When I was taken to London to see 10 downing street. ‘Sight seeing”
Playground politics – team captain
Age 9.
Feelings of fear with Tubes
7/7 bombings
Tony Blair
Associate politics with masculinity
My dad + grandad would talk about it
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In "earliest political memories"