Cornish Chris's Casual Conversations

Recently I was asked quite normally where on the political spectrum I considered myself to sit and I said Left wing like I had dozens of times before, except this time the persons look soured and it looked as though they lost respect for me since I identified as left wing. I was shocked and confused why did this person think this and why was it deemed a less respectful political ideology. I decided to reevaluate my position, was I still left wing? Has my position changed? Has the positions of the left changed? What does it mean to be left wing in 2017? Why do I consider myself to be left wing? Well traditionally the left wing is more supportive of the welfare state, equitable actions by the state to make everyone equal, basically more socialist actions and ideals. Myself I believe in a nation where we have A fully funded NHS, where education is a right, not a privilege where the economy is built on public spending, not public suffering. So why am I uncertain? Well, I a...

As news reached me of Peter Capaldi’s decision to leave Doctor Who I decided to write a post where I explain the reason why I love this show and why it made me who I am today. In a sentence, the reason I love this show is that it shows us potential, purpose and what we could be. Let me explain, we see these adventures of this benevolent, honourable, ancient being who can be both the most vengeful god and the most selfless soul. A man who has lived hundreds of lives across millennia seen the biggest and best of creation and the vilest evil creatures, a person who you’d think would see humans as fleeting most insignificant beings but doesn’t. We see this master of time and space who time and time again fights to protect our species and planet and we must ask why? And the answer is simple this is a being who has had 14 versions of himself and lived well over 2 thousand years and he keeps running and he looks upon humans and sees “giants” sees us and admires our resolve and hu...

Personally, I have at times struggled to talk about a point in my life when I wanted to end my life. But now I talk about my experience to help others understand theirs this is a topic that deserves discussion to the wider community and I know from my experience with friends with depression anxiety and my experience with suicidal thoughts that it is different for everyone. For example, I like many others always thought that suicidal thoughts were a symptom, not an issue that you could develop separately this was until I turned 16. This was a rough time my GCSE grades were considerably worse than I hoped, my mum had COPD (an incurable lung condition) and her condition was worsening since my father had been submitted to hospital with a very rare condition and was facing being put in a medical coma for 6-12 months. I felt as though I was a burden as though everything was my fault, but more than that I felt utterly alone. I would go to town and see friends and they would as...

It’s time to talk about something that has been dividing the nation for months Brexit. This decision which was made by the public will spark one of the biggest political changes in the world in the last half-century. Before I go forward let me make this clear this isn’t an anti-Brexit post or a pro-Brexit post if anything it’s a pro-democracy post so please bear with. This decision by the nation is massive and daunting in scope and size, its implications are unknown and the plan to move forward is little more than conjecture. The reason I am writing this post is that there has been a near endless supply of issues, misinformation, insults and blame after the universally surprising result. Firstly, there is the stereotype that only the elderly voted to leave, while it is true statistically that the older generations did vote more in favour with Brexit it could not have been a leave result without the middle and younger aged voters, people like myself. Yes, I a 19-year-...