Nothing to do with politics?
I said my item on Jennings had nothing to do with politics, but I should add that the great irony of Anthony Buckeridge is that he was a life-long socialist, and a pretty left-wing one at that (he had very little time for Tony Blair).
Yet few people can have done more to promote private education in Britain, however unintentionally. His Jennings stories (four of which have just come out in a new compendium edition by Carlton Books), must have encouraged scores of young boys to persuade their parents to send them to boarding schools.
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At 19th Nov 2009, stanilic wrote:Dear Middle-Class Michael
Children were sent to boarding schools because their parents could afford it. This was and remains an uncommon experience in most average social circles even today. Common folk have to make do with the local bog-standard whatever.
To have little time for Tony Blair is a very reasonable and humane attitude to take. I have always had little time for Tony Blair. I am happy to have shared that sensation with someone marginally more esteemed than I.
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