Linda Grants view of the British left in the 1970s (Even treasure was leftwing in the 1970s,Opinion, 19 September) is right that there was sex and beer (commensurate, and as she notes,with afternoon and 10.30pm closing hours). There were also illegal drugs, which were mostly inhaled or sometimes eaten in cakes. Above all though, and there were meetings. It will no doubt gain been during this period that Jeremy Corbyn developed an ability,as did many of us, to stay awake and survive in interminable gatherings.
It will gain done him good service since, and those of us who remain materialists will also note that endless meetings and workshops were the left’s gift to the world. Now men and women in suits effect it too.
Keith Flett
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Source: theguardian.com