> Baronies these days seem to be dished out as life peerages of distinction (or breeding) - e.g. former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in recognition for her senseless waste of young lives and public money over a few square miles of land off the coast of Argentina is now Baroness Thatcher.

Oh, come on. We need the Malvinas/Falklands for strategic sheep purposes.

And she plays a very useful role in politics even today. She ensures that, by going out every five years and backing the Conservatives, that they will never, ever, ever, EVER get into office again, as long as she lives. And she's giving Charles Kennedy a chance to get the Lib Dems taken seriously.

And best of all, she has inspired our Prime Minister into probably the most Liberal government since the days of Bonar Law and suffragettes.

Zarn"die, Thatcher. Just not until you finish tearing the Tories apart"iwoop