Where Did I Go Right?: How the Left Lost Me
- ISBN-10
- 1913183432
- ISBN-13
- 9781913183431
- Category
- Conservatism
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-05-13
- Publisher
- Monoray
- Author
- Geoff Norcott
Description
Comedian Geoff Norcott should have been Labour through and through. He grew up on a council estate, both of his parents were disabled, and his Dad was a Union man. So, how was it that he grew up to vote Tory? In this courageously honest and provocative memoir, Geoff unpicks his working-class upbringing and his political journey from left to right. Raised by a fierce matriarch and a maverick father on a South London council estate where they filmed scenes for The Bill, Geoff spends his youth attempting to put out kitchen fires with aerosols and leaping in and out of industrial skips. But as he reaches adolescence, his political views begin to be influenced by major events including the early 90s recession, the credit crunch, and a chance encounter with Conservative PM John Major.
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