20th January - It's so hard to keep looking for the good stuff!

I set myself to finding all the changes which are happening in the world to take us on a better path (and lots is happening!), but I keep being thrown off course by the headlines which constantly remind me that powerful people in powerful places are dead set against changing a system which suits them. 
The daily drip-drip-drip of stories about benefits cheats keeps our minds off the fact that the government gave hundreds of millions of pounds to their cronies through the sale of Royal Mail.  How many headlines have we seen telling us 'Taxpayers robbed of hundreds of millions of pounds by those who bought Royal Mail shares'?  It seems that in the three months since privatisation shares have risen 70% higher. 
Then there are the 'criminal' changes which the government are introducing in the legal aid system which many see as a fundamental attack on our democratic right to representation in court.  Andrew Mitchell on 'Any Questions?' admitted that it was because he had friends in high places that he was able to get justice done when he was (wrongly) accused of calling police officers 'plebs'.  He denied the charge and was found 'not guilty'.   Discussing this on 'Any Questions?' he added that he hoped any kid on the street would see similar justice done.  I assume, then, that he wont be voting for the attempt by the government to reduce the legal aid bill by using companies set up by the likes of Tesco and Eddie Stobbart instead of barristers to represent legally-aided defendants.