Ruth, your counter points are of course right, but to state a that one newspaper is responsible is pushing it a bit far, ok, the Daily Mail is a centre right publication, but just because someone reads it, it doesnt make them a Nazi,it also doesnt make them thick, stupid or tossers. This is the core of the problem, because of the policies in Westminster over the last 10 years, if you have a centre right view, you must be a Nazi, that is as ludicrous as saying that if you read the Daily Mirror, you must be a communist.
Anyway, Autolycus, my Spanish is coming along, I understand more than i know how to speak, it doesnt sound like gobbledeegook anymore, i can hear coherent sentences, i have to think about my replies to questions, and plan what to say when i go to the shops, but i do feel that i am getting there,,, Thanks for asking.