Talk:Fiona Mactaggart

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[edit] University

Which one?

Fiona Mactaggart went to the University of London, King's College (as it was known then).

I was also a student at King's at the same time, and on the student union with her. She won't, of course, remember me, but I remember her.

Her favourite hobbyhorse (she had several) in union meetings was 'the 1962 student'. I do not know to this day what significance this year bore for her, but it was obviously stubbonly stuck in her mind. All references to anything monetary connected with students, such as grant awards, student costs, allowances, etc were obsessively measured against the fortunes of students in the Golden Age of 1962. And if you haven't yet realised, socialist Fiona was harking back to this Golden Age which was under Conservative government. This went on unabated until one day the union president lost his temper with her.

If you saw her coming down the corridor, you did the honourable and sensible thing: you turned round and quickly walked in the opposite direction. It was clear to me that she would end up in politics one day; she just had that natural ability to bore.