"NO, MATE!    If this were a communist country, people like Fred Goodwin would still be cock of the walk, and moaners like those we see on this thread would be up against a wall, or disappeared.

And THAT'S the major difference. How many people got shot dead between 1961 and 1989, trying to cross the border WEST to EAST?"

Correct, Don. Thanks for that.

Strange how the loony-lefties never seem to remember things like Tiananmen Square, or the Gulags, when they're spouting their bollocks about what shit systems the UK and the USA operate, and how marvellous it will be when the proles give the rulers a good kick in the balls and take over.