Dear David Cameron...
Politics
Dear Mr Cameron
We all are only on this earth for a split second of time and only a few of us make such a mark that their actions will be remembered long after they’re dead.
You are one of those people.
As it stands you could go down in history as the Prime Minister who demolished Great Britain and quite possibly the EU.
You said in your resignation speech “the British people have made a choice”. Legally, that’s true but actually almost half of the British people made the opposite choice – to remain in the EU. You were one of them.
Yesterday I felt ashamed. I had been worried for weeks that the Leave campaign would win because they were making such a good job of appealing to the hearts rather than the heads of voters who were legitimately fed up with not being listened...
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An open letter to the United Kingdom,
I wished to write this letter after the outcome of Thursday's (23rd June 2016) EU Referendum. This is not something I would usually do because, to be quite honest, I don’t usually care what people think about my opinions, beliefs or ideas on anything. I don’t hold any social networking sites or anything like that so I don’t have a forum for things like this anyway, however, this is a subject that has really irritated me the last two days.
Ok, so I am one of the majority who voted to leave the EU, so I am very pleased with the outcome of the referendum. The issue is the press that we who voted to leave are receiving. I am 31 years old so I don’t know if you would class that as 'the older generation who have sold the youth down the river'? I would...
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Boris, Nigel, Michael and Priti,
As someone who considered voting Leave (albeit for a short period of time) I can appreciate some of the concerns of Leave voters. And I appreciate as a Londoner I can be largely isolated from the views of other parts of the country. But it is with a heavy heart that it now seems my country, our country, is driven by greed, nostalgia and a fear of ‘others’ which you have helped to cultivate. Whilst other factors were at play, these three were clearly up on the priority list as voters made their decision yesterday and you did your upmost to peddle that view to the public. The future, my future, and that of thousands of young people is being chipped away by your egos and personal desire to run whatever is left of Britain. This outcome is not what’s best...
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At age ten, I am deemed responsible enough to have committed a crime. Starting at age 15, I am entrusted to make choices in my education that will impact the rest of my life. At age 16, I am able to smoke. At age 17, I am responsible enough to drive a car, possibly endangering my own life and others on the road. All of these pressures and responsibilities are placed on myself and the young people of Britain and yet in a referendum that will impact OUR futures, we were helpless.
Young people are tired of their futures being played with. We are tired of being responsible until slimy and lying politicians decide that it does not suit them. Parliament has failed us, our parents have failed us, our grandparents have failed us. A 'golden' generation that has grown up with healthcare free at...
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Dear Bernie Sanders Supporters,
I get it. Really, I do. I wanted a Sanders presidency. I voted for him. I believed in his vision of revolution, in the quiet, colossal power of ordinary people. I believed in his vision for the poor, the destitute, the forgotten. I still do. The invisible have never had so furious a champion. The quiet have never had so urgent a voice.
But it’s time to face the facts; he lost. He lost not because he was screwed by the mainstream media or some shadowy group of political elites. He lost because people didn’t vote for him. They voted for Hillary Clinton. That’s math, that’s democracy, and that’s the decision we’ve made. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary because he was the candidate on the ballot that I felt most shared my vision for the future of...
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To whom it may concern,
The American people deserve change. You think so, I think so, we all think so. In order for a change to be successful, one has to be attempted. If you want to fight about what bills to pass, that's your prerogative... but stop playing games while doing so. The single-subject rule needs to be applied to Congress as soon as possible. Until then, you do nothing but play the "well if you do that, then I'll do this" game with bills. Aside from that...
Democrats: Where was your sit-in immediately after Republican inaction when the Sandy Hook shooting happened? Why do you all of a sudden show up when the shooter is a radical Islamic terrorist? Why are you so quick to defend the tolerance of Islam, but not the lives and safety of American children? While your sit-in...
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Today there’s been a loss in my family. And it’s the first time I’m actually realizing my life could change in only one night.
This year has been incredible for me, I have been able to connect with other long time family members with whom I’ve spent the best times of my life so far.
You and I had planned on meeting each other. As I was growing up I felt closer and closer to you each year. I wanted you to be part of my life. My mom told me so many good things about you. It’s like I’ve known you since I was born.
I have been able to meet up with you on little occasions here and there but I’ve somehow never been able to really get to know you. You never really cared about all these family events. You’ve always been doing your thing on the side not listening to anyone else.
This year I...
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To my American Country men,
In the wake of recent events and amid the torrid number of memes, posts, tweets, sound bites, news segments and comedic satire, I found myself engaged in discussions and debates like you. Then at several points during those discussions I was confronted by friends and community members. They argued that I was not providing any solutions to the issues of gun violence. Initially, I thought it irresponsible to provide a solution to this complex problem and it would be pompous to think a person who would provide a solution, has the right one. As a citizen of our nation my response began to haunt me. I observed over that last few day my critics had not proposed any solutions, provided any logical arguments or workable courses of action. I continued to observe our...
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Progress is slow, and hard. Hope, and willpower, and love drives it forwards. History seems to show us that when you look at the big picture, things get better over time. Dictatorships gradually replaced with democracies. Though millions of people still struggle, in most countries the poor don’t starve to death like they did in ages past, and they have a right to an education so they can strive for a better life. In the last century the rights of women, ethnic minorities and LGBT people were fought over and many battles were won, progress which has continued into the new millennium.
But in life things are rarely simple or easy. It can feel like we take two steps forward and one step back. For instance, we could say that the First and Second World Wars were one step backwards, when a...
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