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ARON ANDERSON WAS the subject of an article in the Telegraph newspaper last month.
The ten-year-old, dubbed Britain’s loneliest schoolboy, is the only pupil at Skerries Community School on the remote Scottish island of Out Skerries. It has a population of 70 people.
The article said he has resorted to befriending ducks as he is so lonely.
Until recently the school had a number of pupils, including Aron’s brothers and two other friends. However, all are older and have left for secondary school on Lerwick – a two-and-a-half hour journey away.
They return home at weekends and for holidays, depending on the weather.
A Reddit user was touched by the story and has set up a campaign for people from around the world to send Christmas cards to Aron.
BesottedScot said he has phoned Aron’s school so they are expecting the cards.
I really want him to get a big massive smile on his face, so please write a wee message in the card to show your support too!
Would you like to send Aron a card? BesottedScot has devised some guidelines, including:
Here is Aron’s address:
Aron Anderson,
c/o Skerries School,
Skerries,
Shetland,
United Kingdom,
ZE21 9AS.
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The British lion roars? What arrogant bombastic nonsense. Just get out of the EU and see your real place in the real world. A declining power with sad delusions. Feel sorry this morning for rational Brits faced with having to be represented by a clown with no morals or decency
@Marc Power: a declining power and a declining economy.
@Marc Power: It’s correct when u think about it, Lion stolen from Africa or India and they claimed as theirs
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: no, cave lions were native in Britain 40,000 years ago
@Marc Power: err you fo realise it’s the express a gutter rag of the finest quality. unfortunately a lot of people seem to think like that
@Vincent #SaveDaredevil: It’s more a reference to the Lion sigil of William the conquerer who was the French-Norman Duke who kicked the behind of Harold and his Saxon chums and became their new French speaking King. The emblem of Normandy is two lions also so basically they are a conquered province of a French Norman.
Their dreadful media or bojo voters don’t know that, nor do they want to know that the “great” is used to distinguish from lesser Britain or Brittany in France.
The Daily Expres. “We’re Backing Britain”. No you’re not, you’re backing England, with your knight and St. George’s cross. And it shows.
On their heads be it.
But Jermey Corbyn announced his preferred pronouns on television SEVERAL times, how did he NOT win?!
The slow eroding away of the union. Possibly a united Ireland in 10 years. With a return of some violence in the north
@Seán Dillon: huge violence more like it unfortunately
@Gus Sheridan: welcome on board Gus. Your unionist traditions will be respected in a United Ireland but I know this will be VERY HARD for you but you will have to respect other traditions also
When Corbyn was selected–elected leader of the Labour Party I remember posting that he was the very very best present that the Labour Party could possibly give to the Tories. The bottom line England will never allow a dedicated communist into No. 10
Go Britain! Out of EU, delighted. The Irish will lose every cent and every asset to EU. And our nationality too.
@Kath Noonan: What utter nonsence. Does a Texan feel any less Texan by being a US citizen or a Californian or New Yorker? So why should we feel any less Irish while being EU citizens?
Do the people of Queensland or the Northern Territories in Australia loose all their money by being part of
The Lion was built on slavery and corruption, it is a nation built on legal loopholes and banking corruption?
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