Of course, but don't forget it was all the fault of Tony Bliar.

Rising prosperity, social justice, balanced budgets, falling crime, lower taxes linked to inflation, kids education etc. etc. seem like a lost paradise.

Can't see us getting out of this, the damage is so bad.

Not so much a dig at the state of the country after 12 years of CONservative control, as nothing suprises me now, and apart from a few members on here who seem to be perfectly happy with the CONS performance , but not suprising to see, that britains largest warship, on route to the USA, left Portsmouth , and broke down near the Isle Of Wight, approx 5 miles away! Why oh why does this not suprise me?

This wins my nomination for the daftest post of the week

I feel for people in the sevices, having to follow orders from bungle, which thankfully passed off peacefully- but trusting and laying your life down for liz?

Ha! There you go again. talk about rants. You can't see past your nose.

12 years in power.

Presiding over everything for the last 12 years and where do we find ourselves?

Yes, God bless the free market economy.

Inflation running riot.

The most expensive and inefficient trains in Europe.

The NHS on its knees as the Tory government starve it of funding, staff and infrastructure. Just so they can say: 'See? It's not working (yeah! cos of you!). It needs a drastic overhaul' (privatisation).

Massive profits for the energy companies, who don't seem to be doing so badly, in spite of the Ukraine situation. Meanwhile the poor and the elderly suffer - no doubt they're whinging snowflakes. Yes, Boris has gone, leaving us with Ms 'profit isn't a dirty word' Truss.

Water companies give massive payouts to shareholders while the water infrastructure is left to rot. s*** in our rivers and seas.

Nobody can afford a house to live in. A ridiculous housing market won't allow the young to buy, meanwhile the renting sector is extortionate.

Yet the whole concept of a 'green belt' is thrown out (all this 'red tape' needs to go) and the flags go up all over England's green fields while the new housebuilders renege on promises to build affordable housing.

Meanwhile we hear, again 'There's no such thing as society; only the individual and the family.' A quasi-Darwinesque, f*** you, world.

Is this a 'left - wing rant, or a brief summary of where we are now that the free - market, the untrammelled free-market, runs amok.?

I think I can guess what your answer to this will be.

12 years. 12 years and no one else to blame.

Sometimes, reading Holmesdale news and politics is like listening to a BNP/Daily Mail/Sun echochamber rant. Ha ha.

Don't you just love it?