I'm going to bed now, Al, but before I go I'll just say this. There are Tories who talk nice. There are Tories who talk gentle. But Tories are always in it for what they can get. Tories are in it for self-interest. Nice Tories are actually not nice at all. They are out to delude you. Just before the election, a poll found that 48% of Tory voters admit that they are racist. Blimey, that's just the ones who admit it, excluding the ones who say "I'm not a racist, but..."

I'm sure your aunt was a lovely woman but I'm also sure that you never forensically dissected her questionable politics. She was family, after all. Yeah, my grandad was just the same. Luvly feller, worked on Salford docks all his life, always voted Tory...

The trouble is, Al, that the alternative to what you see as detestable Corbynist policies is not Tory policies. That false message has been sold to the electorate this time, especially up north, and it worked. I'm saying that the Tory campaign has sold you a pup. You appear not to able to see that, along with millions of others. Well, it's going to come back to bite you. Soon, and big time. I take no joy in that either.