Bristol Riot

[Mr Hyde]

-"Tesco are opening up another chain, this is bad for the local commerce in the community"
-"Let's boycott them and make potential customers aware of their overpowering strategies"
-"NO, LETS BURN SHIT AND RIOT...ANARCHY IN THE UK"

hippie.

both is needed.
direct action makes people aware too btw...

Yeah, David Cameron said a while back something along the lines of 'Violent protest has no place in shaping British policy' and a reporter said he clearly hasn't studied British history whatsoever.

[phrex]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

[Genevieve]

-"Tesco are opening up another chain, this is bad for the local commerce in the community"
-"Let's boycott them and make potential customers aware of their overpowering strategies"
-"NO, LETS BURN SHIT AND RIOT...ANARCHY IN THE UK"

hippie.

both is needed.
direct action makes people aware too btw...

Yeah, David Cameron said a while back something along the lines of 'Violent protest has no place in shaping British policy' and a reporter said he clearly hasn't studied British history whatsoever.

Just because he doesn't believe it has a place in Great Britain doesn't mean he doesn't acknowledge that it hasn't made a difference in the past.

[Genevieve]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

I don't consume anything from those corporations. Doesn't mean I have to ruin the income of the people that work there because I disagree with them.

People have free choice and they freely choose to eat at McDonald's. It's not my preference, but it's partly gotten where it has because people enjoy the service and product they provide. I'd feel like a fascist if I would try to take that away from them simply because it's not my preference. The problem of those corporations (and corporations in general) is the influence they have on the market through government policy. But that's a hole in government legislation.

[Mr Hyde]

-"Tesco are opening up another chain, this is bad for the local commerce in the community"
-"Let's boycott them and make potential customers aware of their overpowering strategies"
-"NO, LETS BURN SHIT AND RIOT...ANARCHY IN THE UK"

hippie.

both is needed.
direct action makes people aware too btw...

Yeah, David Cameron said a while back something along the lines of 'Violent protest has no place in shaping British policy' and a reporter said he clearly hasn't studied British history whatsoever.

Just because he doesn't believe it has a place in Great Britain doesn't mean he doesn't acknowledge that it hasn't made a difference in the past.

he implied it, and gave the message that it isn't needed now- am sure middle east/n african politicians are saying the same and british rulers throughout history

[wubstep]

Naa nothing incriminating to my knowledge. No idea if there were any petrol bombs, the police used that as justification for raiding the squat they have no right to enter, 'bomb squad' looking for materials like...bottles and rags. Did hear explosions and lots of fire, who knows.

You really do need to know the area to have any sort of idea what you're talking about.

I'll reiterate, this is the 31!THIRTY FIRST!31 Tesco in Bristol. No one is removing anyone's right to shop at Tesco, just don't ruin the livelihood of the local businesses, you know, those real people with jobs this actually effects. There is one 300yards up the road, followed by a Sainsbury's and then another Tesco...

[cityzen]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

Wait. Why is he obeying a member of Kiss?

[Mr Hyde]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

Wait. Why is he obeying a member of Kiss?

[esfandyar]

I'll reiterate, this is the 31!THIRTY FIRST!31 Tesco in Bristol. No one is removing anyone's right to shop at Tesco, just don't ruin the livelihood of the local businesses, you know, those real people with jobs this actually effects. There is one 300yards up the road, followed by a Sainsbury's and then another Tesco...

very cool, it seems like your community is sorting shit out for themselves, which is great.

[deesee]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

I don't consume anything from those corporations. Doesn't mean I have to ruin the income of the people that work there because I disagree with them.

People have free choice and they freely choose to eat at McDonald's. It's not my preference, but it's partly gotten where it has because people enjoy the service and product they provide. I'd feel like a fascist if I would try to take that away from them simply because it's not my preference. The problem of those corporations (and corporations in general) is the influence they have on the market through government policy. But that's a hole in government legislation.

think your missing the point. tesco could have a huge affect on local businesses, the locals want to keep the businesses local. it's not about boycotting tesco as a whole, just that one there in that area.

[pompende]

There is one 300yards up the road, followed by a Sainsbury's and then another Tesco...

but is it a Tesco Express? People NEED that. Clearly. So excited they were trying to shop there before it even opened!

in all seriousness tho how did this seem like a smart business move for them?

[Genevieve]

yeah. cool. let's support mcdo, nestle, tescos, weapon factorys - they GIVE US JOBS TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!

so let's just shut up, and obey.

I don't consume anything from those corporations. Doesn't mean I have to ruin the income of the people that work there because I disagree with them.

People have free choice and they freely choose to eat at McDonald's. It's not my preference, but it's partly gotten where it has because people enjoy the service and product they provide. I'd feel like a fascist if I would try to take that away from them simply because it's not my preference. The problem of those corporations (and corporations in general) is the influence they have on the market through government policy. But that's a hole in government legislation.

think your missing the point. tesco could have a huge affect on local businesses, the locals want to keep the businesses local. it's not about boycotting tesco as a whole, just that one there in that area.

I know and if the locals want to keep Tesco out, they would not go shopping there and Tesco would go out of business. So no need for destructive violence.

[nowaysj]

Companies like tesco can take losses on stores like this, just to be there, just to suck what little they can out of the local economy, and slowly drain their local, smaller competitors.

[cityzen]

Tesco - The Supermarket that's eating Britain - Dispatches Channel 4
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 4893922585#

"Tesco is Britain's favourite supermarket. With 2,000 stores and 15 million customers a week, it's almost twice as big as its nearest rival. Dispatches shows how Tesco could soon become even bigger, and asks if this retail giant is abusing its power."

(http://www.tescopoly.org)

[stappard]

I don't think anyone said Tesco ran the world.

And I didn't say that is what people were saying. People were implying that Tesco was influencing the news and that this wasn't being reported on properly because of it. Just seems like almost every thread in SNH now gets some conspiracy derailing rather than discussions about what is going on.

....unless there is more to this than is being reported, what is wrong with that BBC report, it seems to just state the facts and then show different viewpoints? Not even any opinion piece on it.

Tesco flexing corporate muscle on the media it seems. Very hard to find any coverage of what is actually happening online right now.

How on earth is this not being reported on...

bbcs completely twisted view...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-13167041

yeah i just clocked this, Tesco's influence in the UK is really starting to become obvious.

when i posted my comment, there was nothing at all on the major newspaper websites. guardian now has a small bit but still, a riot is a riot and you think theyd have put something up about it. was my only point. no subtext about tesco controlling the weather, dw

[__________]

Out to Neka on the front lines!

[cityzen]

"Hope they can identify the 'people' involved and make them pay for the repairs and/or make them work in tesco as part of their punishment. I guess this is what happens when you let the unwashed have a few days off work, should ban bank holidays for them while we are at it. No excuse for this behavior, maybe more police should carry tazers?"

[test_recordings]

I noticed on the news, C5, it talked about this in a negative light about the rioters but in particular how when they set fire to the store 2 security guards were inside. I bet Tesco's policy for those guards actually requires them to stay in the store in certain dangerous situations that when you read in to it is just appalling as moral code. Other places have similar policies as when I worked at TK Maxx the procedure for if there was a bomb scare was that all the general workers had to evacuate but once everyone was out the managers had to back in to find the bomb I do not know how that is legal or moral in the slightest (this actually happened in the Sheffield store, too)

[neka]

Out to Neka on the front lines!

Album cover!

[particle-jim]

"and then there was the war with Denmark"