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At the chalkface: Going mad

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A bad week. I may have gone mad. It started at an election party. Never go to an election party. It makes good people bad. As bad news came in, good manners went out. As Middle England trashed the Metropolis, things went weird.

Hitherto sane people snarled at me like creatures in a Steadman cartoon. A grim Stalinist accused me of being “a fucking liberal”, a boho Green of being “Tory-lite”, and a rich Lady Kipper of being a “loony lefty”. Dear me. Sort that out. More ugly truths flashed across a screen. Labour fastnesses went Tory and Ukip. Doom! Especially for our schools. My paranoia bloomed. Was all this consequent on our education system? Has it got that bad? Whatever, I had to go for dignity and accept the democratic process. I made my excuses and left and lay down in a dark room.

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