[pendy]

John - you may be right that Americans are very generous, but it is a sad fact that a great many of them have, over the years, been very generous towards the IRA, who have never been noted for their goodwill towards America's greatest friend and ally, i.e. us.

As to our own poor little nation, the successes of extremist parties in Burnley and in Blackburn shows the feeling of the electorate. If the mainstream parties won't listen, rest assured the extremists will. That's how Adolph got in.