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Old 15-03-2010, 10:24   #79
jaysay
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Re: Conservative candidate named.

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Originally Posted by garinda View Post
I'd just like to clarify, before some people start jumping up and down, shouting 'here's the proof he's a flaming Commie', that my grandad was only one influence on me, and how I view politics.

On the otherside of my family, my Nan, who I knew for a much longer period of time, was a war widow, and relatively poor, compared to my dad's parents. Her own parents were socialists, and my Nan worked hard all her life, trying her best to bring up her daughters, with no husband, and with very little help from the state.

She became a Tory after Thatcher improved the lot of war widows, after the Falkland Wars. She also became friendly with Ken, Peter, and Jaysay, and saw how hard they worked for the people of the area they represented.

I loved all three of the grandparents I knew, and knew them all to be good, hardworking people, who cared about the society they lived in, even if they saw change being brought about by differing political means.

I think this is why I can say I'm non-partisan. That, and not always blindly voting for the same party, but deciding which I think is the better option at the time of an election.
I said I would not post on this thread again, in which I meant about the candidate because I have no interest. I did know Garinda's Nan very well in fact we were good friends and Joan and myself spent many a Saturday night sitting on the next table in Ossy Con. I can honestly say the only time I ever saw Lily without a smile on her face was at the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. I am also friendly with Rindi's Mother and sadly also with his late Father, two really genuine people. Unfortunately I have never had the pleasure of meeting Rindi, but have always admired the way he handles his illness more so since seeing the feature about Parkinson's on Granada reports. We may not see eye to eye on a few things, but that's where it ends, well it does as far as I'm concerned
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