Conservative MPs Mr Goldsmith and Justine Greening, MP for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields. also spoke to protesters.

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Then there's the inevitable English class distinction between Wimbledon Village, a restaurant-strewn, posh section a short walk from the club, and less-expensive Southfields, at the bottom of a very steep hill.

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