[jfman]

There’s no point saving a High Street saddled with high property rents and costs. A High Street of international franchises deserves to die. That’s capitalism in action.

From the ashes we need to develop local jobs enshrined in local communities. There will always be demand for some things - coffee, pizza and lager. We need to ensure that the revenues and profits for these stay in local communities. Not siphoned off into offshore tax havens, or property development funds.