The People's Supermarket adds further insult to injury to the very shops the protesters claimed were under threat from Tesco by taking even more customers away from those local shops. Who are these people trying to kid? They aren't supporting local shops at all, they just want Stokes Croft to be the playground of the PRSC.
Why would an alternative to Tesco need to be set up to promote the values of "the community" if what you wanted was to protect the local shops in competition with Tesco? Its seems that in reality you don't want to protect the local shops as you yourselves are taking business away from them by setting up yet another store. Is it not simply that the PRSC wanted the building for themselves and their mates?
I love this propagandist romantic vision of Stokes Croft which always fails to mention the dire poverty, unemployment, alcoholism, drug abuse and prostitution.
Exactly. It elevates the area toward being a place where ordinary people, family groups, commuters, now might just consider stopping to buy something. Instead of a scummy shithole which they drive through -and keep on driving- on their way to somewhere else.
'Solidarity with the Tahrir Square protestors! Homs, we feel your pain! Fight to the death against the oppressors! Er..no Tesco in Stokescroft! (Waitrose would be all right though - their organic hoummous with Harissa has to be tasted!)
@lookilooer don't comment on shit you know nothing about. The problem in stokes croft is social security squatters intent on violence. Google 'stokes croft scaffolding pole'. There are no local businesses here, just wrecks and pissed up 'graffiti artists' tagging everything in sight. Tesco is welcome here, now put your head back up your ass.
I think the supermarket project is a great idea, but if it was really about community, it wouldnt just be white, middle classer new agers going on about how great the area is, it would be Caribbean, African, Somali, Pakistani and many nationalities, not to mention the many homeless people living just round the corner?
Well done, this raised nationwide awareness on the important issue of food sustainability. I know myself that Tescos are so 'convenient' that you are tempted because they make it so easy for you even though it's better for everyone if you support the little guy. Hopefully in a few years we will all realise the importance of buying food free from pesticides and chemicals and the demand for this will be mainstream. Then most the shops can provide it, even the big ones :0)
@rolywhite1 How did this raise awareness nationwide on the importance of food sustainability? This was about an angry group of people who took that out on something they didn't agree. And as for food free from chemicals and pesticides, lets look at all the people in the world affected by drought who can only grow crops because of chemicals. Lets go tell them to root for organic food.
@louisesguidelines I think some people who read behind this story could see behind the riots and could see the deeper issues. Claire Miln and others speaking about food sustainability on BBC Inside, Five Live Breakfast and other programs raises awareness that we won't be able to carry on producing and distributing food in the same way for ever as our oil and health will run out. We need to start producing it locally. Some may not have made the link but some will.
@rolywhite1 I think we should try have a naturally sustainable ecosystem as much as possible and I'm not sure that emphasis is always there in developed countries' farming.
@rolywhite1 No, This is because its (in many places) impossible to grow crops, this is originally why GM farming was introduced, so if you were to be idilic, people would die. Local seems to be a bit of a false word as well. Local to most people seems to be wherever they want it to be 1 mile, 5 miles, 100 miles. If everything has to be from near you i suggest you throw your computer and phone away as they contain hundreds of minerals from other countries, many of them blood minerals.
Looks like your all doing some great work! Good luck to you all. But hopefully no more riots! Maybe it would would be good to report on the kind of community involvement &inclusion work being done. It is important to show that this is truely a "community initiative", involving people from all backgrounds, cultures & ages. Well done for doing something so worthwhile and positive, there is no time to lose to get initiatives such as these off the ground...really hope it all blossoms & blooms!
They are actually just a bunch of left wing fascists who are just as dangerous as the far right. I'm not in love with tescos, in fact i'm fairly against it, but the prsc have brewed feelings of hatred amongst the uneducated hippies of bristol towards tescos for so long that an idiotic and dangerous riot was inevitable.People could have died because of this idiocy. Grow a brain you idiots.
Furthermore i know that very few members of the prsc live on stokes croft, but they are more than happy to run the area in a way they see best whether or not the actual residents like it or not. There is absolutley no stokes croft community. There is however a small bunch of friends who operate on a "we know best" attitude. They only allow grafitti from this bunch of friends that share their ethics on the street and basically try and use this area to build some naive hippie utopia .
this is pretty warped. The constant use of the word 'community' is crazy. I've never seen the owners of 'the best' involved with them. I actually know a club owner from that street who cant stand them but has been pressured by them to use hi venue for their constant protests/piss ups. And also their chairman chris chalkley has been fined before because he vandalised a block of flats on stokes croft.
If the "community," as the Anti-Tesco reactionaries claim, don't want Tesco then what harm can it do to the local shops? A Tesco store can only harm independent shops IF the "community" chooses to shop there rather than the independent shops. If the independent shops suffer as a consequence of Tesco opening it is ONLY because the "community" would rather shop at Tesco than the independent shops. If Stokes Croft is as anti-corporate as these people claim then why are they so scared? Cos it isn't
The People's Supermarket adds further insult to injury to the very shops the protesters claimed were under threat from Tesco by taking even more customers away from those local shops. Who are these people trying to kid? They aren't supporting local shops at all, they just want Stokes Croft to be the playground of the PRSC.
culturewithnocontent 1 week ago
She sounds like... YEAH try these pills, have a good smoke on this! lol
m4553y 1 week ago
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Why would an alternative to Tesco need to be set up to promote the values of "the community" if what you wanted was to protect the local shops in competition with Tesco? Its seems that in reality you don't want to protect the local shops as you yourselves are taking business away from them by setting up yet another store. Is it not simply that the PRSC wanted the building for themselves and their mates?
