[Margaret Pilkington]

As Wyn says...we don't always give new members a hard time.
Ask Dave in Germany...I think he slid into the forum with ease...it is about affording respect......and not having that superior attitude...OK, so that new member had debated 'real' politics at the Oxford Union.......was that supposed to impress us?
It makes out that politics isn't for ordinary people....and that is what is wrong....too many 'ordinary people' fail to be interested in politics because of that kind of attitude.
Politics touches every part of our everyday lives......and we should have opinions, and feel that we can express those opinions without some toffee nosed member telling us we don't know what were are talking about....OK he didn't say that in so many words, but that is certainly what his pompous post implied.