Boris Johnson has emerged as a central figure in a sinister plot to undermine the diet of the honest, decent and morbidly obese denizens of Haringey.
The High Street Fund is Lord Mayor initiative designed to fund organisations wishing to make a difference to their high street. These can include community organisations, business improvement districts, traders associations or town teams.
In Tottenham, the aim is to deliver better fried chicken to the natives.
The community-led arts organisation Create is now trying to raise an additional £50,000 for “Chicken Town” on Kickstarter. It only went live yesterday and has raised over £8,000 already.
The idea is simple: offer better quality chicken meals to young people at the same price as local chicken shops. This chicken will be steamed prior to flash frying to minimise exposure to oil, while higher quality oils and the use of less salt will also come with health benefits. Sides such as sweet potato fries, roast corn, greens, coleslaw and coconut rice will offer a healthier alternative to the ubiquitous greasy chips.
Oh, and the birds at the heart of this venture – will be organic – and Chef at the helm of the good ship Chicken Shop is none other than Giorgio Ravelli.
Presumably, it was this sort of thing that caused the demise of the Roman empire.
It is of note that Chick King’s days are numbered anyway.
Chick King and the other shops in its row are earmarked for demolition. Alex Tryfonos says he and his family run Chick King business won’t be allowed to halt the new world order.
We never had any intention of selling to Spurs or moving from Tottenham. Now Spurs are staying, we are being bullied out of our property. As businesses we have come together and we are calling on the council to include and involve us in the plans to improve this area, not drive us out.”
Rubber chickens are said to be vegan.
On an upbeat note, THFC are rolling in it.
This little lot was announced today.
Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2014 was at a record level of £180.5m, an increase of 22% on the prior year (2013: £147.4m).
Profit from operations excluding football trading and before restructuring and depreciation was £36.0m (2013: £23.4m). Profit for the year after interest and tax was £65.3m (2013: £1.5m).
The Club had net funds of £3.2m at the year end (2013: net debt £54.8m) and net assets had risen to £183.7 million (2013: £78.4m).”
Don’t forget, that this doesn’t include a £350M facility with HSBC, the bank of choice amongst blood diamond merchants and arms dealers.
