When I was younger I used to believe that Margaret Thatcher was a male ballet dancer with a beard. Not unlike "Bullet" Baxter from Grange Hill.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- After Grange Hill's "Just say no campaign" that people would force me to take drugs ... if only.— Netty
- For the longest time I used to believe that the male ballet dancers were naked from the waist down.Anon
- I thought that Spandu Ballet were ballet dancers and wore tutus.— Helen
- I used to believe that my middle name was Goofy, even though it's actually Margaret.— Lisa
- I used to think that Margeret Thatcher was married to Ronald Reagan, because they were always on tv together!— Nat
- When I was younger, I used to believe toads were male and frog were females.— Claude-Eugène