Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon

[Pickman's model]

How much is a glass of champagne in the Albert?

you'll find out when cardiff win the league and editor buys a celebratory glass of bubbly

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Are there any cliches we haven't had here btw?

* Protestors as violent (BULLYING) thugs
* Protestors as useless middle class art school sorts
* Get a job, you couldn't be there if you had a job
* It's not going to do anything, give up, Brixton is already gentrified
* Why don't you protest against X Y or Z who are just as bad
* How can anyone protest about this when there's (A B C) still happening {i.e. "whataboutery"}
* "Your" pub sells champagne and this is all about champagne
* Similarly, what's wrong with cheese?
* Nobody's really being forced out of Brixton anyway, they just sell up and make a profit
* It's a natural process, it's the way of the world etc etc

There must be more. It's 50 pages though, I'm not going through them all right now, give us a bit.

Imagine.....50 pages of discussion and so many perspectives! It's almost like this is a forum or something!

 

[Pickman's model]

Is there some new rule in the urban FAQ that we must only post in agreement with the OP or get the fuck out of here?

And btw FridgeMagnet you missed a few.

*Any protest is valid
*At least someone is doing something
*protestors as rebels/anarchists

it's not a proper demo unless there's a helicopter

 

[Nanker Phelge]

you'll find out when cardiff win the league and editor buys a celebratory glass of bubbly

His champagne campaign funds might stretch to a glass of verve.....but you can bring yer own iceland cheese.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

it's not a proper demo unless there's a helicopter

There may have been some helicopter parents waiting in the wings to drive the kids home when the 'demo' finished.

 

[Pickman's model]

His champagne campaign funds might stretch to a glass of verve.....but you can bring yer own iceland cheese.

ICELAND cheese, eh? very niche

 

[Pickman's model]

There may have been some helicopter parents waiting in the wings to drive the kids home when the 'demo' finished.

police helicopter

 

[Nanker Phelge]

ICELAND cheese, eh? very niche

It's a fair trade, guv!

 

[Nanker Phelge]

police helicopter

To be fair, it's not often that the police helicopter isn't buzzing above Brixton. However, it was missing from the fake plastic cheese demo.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a fair trade, guv!

only place to stock that in brixton will be the chomping frotters

 

[Nanker Phelge]

only place to stock that in brixton will be the chomping frotters

2 slabs for a fiver?

 

[secateurz]

Edit wrong post

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Edit wrong post

How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise, Johnny.....

 

[shakespearegirl]

The Albert (not posh) was really busy on food sales today. I would guess BV was busier. How is C&F doing? Does anyone know if their offer is popular?

BV was really busy when I was there around half four. C&F seemed pretty busy as well.

Dave from the wine shop didn't seem terribly worried about C&F. Also found out he does a 5% discount on 6 bottles and 10% of 12 and free delivery locally

 

[secateurz]

This for example

Its no accident that inequality is rising faster now than it did under Thatcher.

This is happening all over the country. Bristol, Brixton and Handsworth included.

What needs to be asked is why there is not more social conflict. As there was under Thatcher.

Internet, smartphones, social media, x factor, structural decline in education for 20 years.

 

[butchersapron]

Imagine.....50 pages of discussion and so many perspectives! It's almost like this is a forum or something!

That's not different perspectives, that's many attempts at putting forward a single selfish inaccurate perspective.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

That's not different perspectives, that's many attempts at putting forward a single selfish inaccurate perspective.

I never said different.

 

[hipipol]

Brixton and Hackney were once rather posh - the size of some of the houses from the Victorian times is a bit of a giveaway - surely this is just a return to the "old days" with added fakery more suited to our modern era

 

[leanderman]

Brixton and Hackney were once rather posh - the size of some of the houses from the Victorian times is a bit of a giveaway - surely this is just a return to the "old days" with added fakery more suited to our modern era

No. You are mistaken: Brixton dates back only to the 1970s. Before then it was fields.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Brixton and Hackney were once rather posh - the size of some of the houses from the Victorian times is a bit of a giveaway - surely this is just a return to the "old days" with added fakery more suited to our modern era

The Reclaim the streets generation grew up and reclaimed the streets. Clue was in the name.

 

[ska invita]

Brixton and Hackney were once rather posh - the size of some of the houses from the Victorian times is a bit of a giveaway - surely this is just a return to the "old days" with added fakery more suited to our modern era

Ah yes, a return to the Victorian social strata, huzzah!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk-most-unequal-country-in-the-west-1329614.html
We've got the workfare we just need some flop houses

 

[ska invita]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk-most-unequal-country-in-the-west-1329614.html

in fact if the UK is the most unequal country in the West, then Brixton has to be one of the most unequal spots within the UK, and that is why this place is, to quote T & P out of context, "deeply fucking unpleasant"

ETA: just saw that article is from 1996 but dont let that get in the way of a good point

 

[Ms T]

Ah yes, a return to the Victorian social strata, huzzah!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk-most-unequal-country-in-the-west-1329614.html
We've got the workfare we just need some flop houses

I don't doubt that the UK is an unequal society, but that article is nearly twenty years old!

 

[editor]

Here's a more up to date article about the widening gap between the poor and the rich. I don't imagine things have got any better since it was written.

Gap between rich and poor growing fastest in Britain
The gap between rich and poor has grown faster in Britain than in any other developed country over recent decades, research suggests.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a leading economic forum, said that the wealthiest tenth of society now earn 12 times as much as the poorest, up from eight times as much in the 1980s.
In addition the amount of total income taken by the top 1 per cent of earners - including bankers, managers and executives - has doubled to 14 per cent.
By contrast, the top tax rate has fallen while benefits for the poorest have become less generous.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...rich-and-poor-growing-fastest-in-Britain.html

 

[Manter]

The Albert (not posh) was really busy on food sales today. I would guess BV was busier. How is C&F doing? Does anyone know if their offer is popular?

Was v busy when I walked past today- all the tables were taken and there were 4 or 5 people waiting to be served in the deli bit.

The Northerner (who doesn't read these boards, Brixton blog etc, so was coming to it 'fresh') said he thought it looked a nice place, but in the wrong place- it looked like it had been parachuted in from Covent Garden.

And some Anerican friends went to Honest burger in soho last night and said it was great but the portions were 'teensy' ((starving Texans))

 

[ska invita]

said he thought it looked a nice place, but in the wrong place

wrong place? Oh you mean the poor people who are still there, don't worry, they'll be gone soon

 

[editor]

And some Anerican friends went to Honest burger in soho last night and said it was great but the portions were 'teensy' ((starving Texans))

Have to say I wasn't that impressed with Honest Burgers. The chips that everyone's been raving about really weren't that special at all. I mean, nice enough, but not wowee amazing fab let me photo and blog it good..

 

[marty21]

wrong place? Oh you mean the poor people who are still there, don't worry, they'll be gone soon

sounds like he thought it should be in Covent Garden

 

[Nanker Phelge]

wrong place? Oh you mean the poor people who are still there, don't worry, they'll be gone soon

Who are the poor people? What were they doing in Brixton Village on Thursday that the arrival of frompagne marks the beginning of the end of?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

sounds like he thought it should be in Covent Garden

Or where the poor people are not.