When Glasgow was lauded as the 'City of Culture' the same thing happened - the centre became yuppieville, while the ghettos (worst in Europe) became crackville. We got elaborate shopping malls with designer shops, posh restaurants, wine bars and venues like the new SEC building for elitist functions, but this 'regeneration' didn't reach the poor, who still have less than jack-shit. Glasgow was s-miles better, (slogan) for the select few, who could afford it. I empathise with Liverpool.

They are spending £500 MILLION on a shopping centre extension less than 1km from some of the most deprived (and Crack ridden) area's of our city.

 http://www.bristol.indymedia.org

"On the streets of Liverpool we see cars and shops we would never have seen 10 years ago - or at least they would have been damaged - by class conscious locals. What has happend to the resistance."

Well done boys, that's a GREAT advertisment for the working class!!!!

Just take your misery out on someone who happens to be more fortunate than you, and continue to perpurtuate the myth that all working class people go and vandalise the property of the more fortunate, and rob and steal of them. The Daily Mail loves people like you.

In response to the last comment. To me it shows that people have accepted that people who make their money by weeling and dealing and adding absolutely nothing to the betterment of Liverpool or the world are accepted. There is nothing wrong with a bit of class justice. I'm not talking about people who damage ordianry people property - I'm talking about a completely differnt thing - class inequality, crime - and crime that is being committed on people by pen pushing and meetings behind doors ' some people rob you with a fountain pen'. Do you think its ok that some people by the meer fact that they are 'Business heads' should make ten times more money than people who actually do contribute to the world. People do not make lots of money in an honourable way - that is a myth. You make it by ripping off others. We are living in a city were ordianry working class people can no longer afford to buy a house unless its on the outskirts of the city - even low grade proffessionals are unable to afford to buy houses - this is no joke - I think the likely reader of the nazi daily mail is you my friend. Liverpool use to have a proud history of solidarity and resistance - this is real culture. Obediance to the neo rich parasites - is obedience and is promoted in every tabloid in the country and promoted it would seem by your good self.
David

I happen to support people who have made something of themselves, people who have clawed their way out of poverty, instead of relying on state benefits and petty crime to feed their pathetic existances. I am aware there are people in Britain today who have been deprived of oppotunity, but vandalising the personal property of anybody is only going to turn people against you. I am all for bringing down the corporate elites, but not every middle-class person is going "Oh goody, let's drain the life out of the working class"! They are just going about their lives, not actively exploting anyone.

Come to thing of it, I am not really sure you can distinguish between working and middle class anymore, if anyting the divide is betweeen the corporate elites and they rest of the population, but just smashing windows etc isn't going to solve anything.

Yes, before you all flame me to a cinder, I am a class traitor, corporate whore, sell out, champane socialist, or anything else that you want to call me because I don't conform to your blinkered views. All I say to you is, "Yeah, so f'n what!!!"