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The Arc Is Long.

In the UK, February marks LGBT+ History Month, and perhaps there is no better time for Yeovil Pride to hold its AGM and an Open Meeting (than last Saturday).

To tell the truth, I’ve been trying to work out exactly what I want to say with this post, and I’ve been going over and over draft after draft trying to get it right, but today I found out that in recent days, the Council of Europe released a report that, to summarise, stated that ‘the UK is moving backwards in terms of LGBT+ equality.’

Pride, Politics, PersonalJK DoranFebruary 9, 2022 Comment

Thinking in ink.

I’m sat on the train, hurtling towards sleepy Somerset, and towards a family I last saw nine months ago. With me is Aaron, along with a copy of ‘Living Better’ – Alistair Campbell’s book on his own depression and how he’s learned to cope with it over many years.

Personal, PoliticsJK DoranMay 28, 2021 Comments

Here’s to pressing play.

I wanted to write something profound, some insight over the year we’ve had and the year we have to look forward to, but in truth I don't really feel up to it. Why? Because this year doesn’t really seem like it existed at all – in reality is that much different to usual. We move so quickly that days merge together.

Politics, PersonalJK DoranDecember 31, 2020Comment

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.

PoliticsJK DoranApril 18, 2020Comment

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.

PoliticsJK DoranApril 1, 2020Comment

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.

PoliticsJK DoranDecember 30, 2019Comment

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