The 80s was when I was first exposed to “political news”.
Lefties like Tony Benn, who clearly spoke a lot of sense, were “loonies”.
Obvious drooling idiots and upper class twits like Cecil Parkinson and Michael Heseltine were hailed as intellectual stars and saviours, at least until they got caught with their trousers down.
Thatcher was God.
It brought out the very worst in people and us as a nation, and we’re still paying the price.
What is capitalism? It’s a much more complicated question than most people imagine. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026…