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This is what I think of the world.

A temporary moment.

It isn’t often that humanity is brought to its knees in dealing with something like the pandemic we’re currently facing. It’s a tragedy that lives are lost almost like a lottery, and that the virus still shows no sign of coming to an end. This ‘new’ normal has only just begun, although in reality what we’re facing as a society now – the lockdown, self-isolation, and quarantine – isn’t the ‘new’ normal at all.

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The ten-mile mark.

Yesterday, I didn’t go out. I know that’s the advice, to stay at home and save lives, but when I say I didn’t go out, I didn’t even go out for my once-daily exercise. We’re all still trying to come to terms with this new normal, this new way of life, and I’m quickly learning what works, and doesn’t, for me.

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This new normal.

Once again, the world of politics has been overtaken by movements much larger and much more important. As we struggle to deal with Covid-19 and the pandemic it has caused, society as we know it is paused for the foreseeable future.

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Radical and rebellious.

After a gruelling election campaign in the depths of winter and at the end of the decade, it’s natural and necessary to take some time out and reflect on the outcomes. Whilst they might not have been to my liking, the result is the product of our electoral system, and therefore we must respect the Government that formed in its wake.

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'Get Brexit Done'.

But let’s get one thing straight, should the Conservatives win, or any party for that matter, they will take this election as a sacrosanct mandate. That the issue of Brexit is settled. That they have been instructed by the population to ‘Get Brexit Done’. It is an untruth, fake news.

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Little queer kid.

Earlier this year, a politician in my hometown of Yeovil voted against a law which will make sure that we teach our children about LGBT+ relationships and that they exist. A few months later, another politician in the same region stated that one day science may cure homosexuality.

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