Perryman - thank you.

chrisse23 - even though your numbers are well skewiff there's nothing wrong with your sentiment. However, this is business in the real world and people just have to get used to it or get out - but without crying and whipping-up the sympathy vote. Oh yes, and it makes me die how they mentioned the flood in Herne Hill as if the landlord should have to make allowances for it.

But, as I said before, even apart from the wildly exaggerated headline ('70% rise'), there doesn't seem to have been enough detailed information from the shopkeeper for me (or anyone else?) to be able to form a proper balanced opinion on this whole thing.