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Me and my camera in my home town, my capital city, my london

He had “keep britain british” written across his t-shirt. She had a look of contempt written across her face. They both chose to ignore each other and carried on walking.

London is the biggest melting pot on Earth. The whole world is here. We live in a majority of minorities. This means there isn’t enough of anyone and too much of everyone to cause a problem. This is a good thing. Enemies brush shoulders, as above, but there is harmony through equality of numbers. The other positive is if you’re interested in meeting people from other parts of the planet you don’t have to travel, a massive bonus for the poor, the fearful and the lazy. You can instead be a permanent tourist in your own town, the ultimate staycation – and who says multiculturalism doesn’t work?

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