Phil, I think most politicians are only out for themselves and I don't believe any of them do it for altruistic reasons, just power and money. I remember 'that woman' coming to our school for speech day. It was the time when she must have been the Education Minister? and was stopping free school milk. We had loads of students from all around who came and demonstrated outside our school, climbing up the lamp posts and chanting 'Maggie Thatcher, milk snatcher'. The press were there as well. We, of course, were delighted because none of us (we were in the 6th form then and becoming politically aware) wanted her at our school. I remember at the end of her speech hardly any of us girls clapped - the head teacher was not amused!!!