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spuggy - I am most impressed with your depth of awareness and perception. being associated within various 'circles' over the years - one tends to take a slightly different attitude to 'news' and 'politics'. my big worry is that - at the very time we need it least, the UK has gone down a path of political destabilisation within both parties - and may allow the lunatic far right - and I don't mean politic - I mean the aftermath of the Versailles treaty and similar to bring on a 'summer of discontent' - anarchists are the last thing the UK needs at this time but the ground has been laid out for them. One can only hope that the bigotry and 'hatred of anyone not 'British' is scorned and stamped on very rapidly - we are a bastard nation = made up of interlopers over the centuries - but that is what makes us strong - a nation of many cultures and views and above all tolerance! there are far too many who will take advantage of the present situation to the detriment of the country -among them the press! it is a sad time when the news agencies make the news rather than report it. I am British - with a capital B having served queen and country and at times having mixed with people I would rather not have -- SASF, Mossad, etc etc biut I do not want the UK going down the route of post WW1 Germany.

For the record, I have a friend who has one, and she loves it, says its practical and reliable. Skodas are regarded as among the best built cars in the world these days, a far cry from the old reputation: standing joke was, 'Have you got a windscreen wiper for a Skoda?' 'That sounds like a fair swap.'