Yesterday I saw a notice posted on the side of 39 Stoke Newington High Street, the as yet uninhabited ground floor of the newish block of 'luxury appartments' grafted to the north side of the police station a year or two ago. Imagine my horror upon discovering that it was an application to sell alcohol from none other than the noxious retail behemoth TESCO!

I love Stoke Newington and especially the high street which is blessed with a welcome lack of big brand chain stores. There's a fantastic selection of Grocers, Off-Licenses, Newsagents and general stores all of which stand to suffer from the new Tesco.

WE MUST STOP THEM!

I have created this website to help us organise resistance to this unwelcome new development. Please do what you can to help.

From the top of my head we're going to need people to do the following:

• Talk to local business owners and gain their support
• Gather relevant statistics, facts, quotes & photos
• Write and oppose their licensing application
• Write letters to council members and the like
• Design and distribute flyers, posters and stickers
• Donate money to fund the printing of the above
• Create articles for this website, text, audio or video
• Create press releases & speak to the media
• Protest and picket if and when development starts

I daresay we can do more than this so please sign up to our forum and make your suggestions. Alternatively use the message box at the bottom of the page to contact me directly - though please remember to leave an e-mail address if you want a reply.