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On this day 25 years ago I started working for London Underground/ Transport for London. I’ve worked at over 120 stations, and have also driven trains. I normally write poems and quotes paying tribute to other people, but today I wanted to write a poem for myself.
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Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums.
Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space.
It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?
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After a month of fasting dawn to dusk - never has a flat white tasted so good. Eid Mubarak! ☕️
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Dear students in the UK, if you haven't had your teenage meningitis vaccine or aren't sure if you have had it, PLEASE arrange with your GP to get vaccinated nhs.uk/vaccinations/menacwy-… It helps prevent tragic deaths like those that have occured recently in Kent.
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TBH without the music video it does have the similar essence as Somali music. That’s why the Nimco Happy babe’s music blended so well into the soca/dancehall beats.
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nobody told me this when I started working a 9-5:
- it's not even a 9-5. every job I've had has been 8 to 6.
- you get home, cook dinner, and don't feel like doing anything else for the rest of the day. then it's right back to work before you know it.
- you used to play guitar. you used to read books. you used to work out. they just slowly get phased out of you and you don't even notice it happening.
- you eat lunch at your desk because the job is understaffed and you have too much to do. that "1 hour break" they sold you doesn't exist.
- you leave the house at 7. you get home at 6. you are physically and mentally exhausted. this is a "good" day.
- you sit at your desk and can't get past 5 minutes without being the most bored you've ever been in your life
- you feel ready to have a mid-life crisis in 3 years let alone before you turn 40
- one day you realise you're giving up 5 days of your life every single week just to have a few hours at night and 2 days on the weekend. and you just accept it.
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Feel free to share with anyone on Plan 2. As for what to do if you're on it and agree. The most effective thing is to write/email your MP, but not with a template letter (that looks like orchestrated campaign group) use your own words. If they get lots of those they sit up and take note.
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Deprived high streets in England are populated by 70% more vape shops, bookmakers, takeaways and off-licences than in wealthier areas, a new study has found.
Poorer areas also have far fewer gyms, nurseries and cafes. The study, published by the Independent Commission on Neighborhoods (Icon), found that shopping parades in deprived areas have roughly double the number of retailers selling fast food and significantly higher vacancy rates.
It also found that poorer areas have half the number of childcare facilities – like nurseries and children’s centres – and roughly 25% less social infrastructure such as gyms, cafes and pubs compared to more affluent areas.
The study also warned that a focus on ailing town centres risks overlooking the "crucial" role that local shopping parades play in people’s lives.
The decline in Britain’s high streets has been a source of growing anger among voters. Prime minister Keir Starmer last week announced a £5bn “pride in place” investment programme in 284 areas across the UK, but the news was largely overshadowed by the scandal over Peter Mandelson’s links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Reform UK has made “broken” high streets a central plank of its messaging ahead of the May local elections, which are expected to be devastating for the Labour government.
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High rents, room shares are now like £1.2k+ I feel like this needs reporting on more tbh because saying 'rents are rising or falling' doesn't capture house sharing accurately
