So rich people can't become socialists now? Good to see the class system's intact, and I bet there are some toffs in the cabinet who are very pleased it doesn't work the other way around as the working class tories abandoning the party would mean any chance of re-election would disappear in a puff of smoke.

Tony Benn, whom I met very briefly last year was an excellent chap, an intellectual who realised the injustice of a system he was born into and worked to alter that. He was very interested in what I did for a living and was an engaging and thoughtful speaker.

Of course politicians generally hate people who can think for themselves, the right more than the left in my experience.