In respect of closely fought elections, again you're arguing apples and pears: I never claimed Labour's share of the vote was the lowest for a winning party "in the history of British democracy" (though that is a load of bollocks) but instead that the last election was not close. The Conservatives won 199 seats (10 fewer than even Michael Foot managed to hang onto in your glory days) and Labour around 360. That to everyone except you is not a close result.

Then we get your usual diatribe of assertions about what the public believe framed in your usual absurd manner. But let's rattle through them again:

Privatisation of public services. First, the link you provided does not count as substantiation of anything: who conducted the poll? What was the fieldwork? Where are the actual results as oppsoed to a two sentence spin from a clearly non-objective organisation? Back to the classroom on that one, Jonesy.

Oppose the war in Iraq. No doubt they do now. Heck, even supporters of the war believe that massive mistakes were made. It's hardly a radical insight is it? Of course a majority backed it at the time the decision was taken, when it actually matters. And genuinely: if there had been the same media scrutiny and use of polls during WW2, do you not believe that at times there would have been public support for negotiating a truce. There was overwhelming public support for Chamberlain for his attempt to prevent the war; in retrospect he was a dupe wasn't he? You anti-war lot are the Chamberlains of our time.

Independent foreign policy. Well I support that too. So does Blair. It's what we have. Slag off America at every opportunity is actually what you believe. That's not what the public supports.

Tuition fees. Your source to substantiate this is a Guardian article of four years ago at the height of the debate before they were introduced. Risible. Where's your evidence the public opposes them now? And what's your alternative - because you won't find public support for those who never attended university paying more tax to subsidise those who do. Nor, I suspect, will you find public support for slashing the number of university places (not a leftwing cause that, anyway, is it?) to scrap fees that way.

Trident. Dear god - you think a poll commissioned by CND asking people to make an entirely false choice between funding schools and hospitals of funding Trident substantiates your claim that people are against Trident renewal do you? Seriously? More objective polling has found a small majority in favour of Trident, with men being significantly in favour and women significantly against.

Workers' rights. Again, ludicrous source and no substantiation of the claims but before you get on a high horse, I agree with "better" workers' rights, as I suspect do the public. What does that mean though. I suspect you mean the repeal of all the Trade Union legislation enacted by the Tories. No public support there.

Renationalisation of the railways. Another up-to-date source there: this one only three years old (incidentally, given that you cite it in your support what do you make of the finding it contains that 79% believe taxes should be cut or held at the same level - and how does that square with all your other high-cost plans?). And again, where's the equivalent question to your laughable CND one on Trident, stacking the cost of renationalising rail against building schools and hospitals? Some consistency, please, Jonesy.

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