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As I attended my local #StopTheCoup protest yesterday, I realised that I had carried a deep anger & hatred for the Tories all of my adult life. My first memory which seeded that anger was watching my aunt & uncle sob when my uncle was made redundant from British Steel.
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He cried not only for his family, but as a Shop Steward, he felt he'd failed his co-workers. He then joined millions of unemployed & every week would stand in a queue for the Dole Office which went round the block in our Black Country town.
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Next, I recall Thatcher flogging off our public services, making billions for profiteers. Although only a teenager, I couldn't understand how it could be right to sell off basic human necessities like water & gas/electricity. How I wish back then we'd told Sid to fuck off...
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