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  You know me better than that than to infer that I do not care for my fellow human beings..thats one of the main reasons for me being a socialist.The old lady you have highlighted of course has concerns but so do all the other old ladies who don't have shares.ISA's and unit trusts.The wives who stayed at home to raise a family so their husbands could work and die down the pits.They fuelled not only the fires and power stations but also fuelled the economy of this country but were left with a pittance when maggie went on her crusade to close the coalmines.Widowed,these women can no longer afford to warm their houses,they sleep in the living room to conserve energy.They die in their armchairs by the shed load in winter because the cost of keeping themselves warm is beyond their state pension and fuel allowance.They can't even afford the coal shipped from poland that once their loved ones dug out of the ground in appalling conditions.So yes as a socialist and as a catholic of course I have compassion but others may well think that your old lady was 'well off' in comparison to themselves.
  
  You ask how can I justify the state theft of a large proportion of her income?.Well obviously i can't but in the same way that I cannot justify the state theft of the Utility and Energy services by the Tory party.Hopefully there would be some sort of recompense for ladies such as the lady you have highlighted but multinational foreign companies would just have to ride the cost.It was the gamble they took when they decided to buy into a former state owned company always realising that a change of Govt could bring with it a change in policy.

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