We should put our self-pity in perspective

COME budget day, we will doubtless witness levels of nationwide self-pity that will make Peig Sayers seem cheerful.

Apparently, according to every second TV and radio presenter, “we are all struggling”. For those who have lost their jobs, and even homes, self-pity is certainly justified.

But when one dismisses the claims of those who possess a combination of second, third, fourth, or more, homes, 4x4 jeeps, iPhones, plasma TVs, Xboxes, Playstations, Wiis, iPods, iPads, Sky Digital, designer handbags, shoes, and the myriad of contraptions we have been led to believe are our natural entitlement, perhaps the number of those genuinely entitled to whinge is not as great as the media would have us believe.