INTERVIEW
JH: Do you think it’s had its day?
JR: You’ve got to remember it’s a worldwide
destination, people forget that. It brings in masses
amounts of money, this is what Soho does as it
stands today. If you get rid of that then what is there
that makes London very gay centric? Where’s its
soul? You can argue that it’s had its day and no one
goes to the bars anymore, fair enough - (they’ve) got
to change and (they’ve) got to make them relevant.
It’s lovely to walk around. Lots of people holding
hands. I love walking through Soho. If you can
please get on the Save Soho campaign website.
JH: So are local authorities or the
Government doing enough to support the
scene?
JR: Government no. Westminster is not in touch
with us. They’re not in touch with the community.
This is one square mile, why don’t we come up with
something that protects it. It can be done. There
were lots of MPs before the election showing their
heads and supporting