Hello. I have one small gift for you, an ode to the godforsaken island I inhabit, centred around one of the all-time great British axioms: ‘no income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee’ from the Only Fools and Horses closing theme, which happens to double up as an equation that ultimately equals ‘no future’, as Johnny Rotten once put it.

Enjoy!

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