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Monday 16 January 2012

Teen protests to PM over Tourette's comments

"An Inverness teenager has written to Prime Minister David Cameron to express her outrage and disappointment at comments he made that facing the shadow chancellor in parliament was "like having someone with Tourette’s sitting opposite you."
Charleston Academy pupil Eilidh Dyker says she felt compelled to write to Mr Cameron over his comments about Ed Balls’ heckling in an interview with a Sunday newspaper.
The Prime Minister has since apologised on national television, stating: "I was speaking off the cuff and if I offended anyone, I am very sorry."
But 16-year-old Eilidh, .. who has Tourette syndrome, feels comments from someone as high profile as Mr Cameron are offensive and a setback for anyone suffering from the condition.
"I can’t sit back in silence after a comment like that," she said, adding that it was right he has been criticised for his remarks...." Link to full article Inverness Courier

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