Market traders write to Cameron

Downing Street has written a letter to one of the Shepherd's Bush Market traders leading the campaign to save the historic row of shops on Goldhawk Road from the developers wrecking ball, and received a pretty standard cut and paste job of a reply. 

But what it does mean is that the Department for Communities & Local Government, to which the No10 letter refers, will also have to issue a formal reply. 

Ms Meghani says that in her letter to Mr Cameron, she pointed out that:

"he made great speeches on saving independent shops and on multiculturalism, and that his wife been the head of the British Fashion council, should really support us shops and the fashion industry".  

"I challenged him to come and visit us thriving shops, and should he really be demolishing these shops that has been serving the community collectively for 300yrs. I had stated, that these shops have been standing for almost 140yrs, with the oldest Pie shop in the UK".  

"Should he fail to support us, then his speeches would hold no fort, and in addition the fashion industry would collapse overnight, which he would then be responsible for. The question is, why demolish us, as we are doing something right to have sustain these number of yrs".

I'm not sure the British fashion industry really would collapse overnight if the Goldhawk Shops are knocked down, but you get the gist. After all, Council Leader Greenhalgh did promise that the shops would not be knocked down if the shop owners didn't want them to be at this public meeting - and then promptly forgot his promise.

So it's no surprise the traders have given up on him and the council, and are appealing to any other authority that they can.