{"id":1029,"date":"2012-12-16T13:14:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T13:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2012-12-16T13:14:31","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T13:14:31","slug":"i-am-a-persecuted-motorist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/12\/i-am-a-persecuted-motorist\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a persecuted motorist!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever I have had to pay for parking on a sunday. In croydon I had to pay \u00a31.60 to park for just over an hour. Now o hear to that from next year I will have to pay to go through the blackwall tunnel. At some poi.t I. The future I will be charged for every mile I drive. Really bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever I have had to pay for parking on a sunday. In croydon I had to pay \u00a31.60 to park for just over an hour. 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