Two years ago, my Grandad and best friend died. I have missed him all the more through the election, he'd have loved following it all. Reposting this, something I wrote after his death. Many of the problems I wrote about haven't got any better. news.sky.com/story/sky-view…
And this too, from my book, Left for Dead. The postscript is dedicated to my Grandad’s life, what it and he taught me about politics and why it matters. 
The conclusion of that book, as you can see, was a profound worry that politics, both political parties, forget about the importance of people like him. Rereading the words now, after the general election result, the lessons of his life feel the all more apposite.
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