Beyond a Fringe: Tales from a reformed Establishment lackey

I was brought up in the 1980s in a place called Hodge Hill in Birmingham by a Labour supporting family. During my mid to late teens, I got quite involved in my local Constituency Labour Party and at the time I was being groomed in a career with the party perhaps even ending up as an MP.
I remember at around the age of 17 I had been volunteering for Terry Davis's Election Campaign which as history tells was successful.

As a thank you for all my hard work Terry invited me down to Westminster as his guest to the houses of parliament. I was lucky enough to enter the chambers of both the commons and the lords and eventually have lunch on the terrace before watching my MP in the stranger's gallery. I remember at the time that this is the life for me and I became obsessed with becoming an MP in my own right.