Christiana
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Not too much now, Trevor. No, no, no. It's true. It's true. I'm from Brixton.
Not too much now, Trevor. No, no, no. It's true. It's true. I'm from Brixton.
Oh, yeah. And then you cross, you go past the tube station. You're like, what's going on here? Exactly.
Oh, yeah. And then you cross, you go past the tube station. You're like, what's going on here? Exactly.
You know, it's interesting maybe because now I compare the US to the UK a lot more. Now I've lived here for like nearly 10 years. And, you know, when I go back to the UK, everyone's like, oh my God, the guns. They're like, oh, the guns and health care and obviously Trump and the other lady that was trying to be president. You live in a crazy place.
You know, it's interesting maybe because now I compare the US to the UK a lot more. Now I've lived here for like nearly 10 years. And, you know, when I go back to the UK, everyone's like, oh my God, the guns. They're like, oh, the guns and health care and obviously Trump and the other lady that was trying to be president. You live in a crazy place.
But the thing I have noticed is kind of like this because of austerity. I don't know how much you know about the Tory government. It's kind of like this urban, suburban, rural blight. You can see the lack of investment. in people and the country.
But the thing I have noticed is kind of like this because of austerity. I don't know how much you know about the Tory government. It's kind of like this urban, suburban, rural blight. You can see the lack of investment. in people and the country.
Stores are boarded up. They're dilapidated. Yeah, like where I used to work, I used to work in this department store called Alders, which is now closed in the Whitgift Centre in Croydon. And if you go to the Whitgift Centre now, it used to be this like bustling kind of shopping mall. And now you're like, it's like a ghost town, right? Like this NHS, which is like brilliant, free healthcare.
Stores are boarded up. They're dilapidated. Yeah, like where I used to work, I used to work in this department store called Alders, which is now closed in the Whitgift Centre in Croydon. And if you go to the Whitgift Centre now, it used to be this like bustling kind of shopping mall. And now you're like, it's like a ghost town, right? Like this NHS, which is like brilliant, free healthcare.
But people are like, I'm on a list for two years to get a knee replacement. And when I go into central London, a lot of the wealth I see is foreign wealth. I don't necessarily come across people like, I was born and raised in London and I made my dream come true here. So, you know, I just see the gap between the have and the have not seems to be getting wider everywhere.
But people are like, I'm on a list for two years to get a knee replacement. And when I go into central London, a lot of the wealth I see is foreign wealth. I don't necessarily come across people like, I was born and raised in London and I made my dream come true here. So, you know, I just see the gap between the have and the have not seems to be getting wider everywhere.
But in America, it's more acute because there's just so much money here. if that makes sense.
But in America, it's more acute because there's just so much money here. if that makes sense.
Oh, you know, I have a vendetta against dolphins.
Oh, you know, I have a vendetta against dolphins.
Dolphins are like rapists. They're like the most evil, horrible... No, okay, I don't agree with this. Nope. Dolphins? Tell your story.
Dolphins are like rapists. They're like the most evil, horrible... No, okay, I don't agree with this. Nope. Dolphins? Tell your story.
Tell your story.
Tell your story.