| Unlock all of our journalism for less than 50p per week, only in our Spring Sale. |  | Hannah Boland Retail Editor | The Mayor of London can hardly be surprised. It was, after all, just a matter of time before a major high street retailer publicly demanded action after this week’s shocking scenes of youths mobbing London stores.
Social media footage showed almost 100 teenagers storming shops on Clapham High Street last weekend. On Tuesday, dozens of balaclava-clad youths were seen lighting fires in south London. Marks & Spencer, which was among those hit in the chaos, has been the first to break cover and call for action. Writing in The Telegraph, Thinus Keeve, M&S’s retail director, demanded that Sir Sadiq Khan “prioritise effective policing”, warning that attacks were becoming “more brazen, more organised and more aggressive”.
He urged the mayor and Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, to come clean on “the true scale and impact” of shoplifting and called for more transparency around crime statistics. It is now up to Khan to respond. The timing could not be more critical, with fears that high streets are at risk of more lawlessness over the bank holiday weekend. So far, the mayor has sought to quash concerns. Last week, he said claims of London being unsafe were “lies”. However, with M&S publicly calling for the mayor to do more, and a meeting in the coming days, the ball is now in his court.
M&S says that without change, it remains powerless. “It’s a clear ask: support our police,” Keeve says. “Time is up. We need to deal with this now.” This week’s violence is only proof of that.
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I used to be quite particular about coffee, but these days I’m just in it for the caffeine. Small children, eh? Still, as the owner of a Moka pot gathering sticky dust by the stove, I enjoyed Tomé Morrissy-Swan’s guide to Britain’s various coffee-making tribes, from the DIY flat-white artists through to the Kenco stalwarts. I saw something of myself in the harried Nespresso drinker, downing frothy mugs of the stuff before the nursery run – even though it tastes terrible.
Readers have been declaring their loyalties. “Cafetière for me,” writes C Baker. “Everything else seems a bit of a fuss. An insulated one is best, and they’re the easiest possible thing to wash: they can go in the dishwasher if needed.”
Despite not identifying as a hipster, Rodger Webb is a member of Team AeroPress: “I find it produces a very decent cup of home brew without too much faff, plus one can take it on one’s boat.”
Philip Moore’s morning routine is a little more involved: “I wouldn’t go without my ‘flat white’ from a Gaggia machine, bought for me by my wife several years ago. At least, I think it’s a flat white, but it may be a mini cappuccino. Anyway, it does the trick as I mull over the misery of the world during the first half-hour of the day.”
Alan Hodgson, meanwhile, is quite content with instant. “My wife takes me out for coffee at various rip-off merchants, but to me their drinks taste like weak flavoured water. My friends call round regularly for their fix of coffee, but don’t realise it’s instant. It’s intense, and it’s gold, but not Nescafé. They see the coffee maker on the hob and believe it’s ground. Gullible or what?” How do you make your coffee? Send your responses here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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