Housing campaigner Dave Lake at Royal Mint Court, London
[Dave Lake]
AN EAST London residents’ association has launched a public appeal to raise £30,000 to oppose the relocation of an embassy to their estate.
The Chinese government plans to establish a “super-embassy” on a small residential estate close to the Tower of London, the Social Housing Action Campaign (SHAC) said. It would be the biggest embassy in Europe.
The proposed site includes housing owned by the MTVH Housing Association and residents fear the development will disrupt their close-knit community at Royal Mint Court.
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Campaign group’s legal challenge against decision to approve proposals dismissed
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON