Excuse me? Is banning foxhunting an idea from the Tories? Is introducing laws that will eventually ban smoking, farting or any kind of breathing? Is the mad rush into integration with Europe? They've modified certain policies from the Tories, sure, but that was the only way they were ever going to get elected again. This is a left of centre government and, I grant you, is practically indistinguishable from the 'redder' elements of the Conservatives, who were rightly booted out in 1997 as they had become stagnated and riddled with corruption and ministers using their position to do favours for their mates.

Remove all ideas from your mind that this is a Socialist government or, indeed, even a pale imitation of one. This is a Government that, like the Tories, is abusing its position and forcing through unpopular legislation due to their complacency over their huge (non-representative) majority in the Commons. In fact, Blair has wangled it so he is even less accountable to Parliament - witness the reduction of PM's Question Times from twice to once a week, a huge increase in legislation through Orders in Council etc. etc. The icing on the cake, of course, was to use the Parliament Act in a completely unconstitutional manner to force the abolition of foxhunting through. Whatever you may think of the House of Lords, we have a two-chambered Parliament and Blair has acted as if one of them didn't even exist.

Blair probably doesn't have time to read the papers nowadays but his politics and thinking, formed many years ago, are Guardian-esque in nature. And I can't, in all honesty, see the Murdoch press backing him next time.

How dare you!I meddle in affairs?? This from the person who tells people what paper they should/shouldn't read? Who supports George Bush who is the world's chief meddler?As a teacher, my "do-gooding" is about helping people, not forcing my ideas on them. About facilitaing their route to reaching their potential.So yes, I believe that everyone has an equal right to celebrate their culture. I believe that English peope have a right to celebrate St. Georges day etc, but also that black and asian cultures have a chance to support their minority communities with newspapers.

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despite what your post suggests, immigrants don't decide to create inner city ghetto areas, they are forced there through a variety of external factors that they mostly have no control over.hmmm, i'm bored... i think i might create a ghetto

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I've come to the conclusion that Stu has little idea of what he is talking about and needs to do a lot more research before even thinking about posting on threads like these.

You're arguments aren't based on the slightest bit of fact and are mostly propoganda that you have obviously picked up merely from reading the wrong newspaper.

In these current times, no source of news information can ever be purely without bias, even the BBC swings with the government, its major funder.

And as for calling Rach a "do-gooder" merely for her profession is laughable. None of us would be the people we are today without the people that taught us. Yes, our parents instilled morals and the like into us but ultimately teachers have a huge say in who we are. I pity yours Stu, those darn do-gooders trying to educate you and blatantly failing.

Just because someone has a sense of well-being and giving a s*** about someone other than themselves is a do-gooder? Then i'm guilty, and i'm an accountant - world reknowned for screwing everyone and everything out of every penny.

Do-gooding rant over.

PS - there were no WMD's Stu (FACT) and Bush dragged us into an illegal war (FACT). Ponder that thought for a few minutes