""Why is it "feral" and "rabid"? I think "civilised" and "considered" would be more approriate and "hatred" and "envious" are totally stupid words to use.""

The responses of some on this thread (and I would like to point out that I do not number Crow Sister, Tam, or any others like them among this group), are indeed rabid, and full of hatred of anyone who either has money, or by reason of being privately educated, is perceived by them to be a toff who is living on money stolen from the poor.

They are feral in that they advocate violent direct action (eg Richard Bridge's "Revolution") as an ideological choice, rather than any attempt at a civilised and considered response.

They are envious because they do not want equality, but rather the destruction of those whom they consider to be too rich.

In short, I stand by what I said, and if you don't know why, read some of the posts above (thoroughly this time), and consider what has happened to every country on this planet which tried to live with equality.

Go take a look at the country whose ruler you all love so much. Look at the state of housing in Havana. Look at the recycled wrecks the call transport, and then stand in the street and ask why, then when/if you get out of jail, and get slung out of the country, you might know something about the way it's run.

Until you have an alternative to the way capital and labour interact in this country, and nobody ever found one yet, it's as good as it gets.

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Finally, Bonzo just for once has come up with a sensible point. I loathe corruption as much as the next man but I want more than the word of a Newspaper article in evidence before I start calling for a rope and a strong tree.

The police weren't able to put him away, presumably because he hadn't broken the law.

Quite a few of the so-called expenses fiddles were in fact never actually passed by the fees office.

One example was the much mentioned (by the left) Duck House.

Something along these lines was the true sequence of events.

MP: I've built a duck house in the lake of the property I bought, and I want to know whether I can claim back the cost.

Fees Office: NO!

MP: O.K.

Now some may see that as a fiddle, but only if they are trying to sell more papers.

Don