if you vote for the conservatives...

No issue with that, Richard, but I would substiture conservative with 'any of the bastards'. Trouble is, whoever you vote for, the government always get in:-( However, moving on...

Can someone explain to me this 'grey area' in terms of was consent given or not; was the victim raped or not and was the accused guilty or not. While I fully accept that circumstances may differ and there may be, in certain circumstances, mitigation I do not see how it fits in with rape. I can see that a murder may be commited in self defence or due to extreme fear. I can see how theft may be commited due to abject poverty. But in what circumstances is the desire to have sex life-threatening?

DeG