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I have commented on the Portas bandwagon before and most serious commentators had seen this kind of “seaside farce” coming even before the government led PR machine was put in place with her tax payer funded pocket money. She can’t be that intelligent, if she was, then she would have seen this coming or else she is only self serving individual who got sucked into her own hype after turning a few village stores with one man and his dog as customers with no parking to worry about. Whilst all the familiar problems are there for all to see in the high street including unrealistic high rents , rates, council parking as cash cows serving only the boys in the council offices who are supposed to be looking after the bigger picture.. In fact rest of the towns may not even have television to highlight the farce!!!. In line with previous comments, yes I agree if the government was serious then then they would have had experts in local planning, review of changing shopping habits, what do we want from our high streets as there is no going back would have been given a fair hearing. The internet, out of town over the top supply of grocery market, free parking etc etc has killed the high street.. We need to start with a clean sheet of paper and look at what else can be done to bring people back into the high street. Restaurants, local housing , cinemas, entertainment, sports etc . This will make the high street more vibrant and not just the “dead” place it has now become with “99p” shops competing with “£” lol lol …it’s not funny!. Portas has now lost credibility and her brand is not worthy of the PR money. PR gurus please make note.
Arjan Mehr Londis Bracknell