The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to London. The public … - Clive James

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We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers.

Clive James

The streets, at least in this part of town, seemed impossibly clean in comparison to London. The public telephones were unvandalised. For a London telephone booth to look like that it would have to be guarded around the clock by the SAS.

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