Reflections on Elections

Some significant events in our lives have taken place at or around election time, not least Aaron’s birth, the 28th anniversary of which was celebrated last week. I had helped bring Mrs Thatcher to power in 1979 – something I had begun to regret by the time she was up for her third term on 11th June 1987. Having sat up until 3am watching the results I sullenly slid into bed knowing the “Iron Lady” was going to win again only to be woken up by Chris 30 minutes later to be told her waters had broken (Chris's, not Mrs Thatcher's). Later that day we had met Aaron for the first time and Mrs Thatcher was in power for the last time .