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It's my duty to expose my children to the moral depravity of Acton

This is the second time someone has been murdered a few feet from my home

1 August 2015

9:00 AM

1 August 2015

9:00 AM

A few years ago, I got a bit fed up with receiving Christmas cards from my friends designed to show off just how well they were doing. A typical card consisted of five or six blond children on ponies or quad bikes with a massive country house in the background.

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