It’s like what we were saying the other day about general disengement in school from things that later you realise are actually quite interesting - such as literature. (Speaking of, I bought this within 20 minutes of it being recommended to me on t’other blog. It’s bloomin’ good.)

But at least the background’s there if you fancy taking it up again later (I’d have very little trouble taking up French or German again, I reckon) and it does give sufficient idea of what the hell’s going on to actually make informed decisions instead of ticking the box next to “Labour” blindly.