This morning I sat in a coffee shop near Edinburgh university. It’s been five days since the American electorate handed the reins of the country over to a mad man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crowd that grew over the morning was mixed; mostly students – accents from all over. An elegant middle aged mum with her two sons – dressed in sweater vests and wearing poppies for remembrance day – had breakfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I drank a good cup of coffee, scanned the morning paper, and listened to the conversation around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Listening to the conversation – snippets about the election and Brexit mixed in with exams and romantic intrigue – gave me the first glimmer of hope in days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will outlive and undo our stupidity and go on to be stupid in new and amazing ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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