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The Next Train is Leaving the Rat Race

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“The 8.16 train to London Victoria has been cancelled due to leaves on the line. We apologise for this inconvenience".

A collective groan, with British reserve, reverberated along the station platform. Another normal day in the life of the commuter trying to get into work to earn a heavily taxed crust.

I stood on the station platform and looked around me. That familiar site that had greeted my pollution-reddened eyes for the last 15 years was becoming tainted. The drab colours …

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