Henry Fielding had it right: "A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart".

The author of Tom Jones, no not the lad from Ponty, saw a direct relationship between being classy and having compassion for others.

Hadleigh is a good town, replete with, in the main, kind and thoughtful folks. However, some of its denizens do know how to let themselves - and the wider community - down. And I'm not talking about the glorious cast of near make-believe characters in 'leadership' positions such as Maritime Minns, Footsie Grutchfield and Bolter Ferguson.

The news carried by Hadleigh Nub News that the homes on the former site of Angel Court are ready to occupy is surely good news by any definition, even if it does come accompanied with a photo of Generalissimo John Ward and his generals looking like a somewhat middle-aged and miscast security detail?

The idea that 21 families on low incomes will be able to enjoy good accommodation and not have to pay the usurious rents charged by private landlords is wonderful news. Hats - even the tricornio so beloved by Generalissimo's supporters - off to Babergh!

But humanity can be so perverse can't it? The response to the article on one of the town's middle-ranking Facebook pages suggested the equivalent of child sacrifice was now being practiced opposite Lenny's - sponsored by the Trump Corporation.

The less than-classy comments fell in to four categories of gripe.

By far the most understandable was that from existing tenants of Generalissimo's housing imperium who queried why such largesse was being splashed on these lovely new properties whilst their own accommodation quality bordered on that of the caves once so popular with early Christian hermits.

Generalissimo gamely tried to explain about these all coming from different budget pots, but had to concede that housing repairs had indeed fallen behind schedule and he and his fellow junta members would be around over the next day or so with paint pots and grouting tubes to make it all better. And so he should.

The next least egregious comments, but now safely within holier-than-thou territory, related to the new building's architecture.

One wannabe-Kevin McCloud type sniffed about the size of the roof tiles. Listen pal, your obsessing about such inconsequential detail rather than celebrating the fact that folks actually have a roof over their heads would suggest that your priorities need reordering - the sooner, the better, please.

Next, there were those who seemed to think that the new tenants must all be bad 'uns and this would lead to an epidemic of thievery, sheep stealing and dropped aitches being heard outside all the bijoux eateries that have opened up in recent months long the High Street.

There was one rather bizarre contribution within this particular theme that bemoaned that this would mean the end of peaceful walks along the River Brett.

Madam, the new homes are there for people, not gangs of water voles tanked up on White Lightning and the scratchings from discarded pizza trays.

Finally, there were contributions so crass and insensitive that it might be time to call for the nurse with the really big syringe to calm these folks down.

Doubtless, the miscreants must have thought themselves to be the living embodiment of the acute and offbeat humour of the late, lamented Sean Lock. But they actually come across as having stuffed their every orifice with the bitterest of lemons, such was the resulting bile.

There were accusations that these homes would be full of 'immigrants' or 'imigrants' as one chap studiously called them, at a stroke failing the Home Office's language test.

Now for some this term means anyone with associations much beyond Aldham. For others there was a direct reference to Afghan refugees. Not true. Not clever. Not nice.

To be fair, most of the out and out spitefulness was dissed by other contributors, but in the name of all that is holy, surely these individuals should be less caustic and more caring?

Keep it classy, Hadleigh. Keep it classy.

Angel Court social housing scheme.

Mayor's support for taking in Afghan refugees.