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Having a Good Life doesn't always mean it will be an Easy Life
Katılım Temmuz 2009
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As 'Scottish' media invent an endless 'ferry fiasco', here's the Calmac Chief on Scotland's 95% plus ferries - The facts that Scotland's news media are shockingly and deliberately hiding from you, for political purposes - please share this widely talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/17/cal…
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Former Partick Thistle player Kyle Lochhead is completing the Glasgow Half Marathon in support of Myasthenia charity MyAware, after his wife Rachel was diagnosed with with Myasthenia Gravis
Read their story and please donate anything you can👇
ajbellgreatscottishrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/kyle-lochhe…
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I just want to share something Tourette Scotland posted on their Facebook today and say a heartfelt thank you.
In the past week alone they have received over £5,000 in donations. More than 200 people from over 100 different locations across the UK have contributed, alongside so many powerful messages of support for John. There have also been international donations from Germany, Croatia, Australia, the USA, Jersey and The Netherlands.
The map they shared showing support coming in from right across the UK is incredibly moving. It means more than I can put into words, not just to our family personally, but to families all across Scotland living with Tourette’s.
Thank you to every single person who has donated, shared, spoken up or reached out. It truly matters.
If anyone would like to support the work Tourette Scotland does for families like ours, you can donate here:
tourettescotland.enthuse.com/donate

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>be John Davidson
>born 1971
>Galashiels, Scotland
>working class family in the Scottish Borders
>football-mad kid
>just wants to be a goalkeeper
1983:
>you're 12
>a scout is coming to watch you play
>this is your shot
>then something happens
>your body starts doing things you can't control
>tics
>involuntary vocalisations
>noises you didn't choose
>head teacher's response: whip your hands with a belt
>you perform badly
>dad leaves shortly after
>you walk into a river
>you're 12
school:
>no diagnosis
>no framework
>just a kid who "can't behave"
>mocked daily
>leave at 16
>no qualifications
>the world has decided what you are
1989:
>BBC comes to Galashiels
>films your life
>"John's Not Mad"
>airs nationally
>some people feel compassion
>most kids use it as ammunition
>your face becomes shorthand for mockery in playgrounds across the country
>you know this
>you keep going
the wilderness years:
>no diagnosis until you're 25
>25 years old before anyone gives it a name
>you've been living it for over a decade without language for it
>you get a job
>caretaker at Langlee Community Centre
>you stay there your whole working life
the turn:
>a family is referred to you
>their daughter has Tourette's
>she's struggling
>you start hosting workshops
>schools
>police stations
>you explain what it means to live in a body people don't understand
>unpaid
>for years
>because nobody did it for you
2019:
>Holyrood Palace
>the Queen is about to give you an MBE
>you shout "Fuck the Queen"
>directly at her
>she reacts with complete calm and kindness
>the kid the belt hit
>gets a medal
2025:
>a film about your life premieres at Toronto International Film Festival
>"I Swear"
>six BAFTA nominations
February 2026:
>you're in the auditorium
>watching a film about your life
>your Tourette's doesn't stop for the occasion
>it never has
>mid-ceremony your tics ring out across the room
>and on the live broadcast
>as Black actors take the stage
>you shout a racial slur
>involuntarily
>uncontrollably
>you leave early
>you know you're causing distress
>you've known that feeling your whole life
>Jamie Foxx goes on Instagram
>"Nah he meant that s**t"
>"Out of all the words you could've said Tourette's makes you say that"
>the internet piles on
>thousands outraged at a man who cannot control what comes out of his mouth
>the film that explains exactly this wins three BAFTAs that same night
>including Best Actor
>the room got it
>the internet did not
>because the internet didn't watch the film
see -- Every founder, artist, activist, author, coach or ANYONE who wants to change the world should take note:
Stop apologising for who you are.
Be the change you want to see.
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OMG!! This is amazing. Court rules government's ban on Palestine Action is unlawful. This entire episode has been such a shameful stain on Keir Starmer's government.
news.sky.com/story/palestin…
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🗣️ @GaryLineker: "The hypocrisy really, the guy's a migrant himself. An economic migrant."
Gary responds to Ratcliffe's controversial comments
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