"I do not think I am doing any such thing. And I think it rude of you to suggest that I am."
And I think it's rude of you to dismiss actual arguments as "envy£ - so there you go!
"no-one else has a right to be fortunate "
I've never suggested that anybody should have no right to be fortunate - on the contrary - I believe we should all, as human beings, have that right.
I do object to having to live in a society that is designed to serve only the fortunate and reward that fortune with yet more unmerited fortune.
We live in an incredibly unequal world and that inequality is accelerating.
Those benefiting from that inequality, far from attempting to redress the balance are doing everything in their (your) power to alter it (the very definition of the term 'Conservative'.
You've decided which side you are on are happy to dismiss those of us who wish to change things by insulting us with your "envy", don't be surprised when we hope your well-buttered bread chokes you.
I never was a fan of the Reign of Terror of 18th century Paris, but talking to some people often insipres me to go out and buy a tin of 3 in 1 for the blade.
Jim Carroll