Result! The No Tesco in Stokes Croft campaign successfully raised its judicial review court costs with limited-edition bone china mugs made locally and lovingly by the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft, thanks to a fundraising party on 13 April.
We tried to stop Tesco. We may have lost the legal challenge but successful support of our thriving local community goes on!
Note: This originally appeared as a post.
you guys are a bunch of freaks. get a life
By: Nathan Lowe on April 10, 2012
at 8:03 pm
Be a LOVER not a hater!
By: WhoopWhoop on April 24, 2012
at 1:37 pm
stokes croft is a total shit hole full of scum. every tramp in that town put together couldnt make £2000. bunch of losers.
By: Nathan Lowe on April 10, 2012
at 8:06 pm
local community lol. this shithole needed somewhere for the decent people to shop. for all the tramps, pissheads, freaks and squaters (about 70% of stokes croft) stick to the disgusting local shops that aren’t run by local people and do not employ local people and the money goes everywhere but back into the community. Fucking retards.
By: Steve on April 10, 2012
at 8:24 pm
Stokes Croft is in no way a ‘shithole’ people who say that are the people who don’t live here. if you did live here you would see that it is a kind and friendly place to live where everyone smiles at each other in the streets and cares about their community. I do hope that the protest will be civil this year as no one wants violence.
By: Grace Rose on April 13, 2012
at 10:48 am
I ride through this area every day. Some nice people but lots of trouble makers. Shame people can’t focus there hate of tesco into something better. If no one shopped at tesco they would soon close.
By: John on April 14, 2012
at 1:12 pm
I left Bristol last year, one deciding factor was the stupidity and ignorance of the Stokes Croft protest. Smashed up local shops forced to blame Tescos or get trashed themselves, craft shops so expensive much of the local people could not afford to shop locally. If people do not want to shop at Tescos it will fail, period. As for
the locals, yes lots of them are street people, drunk, stoned and perhaps vulnerable. Should they really be used to create a riot to protect the business interests of niche local shops?
By: Graham on April 15, 2012
at 11:16 am
Tesco will be back with 12 more expresses and 4 metros. So still say NO TO TESCO because Tesco will kill every high street in the UK in the next 5 years. Stop tesco from takeing over the coummity.
By: C on April 19, 2012
at 12:13 pm
Sure its 12 ? where did that magic number come from? Tesco themselves have said they will scale back their plans by 40% countrywide, i understand that Tescos in Stokes Croft is doing well, must mean that local people want it. I know you dont, tough, just dont shop there. dont deny others their choice, specially by violence.
By: Graham on April 19, 2012
at 12:28 pm
Is it really a choice? I disagree with both of your observations, its quite easy to see that once Tesco establishes itself it will do well because of the nature of the capitalist society that we live in. To be honest im tired after a long days work, and I feel like if I can save even the smallest bit of my life thats been magically turned into bits of paper, that would be a good thing. Every little helps. Every little helps me stay alive and after that every little helps me feel like I can get more than my life back in STUFF (but where did the time go? oh… yeah…) Because tesco’s is so big it can advertise, create a brand image etc etc making it an unstoppable force.
Property prices are rocketing in Stokes Croft, and its because of its charm, its character (this is the ironic part, capitalism is practically inescapable). Look at the graffiti, its real, its not selling anything, and its rare to see something on a wall these days that isn’t trying to take your life away in exchange for some meaningless shit. Tesco’s just doesn’t work with Stokes Croft and I agree, make it the one place in a urban area in the U.K that doesn’t have one within 5 minutes of EVERYWHERE. Even if its just for shits and giggles, I think that is something worth fighting for, not just bending over and signing a petition that realistically means shite-all. But yeah, people really should just stop shopping there. But its not that simple. We’re in a bit of a trap here.
By: michael on April 27, 2012
at 12:00 am
There isn’t a Tesco on Stokes croft, never has been, and I doubt if they would want to open one around all the lowlife that frequent it.
Stokes Croft is vile.
By: Sam on April 21, 2012
at 9:15 am