HERE we go again! I see the Co-op is now being accused of dirty tricks, getting their staff to write to the local papers protesting against the opening of Tesco.
What is the matter with the supporters of Tesco? Anyone who opposes their dream is plotting against them and must be attacked, as I know from experience.
Then your second article in the Review (January 28, 2009) in which it is stated the rugby club refuse the offer made by the Co-op, to accommodate their move. A touch of blackmail there then? We are informed that the rugby club's new grounds are owned by Tesco.
So if planning is refused for Tesco's super duper store, the rugby club cannot move to St White's. We are further informed Tesco will mothball the new ground, and keep for a later date!
I think the gloves are off and we are seeing big business at its worst. I know Tesco will deny any knowledge of all this, but at last we can see what is happening.
What are the supporters of Tesco so afraid of that they need to resort to this sort of scare tactics. Maybe it is because more people in other areas in the UK are waking up to the Tesco giant and are standing up to them and stopping them coming to their towns.
If, as rumour has it, and the old Woolworths store is being taken over by Iceland, that will mean Cinderford has three supermarkets. Do we really need a fourth which will shut the garages and the smaller shops.
I note that the headline in one newspaper was 'War of the supermarkets.' Why does it have to be a war? A vote would do, and in a democracy that should not be difficult to arrange.
Ask the people of Cinderford what they want. Not the pole that is quoted so often, where 83 per cent said they would shop in Tesco if it came to Cinderford, regardless of whether they live in Cinderford or not.
For those who think I am living in Cinderford, my postal address is actually Buckshaft, Cinderford. – Veronica E Godfrey, Buckshaft.