Not the way to fight gentrification
The protest against and attack on the “Cereal Killer” café in Shoreditch, East London, on Saturday 26 September would be funny in its ridiculousness if it weren’t so politically misleading. “Cereal Killer” sells breakfast cereal — but at upwards of £3.50 a bowl. No doubt the owners are pretentious and middle-class. No doubt they were only able to open such a café due to the changing nature of the area bringing in a clientele with large disposable incomes. No doubt the launderettes, greengrocers and corner shops that used to provide for a working-class community have been replaced. However none...