The issue with racism in Britain is the pattern of shock, surprise and disgust. When we platform racists at the highest level, fail to call them out at dinner tables and in pubs, what do we expect?

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Almost got to respect this comment in response to Labour potentially raising taxes on banks. I don’t particularly want to pay 40% on my earnings and would prefer to spend the cash on gin and cashmere. That’s not really relevant to HMRC or a functioning society, babe!

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I'm glad Beth is raising awareness, but I also hope she has good care because she's painting a massive target on herself for the worst of humanity. Even though she's literally an Olympian, people will still assume this is some failing on her part and it will never happen to them.

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One day you're out trying to walk and 'push through' even though you feel terrible, and then at some point your legs, which up until then have regularly carried you miles, up mountains even, will refuse to hold you up and you will have to sit in the snow while your partner runs back to get the car.

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Maybe one day I'll write about the fallout of all of this, but it's still too raw: the compromises, the terrible medical care, the abandonment by long-term friends, the ableism, the prejudice, the endless additional admin and assessments, the deliberateness of the systems to grind you down to ash.

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