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An early look at the stories that will drive tomorrow's conversation.

An early look at the stories that will drive tomorrow's conversation.

About labour, about the trade unions generally in a second, but i mentioned the winter of discontent. it takes you back. that was your early days as a worker, your early days as a trade unionist. back in, what, the late �*70s? 1979 particularly. so, i left school in 1978 and i started in a place where there were six apprentices... eight apprentices. and six of them came from my school. and my school was about two miles away from that factory. and we all did craft apprenticeships and we all were looking forward to a life as craftsmen, as we were then. it was all men apart from the canteen lad...

It takes you back. that was your early days as a worker, your early days as a trade unionist. back in, what, the late �*70s? 1979 particularly. so, i left school in 1978 and i started in a place where there were six apprentices... eight apprentices. and six of them came from my school. and my school was about two miles away from that factory. and we all did craft apprenticeships and we all were looking forward to a life as craftsmen, as we were then. it was all men, apart from the canteen ladies. and that was wiped away later, in the �*80s, by thatcherism. because engineering disappeared. ...

What is actually happening. and i view that — some people might say this is a marxist analysis, it's not, it's a simple analysis — working people are getting poorer because their wages aren't keeping up with inflation. they can't find the labour party any more. some of them can't even find the trade union movement any more. they actually can't find a trade union, which is a big problem. i want to come to your views about labour, about the trade unions generally in a second, but i mentioned the winter of discontent. it takes you back. that was your early days as a worker, your early days as...