Sunday, December 03, 2006

Wrong Target


Just how wrong can the brave class warrior who created this piece of vandalism be? There are a number of serious arguments we can have about 'gentrification' and developments of private flats in Haggerston but they've picked the wrong target here.

Just who are the profiteers here? Is it Community Housing Group - the not for profit organisation behind this development?

Tatty flats? They look quite nice to me.

Suckers? That'll be the key workers who are the only people eligible for the houses here.

And just how many private flats are there in this exercise in gentrification and social cleansing? That's right. Zero.

Loads of flats and space for local businesses on the ground floor to create job opportunities for local people.

Cllr McShane

1 comment:

Will said...

Good for you for responding to the grafitti, and making the points you do about picking the wrong target. I don't agree with the graffiti, but, unlike Government policy on anti-social behaviour, I don't believe its the curse of the devil to graffiti, especially on what is a free advertising board. I do find it quite interesting that you've chosen to respond to the graffiti, and must congratulate you on taking the (albeit wrong) view seriously.