I succeeded in copying the DVD to my laptop but, despite changing to a slower speed, could not copy from the laptop back to a blank DVD. However, I’ve managed to copy from the DVD to a video cassette. Is that format any good to you? If you wish, I can copy from the VC to another DVD. (The quality is still reasonably good despite it being a copy of a copy).

I’ll email you about this in the New Year.

Failing that I might try and copy it onto a video casette, though had some problems last time I tried.

As you can tell I’m really not of the internet generation.

Obviously I don’t know whether your computer has this facility, but many computers these days are able to copy DVDs by copying the contents to the hard drive and then copying them back onto another disk. Is that an option?

Send me an email if you find a way to get the programme to me. Thanks.

Sorry but things are hectic.

I do not have the facility to copy from DVD to VC

But they do need to strengthen many of those seats especially Thurrock, Dartford, the Medway towns bearing in mind those areas have much more in common with parts of Northern England than Southern English surburbia.

You are right that the south east wedge of London is solid Tory and will remain so along with Romford, Uxbridge, Kensington and Northwood. But we all know that the Tory days in Enfield and Ilford are slowly fizzling out (for now anyway)

“And on the west and south-west side of London, further gentrification might well help the Tories in Westminster North, North Kensington, Hammersmith and Tooting.”

I have a feeling that this is happening at a much slower rate than demographics swinging Outer London further to Labour. I agree with your point about the Docklands swinging to the Tories buut the way I have looked at it – we cannot win a Docklands seat with bits of gritty innner East London wedged in as the Labour estates will always outvote the Tory Docklands.