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The speaker is saying very directly that Trafalgar Square is extremely unattractive as a public space. The wording leaves no room for doubt; it is a blunt judgment rather than a nuanced critique.
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About Will Self
English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster
Will Self is an English writer, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster. He is known for his fiction and nonfiction work, and for a career that spans novels, shorter fiction, novellas and essays. He has written 11 novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas and nine collections of non-fiction writing. He is also an honorary Professor at Brunel University London, where his interests include psychogeography.
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