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Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton win battle to stop 29-storey block being built by Thames
(www.theguardian.com)
Eric Clapton is an overrated asshole.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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He wasn't even the best guitarist in the Yardbirds, let alone one of the best ever
Being the best white blues player is like being tic tac toe champion. It's a title, but does it really mean anything? Forgive the gatekeeping I just find it rather distasteful. Yeah he wasn't ever that impressive, I can't recall being blown away by anything I've ever heard from him.
Fuck your affordable homes, it would ruin the celebrities view
They're not affordable
"Rockwell Property initially proposed building a 34-storey tower with 142 flats, which was later reduced to 110 flats, including 54 affordable homes"
Come on man, luxury flats are not luxury and affordable homes are not affordable.
These properties are nothing but assets for the rich to add to their portfolio and a few people that are lucky enough to have generational wealth or a couple with 100,000+ salaries.
So he is right with it being non affordable housing as over half of them are not affordable housing.
Are you dumb?
Rockwell appealed, but got no satisfaction, as a planning inspector backed objectors [...]