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The Death of The High Street In The Age of Brexit…
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It is often said that the high street is the indicator of the health of the local and regional economy.
And if this thinking is applied to the capital city of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, then it is clear that our economy is in intensive care.
Once before, it didn’t matter that you were in Camden, Kilburn, Kings Cross, Kingsbury, Hampstead, Hendon, Brixton, Manor Park, West Ham, Croydon, Streatham, Thornton Heath or anywhere else in London, you knew exactly what to expect from your high street, with the likes of Marks and Spencer’s competing with John Lewis, and your favourite retail banks — Lloyds, Barclays, Santander, Halifax and Nationwide — -alongside McDonald’s with Greggs and your local boozer.
And while it can argued with credibility that retail banks in the age of digital banking is an anachronism, it is impossible to argue with any intellectual coherence that most high streets in London today, are full of pawn, betting and fried chicken shops jostling for space with the all-pervasive vaping houses.
It is not an unusual sight to see uncollected refuse, piling up for days and weeks on end — a development, which points to the insolvency of most councils in London.