Barrie on his vote

6 May 2010 | By Giles Barrie

I voted Labour in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2001 and 2005 for a fairer Britain. I voted Conservative for the same reason today. Growing up in south east London as the son of two journalists my older brother and sister went to private school. Then my dad's publishing business went belly up in the 1970s, and I was despatched to a local comprehensive, Eltham Green. Best known as the alma mater of Charlton and West Ham legend Billy Bonds and Boy George it wasn't easy going ...

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