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Claudia Cockerell

How rampaging influencers are ruining life for the rest of us

Influencers, already everywhere you look in London anyway, are growing more brazen in their practices. What was once a small coterie who haunted restaurants like Sexy Fish in Mayfair has grown into a mass of aspiring social media messiahs willing to go to great lengths for the perfect snap. They pose on people’s doorsteps, disturb restaurant diners and have a penchant for filming content in busy Tube stations, leaving the rest of us squinting in the glare of their ring lights.

Social media influencer Chixpudding poses for a selfie in front of AI images of kittens (Getty Images)
Social media influencer Chixpudding poses for a selfie in front of AI images of kittens (Getty Images)
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