We're a nation of victims

We are all officially oppressed, according to a new report. The vast majority of people in Britain are 'victim groups', including the disabled, ethnic minorities, women and homosexuals. The study, by think tank Civitas, claims 73 percent of Britons fall into groupings that are given government support.

The report says: "We have become a nation of victims. Victimhood is sought after because of the advantage it brings including preferential treatment in the workplace, the possibility of using police power to silence unwelcome critics and financial compensation. To be classified as a victim is to be gievn a special political status which has no necessary connection with real hardship.

Read the report from Civitas