The spirit of Tebbit walks the stage in Battersea

The Observer: "'It's unberbloodylievable!' said a man with a bag of chips on the pavement outside Prontaprint on Lavender Hill. 'Wandsworth Borough Council has shat on BAC again.' He has a point. The flagship Tory borough has slashed its grant to the pioneering arts centre from £100,000 to zero at three months' notice. Not only that. In a move that seems calculated to make recovery impossible they've announced that the grade II* listed Old Town Hall where BAC is based will be subject to a commercial rent from May. It must find an extra £270,000 a year just to stay in the building."