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Written by Andrew Warmington
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:37 |
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There is much to agree with here, Dave. I would only take issue on one point.
Although we don't know exactly how many people in Ledbury have ever expressed an opinion over this issue (short of counting all the names on the petitions and cards and correlating them against each other - and life's too short for that!), it is definitely well over 10%.
As per my post below, at least 4,000 people from Ledbury/HR8 did one or both things, possibly as many as 6,000. That's probably about half of the whole population of HR8, children included. OK, most weren't bashing each other online, but both LOTS and LESS drew substantial support from within the town. I've heard about this famous 'Ledbury apathy', but it wasn't much in evidence in the OOTS campaign.
There are a few stories going around about poor service in certain shops and I'd agree that any shopkeeper who has a bad attitude to customers isn't going to last very long because the cards are stacked against them already. If it's about opening hours, yes that is indeed where supermarkets will always tend to beat the independents. But then we do have two in Ledbury already, that are generally open to 10 p.m. or even later, so it's hard to see this as a massive issue.
As to why those who wanted this particularly Tesco and/or Sainsbury's application to go through, well I'm probably not the best placed to answer. My impression, though, is that most simply wanted there to be a better supermarket here than what we have already and didn't much mind where it was. I can sympathise with that, which is why I have long been calling on people to back a redeveloped Tesco, on its current site, where it is an organic part of one of Britain's finest High Streets.
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