Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Kings Cross

“That was the aim of Brexit, right?”

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Jen Deaderick
Jan 04, 2026
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I took an Uber to the train station. It’s just me traveling, and it was tough juggling all my luggage to the tram. I made it down the hill from the Airbnb then gave up.

That was the aim of Brexit, right?My driver was Polish. He’s been in Edinburgh since 2007. When he first came over, he stayed with his cousin, who’d been in Scotland since 2003. That cou…

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