The major new shop and office development is actually a refurb of a building in one of Bristol’s most deprived areas, Stokes Croft. The painting in question was voted in a BBC poll by the people of Bristol to be a major landmark for the City. So the preservation order is to be seen as an enlightened decision by the planners on behalf of the people of Stokes Croft and of Bristol.

“But how do you judge whether it is ‘good quality street art’ or graffiti? Maybe it goes something like this – poor black kids make graffiti while rich white men make good quality street art.”

This is just a cheap shot… If you were better informed, you might not feel the need to spew such bitter vitriol.