[garinda]

Well I am a child of the liberal sixties and seventies, and I know right from wrong.

Without wishing to score political points, because I honestly believe it, I blame Thatcherism.

The whole ethos of caring for others ended at this time. People were encouraged to expect, and to get what they wanted, be it owning their own homes, share ownership, and material wealth of every kind.

I think a fundamental changed happened in the British psyche. Our ability as a nation to feel charitable towards others first, rather than ourselves ended, and the next generation are even more consumed with expecting everything handed to them on a plate.