off the nation's jewels in the guise of privatisation merely created lucrative directorships for the Tories and their pals to take up once they were booted out of office. Only now are Labour taking steps to get the Great Railway Disaster sorted out by taking direct control of the tracks. The Tories cost this country an absolute fortune simply to hammer the unions and feather their own nests. There, now I've got that off my chest!