With USA going to the polls today I decided to dig out this montage from Channel 4's coverage in the 1988 season. No idea who Latin Quarter were but it's another of those great montages that C4 used to put in every programme. Sorry about the lower quality but it was recorded on VHS all those years ago and converted to digital in 2008.
I was a teenager then with absolutely zero interest or understanding of politics. All I knew was that Dan Quayle wasn't sure how to spell Potato. No idea about Reaganomics, supply-side or trickledown economics.
Now approaching fifty, I yearn for the naivety given that nothing I do here in the UK is going to influence what America or any other country in the world does. But it's part of growing up to get a wider perspective on life.
Good luck in 2020 USA - whoever you elect!
2 ноя 2020
