All results for tag ‘Unemployment’

Blog

You’ve never had it so bad

Andrew Fisher
13th August 2011 at 16:27
0 comments
Like many others, my youth shaped my politics. Born in 1979, I believe there were several events and experiences that shaped me and the politics I have today. But although growing up under Thatcher – witnessing the bigotry directed at single mothers like my own, the introduction of the Poll Tax, the freezing of the student grant when my sister went to university in 1989 (which appears like a golden age now) – I consider myself lucky. [continue/comment...]
Tags: education (1) | police (3) | riots (4) | unemployment (1) | university (1) | young people (1) | youth (1)