May I inject a note of hope into Polly Toynbee’s untrammeled gloom? Many people of all political colours are moved into action now by distress of individuals and families who are suffering under the cosh of lawful oppression and unrestrained discrimination theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Psychologists have written about people being overcome by feelings of humiliation or shame, fear or distrust, insecurity or loneliness, or by a sense of being trapped and powerless under the abuses of power by the state.