Now I realise that the British Legion that organises the sale of poppies does an amazing job and helps us in many ways to remember those that have been killed in wars, and whatever you remember them for: whether as comrades, family members or the destruction of a good life, you remember them. … Other wear them as a mark of respect and for those that have fought, because they have seen and shared things in a way to keep us safe in our beds and so we do not have to se these things.

It seems as though everyone always looks for the easy answers when these things happen, when there are none.

As one historian said we like to think of England as this civilised place, all royal weddings and cricket, when riots have been common place down the recent

So we discover that everyone who was anyone had their phone hacked, that it was in common usage amongst the tabloid press and was being used to excess. Every previously disgraced journo is stabbing anyone in sight in the back and every odious creature of the media and

Credit streams were harder to access and the tax man came knocking; and from a highly visible and successful company with a multi million pound turnover to administration in a few months.

… “How to Get a Job in a Recession” (Denise Taylor) I heard the striking post workers comapred to the miners the other day, and a postal worker talking of how his job has been downgraded and if the Royal Mail management get their way there will be more part time workers and the wage will not support a family. … Yes they have attempted to modernise their industry but its liek modernising a horse when everyone is using those new fangled auto mobiles (motor cars). So the many of the people who worked at my old company are looking for work, the worry, the anxiety, the fear is what this crisis is all about. No political Party can promise us more than Blood Toil and Sweat, I will be voting for the one that best allays the fears and the tears.