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Callum D Profile picture
@C_D_73
Dec 13, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Just got home from helping with coverage of #GeneralElection2019 and honestly I don't know how to feel... I'm currently between sick and angry (or some mixture of the two).
Apart from f-ing Brexit, which the conservatives will try to do with no deal messing up this country even more, I see no AND I TRULY MEAN NO reason why the Tories could possibly win such a majority.
We have already had 9 years where nearly every subset of people have been negatively affected... And now we're giving them, led by a noted racist bigot, practically unchecked power for 5 years...
My home country is becoming something I don't recognise and is turning away from the rest of the world, and seemingly kindness in general and I'm scared.
Not necessarily for just me but for every immigrant, refugee, working class person, student, teacher, doctor, nurse, and anyone who may need medical attention at some point in their lives (so EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE UK), but just because I'm scared doesn't mean I'll be silent.
Neither should any person who believes in a common good beyond the scope this current brood of Tories has shown. Keep standing up for yourselves and others. Fight for good, and call out the bad.
It's going to be bloody tough but we can show the country, our country, is far better then what the Tories may represent.

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Sep 28, 2020
So, #Exeter has just told students to not meet with people from other households inside for the next 14 days, and social media is already awash with people trying to figure how to squirrel round it. My message to those people: don't. Don't ignore or refuse to follow instructions.
This measure has been put in place to prevent community spread. It is a stopgap, to reduce pressure and prevent more extreme measures in the future.
If you can't handle the thought of two weeks without going around your friends house, then imagine having to for longer, not being able to meet them outside, or even campus closing again (god forbid).
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Sep 18, 2020
I s2g... Can we go 1 week without some scandal? I know there was heavy campaigning from the 'Free' Speech Union (run by Toby Young, which says a lot about the speech they're intending to protect), but this is really not what a supportive institution looks like.
Yes, visitors with different views should have the chance to speak but transphobia isn't a different view, it's a lack of empathy and morality. A few days ago, the uni affirmed #TransRightsAreHumanRights, but this makes it seem just for show.
Allowing noted bigots on campus is one of the worst ways of making students feel unsafe. And note, this is being said during a full-on pandemic!
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Aug 28, 2020
#AgentsofSHIELD 1x04 Live-Tweet (part of #aoslives)
And we start in a crowd in Europe, both things that Brits are missing right now, also I don't think that group understood the meaning of face mask 😜 #aoslives
I can't be the only one who just thinks the red mask guys look ridiculous? Also, surely there'd be more subtle options... #aoslives
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Aug 28, 2020
I knew that going into a senior committee position would mean having some days where something goes wrong or reality gets in the way of plans, especially given the lockdown, but I never thought that trouble would come from such an important figure, let alone repeatedly...
#IStandWithJKRowling continues to trend on twitter, with a blog post by the author herself yesterday. Now, I won't outline how exactly her points can be perceived as transphobic bc, as I'm cis, I can't fully grasp what damage it can do and even then, this thread would be massive.
I can say that members of the trans community have voiced their feelings on social media... What I do know is a lot of what she is saying falls into patterns that try to normalise discrimination: id-ing as a defender, claims a group is 'extreme', and ignoring anyone who disagrees
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Aug 14, 2020
I was holding off on shouting my thoughts on the grade adjustments, but fate conspired otherwise... This country has brilliant minds across it, especially in state schools (just by laws of probability), and today's actions by those in leadership are an affront to that.
It's classist, selfish and unfortunately expected by a government who has shown disdain not just to the ideals of a significant number of its citizens, but to the citizens themselves, unless it serves their interests.
They don't care that their actions have shattered prospects and the hope of nearly an entire generation of Britons. Because they've never had to fear consequences for themselves, but it's also far more...
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Jul 27, 2020
Any person who knows the slightest thing about student media knows the amount of fact-checking and discussion ahead of publishing a factual story, in any medium. It isn't on our habits to report unfounded rumours;
however, even with deliberation and diplomacy, there are those who get enraged by the act of informing other students of their own/their colleagues' actions, and the vilification of student journalists, as if we're doing it to purposefully impugn the character. (We aren't.)
I know my own experience hasnt been as harsh as many others, for a myriad of reasons, but individuals feeling justified in slandering people for the simple action of feeling and taking steps for the goal that students should be informed is absolutely abhorrent in itself.
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