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David Cameron maybe
Reply 2
Watching 9/11 on TV with my parents. Although I was very young at the time.
Reply 3
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Death of John Smith when I was 4 or 5 years old. although when I was 3 I'm sure I remember something about Black Wednesday in 1992- this signalled the end of the Tory Government
my first general election was 2010
my first general election was 2010
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Thatcher just in general.
Protests against poll tax in Leeds City Centre
The Gulf War - Saddam Hussein
Those are my earliest political memories
Protests against poll tax in Leeds City Centre
The Gulf War - Saddam Hussein
Those are my earliest political memories
Reply 5
I remember there being a lot in the news about the Northern Irish peace process/ Good Friday Agreement & was familiar with hearing names like Sinn Fein, Ulster Unionists etc even though at the time I had no real understanding of the history or what either side stood for.
Iraq War 2003 is probably the first major issue I had any real awareness/ understanding of. I remember making peace banners in this church youth group I used to go to at the time - the church had hired a coach down to London for one of the big anti war demos so I got chance to go to this as well.
2010 was the first general election I was allowed to vote. I voted Lib Dem- hard to imagine there being a big buzz of enthusiasm around Nick Clegg, but it seemed like there was at that moment.
Iraq War 2003 is probably the first major issue I had any real awareness/ understanding of. I remember making peace banners in this church youth group I used to go to at the time - the church had hired a coach down to London for one of the big anti war demos so I got chance to go to this as well.
2010 was the first general election I was allowed to vote. I voted Lib Dem- hard to imagine there being a big buzz of enthusiasm around Nick Clegg, but it seemed like there was at that moment.
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by reecejackoxTony blair.
Im quite young compared to these comments (im in y10) but since primary school, most things people my age have heard about is brexit. Couldn't get enough. It was a stupid thing to do anyway - it made bad relations with Europe, and the price of everything go up.
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by Gazpacho.Watching 9/11 on TV with my parents. Although I was very young at the time.
Same here. One of my first things I watched in TV and was connected with politics.
Reply 8
mine was trump memes back in the mid-late 2010s
Reply 9
My dad beating up the radio in the kitchen during the 2014 bombing of Gaza
Reply 10
John Major on the Tele, talking about the war in Bosnia.
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Harold Wilson resigning.
No I'm not joking.
No I'm not joking.
Reply 12
My next door neighbour at the time standing for re-election to the Council, I was I think 6 or 7 at the time. He lost to a Liberal Democrat and was not a happy man.
I remember events like 9/11 and the Iraq War, but in terms of the first thing I was conscious about being politics, the 2005 general election. Our Y3 teacher sat us down on the carpet and explained how an election works!
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