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Poor Doors campaigners burn Boris
London mayor effigy up in flames as activists highlight segregated housing disgrace

CAMPAIGNERS burnt an effigy of the London Mayor for Bonfire Night in protest against social segregation in the capital.

The torching of Boris Johnson was part of the Poor Doors campaign, which has been targeting a newly built housing complex in east london.

The skyscraper has caused controversy because its “affordable” flats are only accessible through a door at the rear of the building.

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