The horror or Broken Britain continues this week.

First we learn that reading the works of Karl Marx is becoming ever more common, then we learn that Cherie Blair’s friends are drilling for oil in one family's back garden every day.

Among the hardworking Britons to attack Cherie Blair’s friends drilling for oil in one family's back garden was Conservative head office who today said I have always said if you want a speech, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman..