Quote Originally Posted by Mason89 View Post
Patna is the most depressing place I’ve ever been
I drew the short straw in the 79 General Election by being in the cabal sent to Patna and Ochiltree to canvass and leaflet. Fúck me, it was bad enough then when it still had a coal-mining workforce. I shudder at the thought of it now. And the local NUM, I was sorry to find out, was in Foulkes’s pocket, and thought nothing of putting the pit boot into any opposition, even if the proven strongest candidate on whose behalf we were working, had a huge reputation in protecting jobs in South Ayrshire.

Different times.