My introduction to the devious political tactics of the left came about in the Needlework Room at John Leggott 6th Form College in Scunthorpe.This was the rather strange venue where my 'A' Level English lessons took place.
Two of the staff were extreme leftwingers and made no attempt to hide this fact. Literature discussions were angled round to leftwing viewpoints; we were fed leftwing propaganda; the idea of patriotism was derided; the monarchy was subjected to intense criticism and we were encouraged to mock any institution - simply on the basis that 'it was there'.
This intensified for my wife who endured similar experiences at The University of Sheffield.
We survived these onslaughts unscarred - many do not!
This politicising and propagandising of education has been ingrained into the system since the end of the 60s and may explain to a large degree, the proliferation of people who adopt liberal left attitudes but who possess no more than soundbite arguments with which to defend them and seem to have little sense of reality.
Certainly, many of these go on to gain a 'dose of reality' and come to their senses once planted firmly in the real world but many of the victims never see that world as they become bureaucrats, politicians, quangoists, university teachers or join the 'meddling professions'.
