that was a brilliant speach Pres. Blair made was it not?, doom and gloom all round a real Xmas plus for the nation- while the barsteward and that wife of his have half a million quid+ to throw away on - not one but two flats - and she makes half of her money contesting Parliamentary and judicial decisions prompted by-er New Labour and er the PM who is her husband- if anyone can think of a neater scam than this -give it me- it beats Romania at its worst, come on Ken Clark for Gods sake get into position