"the usual feral reaction of the envious, typified by their rabid hatred of anyone who by dint of hard work, or otherwise, has amassed a little more of life's benefits than they."

Umm no Don, I'm opposed to the destruction of the welfare state, which I percieve (I'll confess I might be wrong of course) to be an opportunist ideological one on behalf of the current Tory dominated coalition rather than a genuine necessity. Your characterisation of those who oppose the current coalitions economic strategies, as bitter workshy "haters" is quite painful. I had some promise when I was younger, I was even ambitious! I doubt I've ever discussed the serious illness which meant I could never fulfill my ambitions. I'm not bitter about those who can however, but I must fight for what little I have been granted and not merely for me of course, but for those who (by the grace of god etc.) who have even less...