Sugarfoot jack takes my opinion out of context and then lumps it with somebody who he reckons reads The Daily Mail.

Ah well, at least it means I don't have to try and understand what the hell he is on...

I too want a society that is blah blah blah. My point being that finding scapegoats for inequalities is, as I said, usually borne of envy. If it not the case for you, congratulations! You are in the (according to LSE) the 65% of the population. It is the other 35% that seem to populate BBC Have your Say and encourage The Daily Mail by believing half the crap they read.

As most of the country votes as they have traditionally voted, it is from the 35% that politicians do their pandering.

Before I "retired" and joined the public sector, I too ran my own business, (Ok, not just my wife, in fact not with my wife at all, but with our 300+ employees,) and I have no idea if I can relate to Sugarfoot Jack's "being there" but I am willing to learn.

Methinks this whole thread is confusing empathy with sympathy.

Like I said, whinging is borne of envy. In my experience, every ruddy time.

I just wish that instead of rattling on about a Utopia that just ain't gonna happen, that people would focus on how to make things fairer within the constraints that we will always have.

I try to change the world with my guitar, as entertainment. I don't believe I really could though. Even though I don't wear sandals, I doubt I would be taken seriously. No. once the pundits have stopped blaming us "fat cats" we then get on with trying with varying degrees of success to make society as close the aspirations of Ministers as we can.

Success is judged by lack of moaning rather than rushes of gratitude.


ps. Mussolini only ever got one train to run on time, and that was because he was en route to see the President to be asked to run the country.