Militant Elvis Anti Tesco Popular Front - (MEAT-PF) Press Release

Gordon Brown may have 'bottled out' of a General Election but our candidate Dave Bishop aka Poet and Artist lord Biro who was planning to stand in the Broxtowe constituency (see election manifesto www.theplace4.co.uk/elvisseeninbaghdad has decided to go ahead with his campaign against Tesco.

During the Christmas period starting Monday December 10^th 2007 our boycott Tesco flyers will be delivered to various parts of the constituency – especially targeting Beeston where the demolition of the Cow Pub and lots of houses for a new Tesco Super Store has caused a great deal of controversy.

For any queries about Tesco baked beans (see flyer below) customer.services@tesco.co.uk

Recent political CV Church of the Militant Elvis:

• General Election Erewash 2005 – 116 votes
• Nottingham City Council Election, Wollaton West 2007 – 115 votes

For more information - email: Lordbiro58@hotmail.com

Ageing Artist-Poet-Politician Frozen in Beeston

Gordon Brown may have 'bottled out' of a General Election but our candidate Dave Bishop, aka Poet and Artist lord Biro w h o  w a s  p l a n n i n g  t o  s t a n d  i n  t h e  B r o x t o w e 

c o n s t i t u e n c y  ( s e e  e l e c t i o n m a n i f e s t o:

www.theplace4.co.uk/elvisseeninbaghdad  has decided to go ahead with his campaign against Tesco.

Our boycott Tesco flyers will be delivered to various parts of the constituency

– especially targeting Beeston where the demolition of the Cow Pub and lots of

houses for a new Tesco Super Store has caused a great deal of controversy.

LAGERVILLE


Notorious binge mecca

On the razzle

Thirsty as a desperate camel

Throngs of bright pilgrims

Infest its cheap temples

Nauseous students

Grope, vomit and moon

Horny young lagerphiles

Amble behind fat frolicking banshees, 

Maid Marian sleeps in her Priory, lucky old girl.

Carling Flat Label

The Golden Rose of Tesco 

Oh, the Golden Rose of Tesco,
it grows in every town.
Its monied, honied colour
is loved by Gordon Brown.
He wears one in his buttonhole
as he grins behind his desk
But if you bend to smell it
it stinks of sweatshop flesh.

It’s worse than Venus Fly-trap
at clamping councillor’s balls
and smothering the marketplace
uprooting all the stalls.
The language is quite fruity
as the Traders bellow oaths
but a hundred billion F-words
won’t bug the Golden Rose.

Rentokil can’t stop it, 
it’s immune to every spray.
It grows as fast at bloody night 
as it does in ruddy day.
And if you moan about monopolies
and stifling of choice
it’ll wrap it’s thorns around your neck
And eradicate your voice.

Oh, the Golden Rose of Tesco
it marches through the land
like a Conquering Fascist Triffid
turning every High Street bland.
The Little Weed in mourning 
squeaks from her shady spot,
“you could have stopped it growing
if you’d used the Corner shop”.

David Rose (left) and David Bishop (right) took on Tesco over city centre licensing:

LORD BIRO: HOW I TOOK ON TESCO


After winning a "partial victory" against Tesco over plans to sell alcohol from 6am in the city centre, campaigner David Bishop - also known as Lord Biro - says members of the public need to stand up for their rights.

There has been much concern recently in the media about Britain's binge drinking culture and its causes.

One factor being blamed is the supermarkets' promotion of cheap alcohol.

I have long been concerned with this issue, so when I heard Tesco was planning to open a new store on Long Row in the city centre I went to have a look at the site.

I read their application notice on the site wall and was disturbed to find they had applied for a drinks licence from 6am to 11pm Monday to Sunday.

I talked to some of the businesses in the nearby West End Arcade and none of them had read the notice.

But they did not seem too keen on the idea of a 17-hour drink licence and believed it could worsen the drunken behaviour of revellers passing through the arcade.

They were already fed up with people using the alleyways next to the arcade as a urinal - a habit which seems to have got worse since the toilets in Old Market Square were closed and transferred to Greyhound Street.

The new toilets are only open from 7am to 7.30pm. What would people do if they were buying booze in shops from 6am?

Three businesses in the arcade gave me permission to lodge an objection on their behalf and proposed that Tesco's application should be reduced by at least three hours.

I was the only objector. Senior city councillor David Trimble appeared for me as a witness.

Tesco's lawyers said that they had control of the situation in regards to binge drinking.

They said they would have special offers on cheap beer but not as cheap as the bulk buys they promote at bigger stores.

But before the panel meeting they announced they intended to open the store an hour later at 7am.

I saw this as a partial victory for the people - Tesco got their application through but with a reduced 16 hour drinks licence.

I believe this would not have happened if there had been no objections. What I did proves that if people get involved in planning issues at an early stage they can make a difference.

Just make sure that when you see a laminated piece of A4 blue paper displayed on a wall in your neighbourhood you take the trouble to look. It could affect your future.

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