Probably missing out on roles I really, really wanted, but I’m a big believer that if it’s for you, you’ll have it. So those clearly weren’t for me.
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That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
The power of the press.
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Warm, sugary, fierce, protective.
To my first husband for being unfaithful, bossy, and eventually leaving him.
When my kids were little – and now, in my old age.
Dependency. Fascism.
Impatience and being bossy.
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