What’s the first political memory you have?

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Tony blair

Miner's strike.

Harold Wilson resignation

Learnt about apartheid aged about 7.
I couldn't believe that an ambulance for white people would leave a black person to die.

Power cuts 70s growing up
Blair peach being murdered during an NF march.

The power cuts in 1974 due to miner’s strikes and energy crises. I was about 2. I just remember the candles really!

After that, a mixture of John Cole reporting on the Troubles in NI and that lovely lady who challenged Thatcher live on Nationwide about the sinking of the Belgrano.

I remember James Callaghan being PM then the first female PM Margaret Thatcher.

Michael Foot losing the General Election. Watched it in black and white on the telly in my bedroom.

Same for me as my dad was a miner. Not that I really understood it at the time as I was very young, although I knew it was something important.

"Labour isn't working" bill boards. I would have been 6. Also Maggie Thatcher Milk Snatcher.

Being told to be quiet when my Dad was watching President Nixon resign on live tv. I was 6. Also remember Harold Wilson resigning in 1976.

Power cuts in 1977 - just started my first job and often went home early due to scheduled cuts.

I was 17 and prior to that had absolutely no interest in any politics.

JFK being assassinated in 1963 and the following year Malta gaining independence.

My Mum taking me to see Harold Wilson speak at a Labour Party rally in Brighton Dome when I was about 6! I still remember the hugely enthusiastic audience clapping and cheering. Don’t know what the occasion was or the exact year. Must have been a party conference or pre-election rally? Neither parent was a party member, but both were staunch Labour supporters!

John major meeting the Spice Girls

I remember the Berlin Wall coming down. I was about 7 and understood it was a Big Deal but had never heard of it before it fell or got why it mattered.

Playing “Conservatives vs Labour” with the girl next door when we were 5. Not sure what the rules were 🤷🏼‍♀️

The 3 day week & having lessons in Portacabins.

The power cuts in the early 70s and how exciting it was to sit in candlelight, listening to the battery powered transistor radio.

Miner's strikes in the 80s and seeing Scargill and Thatcher discussing it on the news.

Thatcher winning and me, in my naivety considering I was 6, saying to my dad 'didn't you vote for her??'

I was soon set straight.

Same it was just before my 10th birthday. I was really excited about it as well.
Until she snatched my milk!

I remember seeing Stop the Poll Tax signs/graffiti everywhere, I was born in 82.. Not sure when this happened.

Jimmy Carter visiting my home town.

Ronald Reagan being shot. 1981. I was six.i remember hearing it on the radio and feeling very faint and dizzy, knowing something awful had happened.

Winter of Discontent for me...