Without wanting to get caught up in the merry flame war which appears to be brewing, the comments about Labour supporters did upset me a bit too.

For me, when something bad happens my first instinct (beyond "FLEE!", obviously) is "what can WE do about it?" I think if someone is elected to do a job and is paid by the public purse, it's not too unreasonable to expect them to muck in with everyone else if / when things turn to shit.

Some people might be of the quaint belief that the Parliament Fairy can just wave a magical bit of paper and the world will turn to puppies and rainbows but they'd be an idiot, regardless of which party they're in.