There's a lot of fairly shallow and stereotypical rhetoric in this thread, not much of which is based on reality. Any "party faithfuls" that still exist are deluding themselves if they think things would be any different no matter who is in power. Apart from some fairly ridiculous and outdated cartoon characters (some of which are mentioned above) our politicians have become totally bland.

Just a small point, when people talk about "how much they are paid/how little we are paid" - every job has a rate of pay and the rate of pay is, for many people, one of the more significant reasons for choosing that line of work. So anybody becoming a nurse or teacher knows that they are opting for low wages from the start. To object to somebody else's rate of pay and suggest they live on a pittance is really pretty childish.

And as for the suggestion that Mrs Thatcher killed people .... that's simply carrying prejudice beyond the point of common sense and reaching a whole new level of offensiveness. There will always be political disagreement (even for people like me who have no political leanings or preferences) but there's no point in going quite so far over the top.

With all due respect.