I had aspirations and a belief in the goodness of people and thought the future would be better. I joined Greenpeace and raised money for them. I eventually became a teacher and did my best to enlighten children to the wonderful world we live in and point out the problems we are causing.
OK I was idealistic but realised it would take time. Incremental progress was being made – whaling banned by all but countries – all was positive. Even Thatcher did not kill my optimism. Basically it all started going disastrously wrong with pony David Cameron and the Eton cabal. Johnson destroyed any belief in human nature, Truss emphasised it and Sunak obliterated whatever hope I had with his right wing paymasters.
What do I tell my grandchildren about the future? Without lying.