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Billboard bombardment Print E-mail
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:51

CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME

Advertisers try to persuade us that our lives will benefit from buying their products. However, if we spend more money, we are likely to need more money. Unless we’re very lucky, that means we have to work longer and harder to get it or to pay off debts. This doesn't sound like a benefit at all!

HARINGEY'S HIGHWAYMEN

The companies that put up billboards in Haringey are making loads of money out of plastering this visual pollution all over our communities. A survey around West Green Road found that only 2 of the 50 billboards in the area had planning permission. This means that for the vast majority there had not even been an attempt to consult local people.
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