Bluesman you are wrong.

This bollocks is what took England deeper into the mire, Economics is not like the weekly shop. Thatcher lied to you on that point and many more. That's why the green shoots of recovery never happened. Thats why service led recovery never transpires. She lied to you.

That simple. If someone says, your mining and the attendant engineering industry is worth nothibng or at best fourpence. They are lying to you. Similarly with the steel industry. the shipbuilding industry, The motorbike industry. They are lying. You were silly to believe her.

Now confess to your idiocy. For all Richard's nutty additions to Mudcat. He has (at least) ten times your cerebral power.

In short, you are voting for rich assholes who have figured you out as a snob, with nothing to be snobbish about.

Just go away, get an education, Come back in about three years and say you're sorry.