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@Dammit
If you have a front and a rear brake and apply them both to stop roughly 80% of the actual braking is delivered by the front brake.
When riding fixed you can supply the remaining 20% with your legs just by resisting the movement of the pedals.
If the chap from Evans prevailed upon you to fit the brake to the rear go back and swap it to the front, keep it on, and as has been said above go to Tixie Dix on a Tuesday and learn to skid with the other reprobates.