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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Earliest political memory of the day #36

31st October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

I was 11. It was a blissfully sunny English summer day and I was laying on the lawn. My Mam and Aunty were teasing me about my ‘boyfriend’. My Aunty […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #35

28th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

While I could say seeing on TV the shooting of JFK in 1963 (when I was 9years old) was the first time I became aware of politics, the first time […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #34

27th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

My earliest political memories are of the Heath government, though I cannot be precise about the elements, except I clearly remember the three day week, the power cuts, and joining […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #33

26th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

I can date this to some time in 1947, when I was five. I was at a local Labour Party meeting in South Devon with my mother, and pretty bored. […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #32

25th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

Από διηγήσεις των γονιών μου, οι οποίοι και οι δυο ως φοιτητές άνηκαν σε αριστερά φοιτητικά κόμματα (ΕΚΚΕ, Ρήγας Φεραίος) να έχω πάει μαζί τους σε ηλικία των 2 ετών […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #31

24th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

I recall seeing John Major speaking to cameras outside Parliament; the main impression on me was of the flash of the cameras.

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Earliest political memory of the day #30

21st October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

Συμμετοχή με γονείς μου σε συγκέντρωση Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου στο Ηράκλειο. Η διαδρομή ως το Ηράκλειο με τις ουρές από τα αμάξια και τις σημαίες και μετά η συγκέντρωση, οι ενθουσιώδεις […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #29

20th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

It was the year of the coup in the Maldives, which took place in 1988, I was five. I remember being woken up by my brother in the middle of […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #28

19th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

You made me think … “Today I am becoming a pioneer and I give my promise that I will be … and do …” I cannot remember what exactly I […]

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Earliest political memory of the day #27

18th October 2016by Varvantakis Leave a comment

Here is what I remember from when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old and living in a small village near Annecy in France: my dad shouting at the […]

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