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The best thing you can do right now to learn is to get yourself some cycle training. It's likely to be free or for a nominal fee, provided by your local council.
CTUK is one provider: http://www.cycletraining.co.uk/index.php?pg=164
Here is TFL's page with a more comprehensive list of boroughs: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11689.aspx
Cycle training is the best way to learn this stuff quickly without you having to guess at what the right thing to do is by looking at other people. Most of the people you're looking at and trying to learn from haven't got a clue either. I put cycle training off because I figured I could learn it all by researching online, and I was wrong. Give it a go, you've got nothing to lose!