Originally Posted by Andy G

I'll keep it general, ravery. We have a democracy, of course but it's also a Monarchy. Now perhaps that's only ceremonial and not really relevant but it does perpetuate a Class System. It's this that still blights UK politics but this is wandering off the already hijacked topic and politics should really be off topic anyway.

Bottom line on the who pays debate: you can't unscramble an egg. It doesn't matter if it's a dollar drawn on the Bank of America to pay for my warranty or a GB Pound drawn on the Bank of England to pay the little guy in the US who supplies widgets to Vauxhall in the UK. We're all in it together and we have to avoid protectionism if we are to climb out of the pooh.

Cheers

Andy G