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MY DAD WAS A TORY MP: WHY I DIDN’T TELL MY FRIENDS GROWING UP, ADAM HART WAS PROUD THAT HIS FATHER, SIMON, HAD A JOB THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN. THEN THE INTERNET ABUSE STARTED. AT UNIVERSITY HAVING THE CONSERVATIVE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALES AS A PARENT WAS SOCIAL DEATH Adam Hart with his father, former chief whip and Conservative MP Simon Hart: “Teachers asked what my dad thought of austerity or Syria” EVA PENTEL FOR THE TIMES MAGAZINE Adam Hart Tuesday October 01 2024, 8.00pm, The Times What does your dad do?” is a question I have dreaded in my adult life. My invariable answer, “He works in property,” was deeply misleading, but I told myself it was not completely untrue. He did work in a property; it just happened to be the Palace of Westminster. It wasn’t always this way. When Dad was first elected in 2010, I was ten years old and didn’t understand what it meant. Seeing his name plastered around the county on election boards was fun. 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