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We staged a demo outside Starbuck in Lord Street today. Tony Dawson designed the banner and we turned up outside a deserted Starbucks. We were a little taken aback when a member of the public came up to congratulate us. He was a small businessman who was in the catering trade. He was angry as he had been paying his tax and had to compete with the likes of Starbucks who had not.
Bristol MP Stephen Williams has also taken up the campaign
Boycott Starbucks and back local independent coffee
shops
After
revelations that Starbucks has been dodging millions of pounds worth of tax Lib
Dem leader Cllr Iain Brodie Browne has called on Southport residents to boycott the coffee chain until it
pays
up.
Iain said: It is grossly
unfair that small Independent coffee shops in the town land up paying more tax
that muti million, multi national companies. How are local traders meant to cope
with that unfair competition?
Starbucks
are not only clobbering the small traders they are also 'ripping off' every
citizen who pays their tax .
Starbucks
are not the only multi national corporation who behaves in this way and greater
co-operation is needed between nations so that we put an end to this
reprehensible behavior
Southport
is lucky to have some excellent independent coffee shops and I urge everyone to
make sure that is where they buy their coffee. I believe that we can shame
Starbucks into making a proper contribution to this country.
We are lucky in Southport to have lots of quality local coffee shops. Here are just a few:
Well done Southport Lib Dems; Starbucks must pay their share of tax. I like the Coffee Bean around the back of the indoor market. My family have been going there for years
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