I must say we are living in some weird political times. Trump/Putin/China/Brexit/Anti-semitism/SNP/Climate. I miss the boring years of Thatcher.
Yeah its always fab to celebrate St Patricks day.. plenty of Irish flags in all the pubs (which I have no problem with) but if you dare to celebrate St Georges day you are some racist.
Well that's not actually correct but sometimes living in those times gives you a better idea than some politically driven book you had at school. We refer back to Goldies Age/experience quote.
I remember reading a book about Australia before I moved there. It was fab. said so much about the place. Sadly when I went there it was completely different. The book couldn't give me the feel of the place, the smell, food, heat, sound of the ocean, those sunsets! Sometimes experiencing something gives you the A different outlook.
To be fair my 15 year old could absolutely school a lot of people on politics that have the right to vote and has done, will his views change? Maybe but due to the environment he has grown up in he is aware of a multitude of political based issues. You won't be surprised to know I'm not exactly a fan of Thatcher, the one thing I found myself agreeing to yearning back to past year politically speaking is I suspect there were less politically disengaged people just voting on one issue in the 70/80s.
I gave you too much credit then. It’s ridiculous to write off the views of someone who didn’t directly experience an event for many reasons. Secondary sources tend to be less biased than one person’s view of an entire era, especially viewed through the misty eyes of their youth. It’s like comparing the war rhetoric of boomers to the generally more balanced accounts of wartime from the generation that actually had to live through it.
