I have so far been quite a fan of the Gordon Brown/Alistair Darling approach, but I am less keen on giving money to foreign car manufacturers who will simply send it back home - abroad.

But Links downsizing? Smirk!

As for the rest, Villan, you sound just the sort of bloke who would have deported Henry the Gamekeeper, ordered the Peterloo massacre, and hanged Bold Robert Emmet (and for the last, much thanks). Bring back Captain Swing, say I.