h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

To echo what I said to Anhaga, thank you very much for the welcome & for not automatically dismissing me as an idiot because I'm so unknowing of your country's politics.

I actually thoroughly empathise with both your situations, & you have given me a new view on things in your countries, & for that I thank you. Being from the UK, & at my age , I suppose I have different views - fortunately, I'm really NOT married to them, & open to different viewpoints from different people/cultures, & willing to learn from them.

So in echo to what I said to Anhaga, I thoroughly apologise if any offence was caused

Nice to see you here.

As I said in the thread, there's absolutely no offence taken.

One thing I have learnt on this site, over the years, is that there are strange and subtle differences between UK, Canadian, Australian, US and NZ politics, despite the common language and common interests. It's an education sometimes, and I'm constantly being surprised by details.

There's no way I'd expect anyone from another place to follow the details of Australian politics. Similarly, while I try to understand UK politics, sometimes I can feel my grasp slipping as the subject wriggles eel-like through my hands. But this site has helped me to understand more than I would have understood otherwise. (Of course, it helps that I read 'Private Eye' too.)

Cheers Ivan, much appreciated, cos I am an ignoramus of foreign politics at heart, although I do have a good heart.(Not my words, but those who have worked with me, therefore they are treasured words).

Isa