the fourth place

Many readers will know that I have recently moved to London, well, that's if you count 2 years as recently. Anyway, I thought London would be great, you know, because if you want a book to read you could pop out and go to a 24 hour books store on the high street and your sorted. Shops would be open late, even on Sunday and if you wanted to post a letter, no problem, the post office would never close. It would be a 24 hour party lifestyle and er.. everything you need would be at hand all day and all night.

Follow the links above and you'll notice that the promise of bright lights in the wee hours aren't necessarily true. Sure, in the very centre of London you can buy a book after five thirty, but only actually until eight o'clock. On a Saturday the local post office closes before I usually get out of bed and closes weekday evenings a full hour before I frequently leave work. Finally, access to plentifull time off work is an essential aspect of maintaining your health, not because you might become exhausted but because in residential centres the GPs don't open at the weekend.

So, in this country with a tax rate of nearly 49%, what one service do you think that the Government would make sure certain opened on the weekend? Yep, you guessed it. The regional interrogation centres. Nice.