The Greens have come up with a novel solution to complaints by the posh locals about van dwellers setting up home in and around the Downs.

Council officers cheerily announced in the Nazi Post that they would seeking ‘new support sites’ for van dwellers and that “two meanwhile sites could be turned into areas where van dwellers can stay, perhaps in Knowle West and Hartcliffe”.

A typical west Bristol solution to any problem in the city, then. Dump it in south Bristol.

Plus ça change.