The thing about London is that your wealth can’t really shield you from the negative aspects of the inner city. You can live in a multi million pound house in Dulwich or St Johns Wood but your child still has to go through Peckham and Kilburn to get home from school
On an LNER train rereading Teju Cole’s essay Mama’s Shroud when I should be in mass glorifying God and praying that Yorubas don’t one day succumb to the virulent Islamism of northern Nigeria that they’re slowly capitulating to.
She judged some of the women rather harshly and the male protagonist got away with everything. From being a cheat to being a money launderer.
All that said, I love that book and I agree. 😂
Why do you guys hate the less privileged & less favoured so much?
You conveniently left out medicine being free anyone in education, anyone under 16 and older than 60, pregnant and post partum women, people with disabilities and those on expensive medications.
Picked up a prescription today and had to pay £10. Woman asked if I get it free, to which I answered, how would I get it free out of curiosity?
She said if I was unemployed, on JSA or any other income benefits…got me thinking. The incentive to NOT work in this country just comes with too many benefits! If you work, you pay…if you don’t work, you get it free! What’s the point, honestly? 😂
Can’t even save tax free in my ISA as of next year…very unserious country we live in the UK.