Please don’t try and get on the train before I’ve gotten off hand on my heart i will walk right through you they’re out here calling Saka washed I’m not in your mood.
Sam Fender performed at my work (The Lexington) in 2017 and has apparently been in for a drink and met my coworkers before i started working there and i’ve never been more jealous in my life, lord i’ve seen what you’ve done for others please
Frazer, 18, was shown a traumatic, violent video by another pupil at school when he was in Year 8, without his consent. He's since been diagnosed with PTSD and has suffered for years with his mental health.
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🧵 1 / When two worlds collide… 😬😆
I just landed at Edinburgh Airport, fancied a hot chocolate so popped into Costa Coffee near the exit. They charge £5.50 for a hot chocolate!!! 😮 But I really fancied one so thought “What the hell!” ☕️😋
Find myself a seat in a corner somewhere. Next to me a young woman with lots of luggage is working on her laptop. A thud. A splash. A scream. She’s just kicked the table, knocked over her iced vanilla latte and it’s all over the table, the floor and her light beige skirt. The cup is completely empty. She bursts into tears. “That’s the last thing I need right now!” she sobs
A woman gets up to help. I go to the counter to get tissues, and they give me one of those big rolls of blue paper. I go back and start mopping the table while the other woman hugs her and tries to calm her down, which seems to work a little. A staff member comes to mop the floor and gets her a new iced latte. The other woman leaves and says “I hope the rest of your day will be smooth!” in a thick Scottish accent. I love how the Scots say “smuth”
She’s still very tearful and on edge. Her phone rings. “Who’s phoning me now???” It’s a friend so she gets to let off some steam. She laughs, she cries. Turns out she got to Edinburgh AirPort only to realise she was meant to fly from Glasgow, so had to rebook, spend lots of extra money and wait around for 3 hrs
She finishes the call, then thanks me for helping her out. Asks me where I’m from. “The Netherlands” I say. “That’s where I’m going!”
There’s a human right conference she’s meant to be attending in an old university town (my dad’s old stomping ground) as she’s doing a PhD in socio-economic rights (eg right to healthcare and education). “That’s different from civil rights” she says. So we get to talking about that and how certain European-wide legal frameworks have been adopted into domestic law in the U.K. for civil rights but not for socio-economic rights and how Scotland also has its own legal system
So I mention the Scottish government pushing through ‘self-ID’ and Westminster saying “No thank you!” and blocking it, and also the Supreme Court ruling
“That ruling contradicts itself so much” she says