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culturewithnocontent 2 weeks ago
I love this propagandist romantic vision of Stokes Croft which always fails to mention the dire poverty, unemployment, alcoholism, drug abuse and prostitution.
culturewithnocontent 2 weeks ago
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Exactly. It elevates the area toward being a place where ordinary people, family groups, commuters, now might just consider stopping to buy something. Instead of a scummy shithole which they drive through -and keep on driving- on their way to somewhere else.
pierstheoneandonly 1 week ago
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'Solidarity with the Tahrir Square protestors! Homs, we feel your pain! Fight to the death against the oppressors! Er..no Tesco in Stokescroft! (Waitrose would be all right though - their organic hoummous with Harissa has to be tasted!)
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pierstheoneandonly 2 weeks ago
@lookilooer don't comment on shit you know nothing about. The problem in stokes croft is social security squatters intent on violence. Google 'stokes croft scaffolding pole'. There are no local businesses here, just wrecks and pissed up 'graffiti artists' tagging everything in sight. Tesco is welcome here, now put your head back up your ass.
jhjyjfg 2 weeks ago
"Herne protest against Tesco" help us and thumb our video and make a comment.
StopTescoNow 1 month ago
I think the supermarket project is a great idea, but if it was really about community, it wouldnt just be white, middle classer new agers going on about how great the area is, it would be Caribbean, African, Somali, Pakistani and many nationalities, not to mention the many homeless people living just round the corner?
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@cranialbreather How is it a good idea? Surely it is in direct competition with the local shops they were arguing needed protection from Tesco?!?!
culturewithnocontent 1 week ago
@culturewithnocontent
One inconvenient truth is that most local shopkeepers interviewed were in favour of it.
pierstheoneandonly 1 week ago
Well done, this raised nationwide awareness on the important issue of food sustainability. I know myself that Tescos are so 'convenient' that you are tempted because they make it so easy for you even though it's better for everyone if you support the little guy. Hopefully in a few years we will all realise the importance of buying food free from pesticides and chemicals and the demand for this will be mainstream. Then most the shops can provide it, even the big ones :0)
rolywhite1 2 months ago
@rolywhite1 How did this raise awareness nationwide on the importance of food sustainability? This was about an angry group of people who took that out on something they didn't agree. And as for food free from chemicals and pesticides, lets look at all the people in the world affected by drought who can only grow crops because of chemicals. Lets go tell them to root for organic food.
louisesguidelines 1 month ago
@louisesguidelines I think some people who read behind this story could see behind the riots and could see the deeper issues. Claire Miln and others speaking about food sustainability on BBC Inside, Five Live Breakfast and other programs raises awareness that we won't be able to carry on producing and distributing food in the same way for ever as our oil and health will run out. We need to start producing it locally. Some may not have made the link but some will.
rolywhite1 1 month ago
@rolywhite1 I think we should try have a naturally sustainable ecosystem as much as possible and I'm not sure that emphasis is always there in developed countries' farming.
rolywhite1 1 month ago
@rolywhite1 No, This is because its (in many places) impossible to grow crops, this is originally why GM farming was introduced, so if you were to be idilic, people would die. Local seems to be a bit of a false word as well. Local to most people seems to be wherever they want it to be 1 mile, 5 miles, 100 miles. If everything has to be from near you i suggest you throw your computer and phone away as they contain hundreds of minerals from other countries, many of them blood minerals.
louisesguidelines 1 month ago
so inspiring to see positive project happening to create a resilient and interconnected future. Well done Claire and everyone else!
adriennecampbell7777 2 months ago
these are exciting times!
kasiapixie 2 months ago
Looks like your all doing some great work! Good luck to you all. But hopefully no more riots! Maybe it would would be good to report on the kind of community involvement &inclusion work being done. It is important to show that this is truely a "community initiative", involving people from all backgrounds, cultures & ages. Well done for doing something so worthwhile and positive, there is no time to lose to get initiatives such as these off the ground...really hope it all blossoms & blooms!
bblue077 2 months ago
They are actually just a bunch of left wing fascists who are just as dangerous as the far right. I'm not in love with tescos, in fact i'm fairly against it, but the prsc have brewed feelings of hatred amongst the uneducated hippies of bristol towards tescos for so long that an idiotic and dangerous riot was inevitable.People could have died because of this idiocy. Grow a brain you idiots.
louisesguidelines 2 months ago
Furthermore i know that very few members of the prsc live on stokes croft, but they are more than happy to run the area in a way they see best whether or not the actual residents like it or not. There is absolutley no stokes croft community. There is however a small bunch of friends who operate on a "we know best" attitude. They only allow grafitti from this bunch of friends that share their ethics on the street and basically try and use this area to build some naive hippie utopia .
louisesguidelines 2 months ago
this is pretty warped. The constant use of the word 'community' is crazy. I've never seen the owners of 'the best' involved with them. I actually know a club owner from that street who cant stand them but has been pressured by them to use hi venue for their constant protests/piss ups. And also their chairman chris chalkley has been fined before because he vandalised a block of flats on stokes croft.
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If the "community," as the Anti-Tesco reactionaries claim, don't want Tesco then what harm can it do to the local shops? A Tesco store can only harm independent shops IF the "community" chooses to shop there rather than the independent shops. If the independent shops suffer as a consequence of Tesco opening it is ONLY because the "community" would rather shop at Tesco than the independent shops. If Stokes Croft is as anti-corporate as these people claim then why are they so scared? Cos it isn't
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