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12 • Visit us @ www.ChampNews.com CMBA The Champion • Wednesday 17 April 2013LETTERS to the EditorIt was right to go for a betteroption to Sainsbury’s proposalRe: Crosby Village – Right to say no.show. We don’t need one hypermarketYou cannot simply say ‘no thanks’ and walk providing an increased market share for oneaway to petitions you don’t want to sign. but no true regeneration.Thankfully thousands didn’t. Sefton Council, What we need is all interested parties inConservative and Labour conducted polls dialogue, seeking investment, developmentshowing in excess of 80% of respondents did and innovation with residents supporting ournot support the proposal.local stores where possible, Sainsbury’sIt was also castigated by two independent included.reports.In the meantime, if they have Crosby’sOf course it was viable for Sainsbury’s. It was interests at heart as implied, they will actthe cheapest, quickest way to maximise profit responsibly, be open with their future planswhich fits in to their corporate responsibility. and ensure their properties are wellMost agree a considered development is maintained with reasonable leases offeredrequired. Sadly, that was not the caseaffording some level of certainty to businessespreviously and residents and partners were and residents alike.right to question its suitability and seek a betteroption. It’s interesting to see other options D McLean,were clearly available as recent developments Crosby.PICTURE of the weekLeapof FaithMP should remember thatprivate businesses create jobsAnother week, another shocking commentfrom Bill Esterson MP.This time he is joined by Liam Robinsonfrom Merseytravel.Let me be clear on this, if Mr Estersonbelieves that Arriva is using a position ofeconomic power to engage in profiteering atthe expense of Merseyside commuters thenhis duty as a Merseyside MP is to bring hisconcerns forward and present the evidence,using parliamentary privilege if necessary.As a Merseyside commuter, and simply as acitizen, I certainly would support any actionto stop that practice.However, if he doesn’t know this ishappening, then he should stop defaminghard working men and women.I suspect, however, that he has undertakenno genuine research into Arriva’s pricingwww.champnews.com/pixonlinearrangements. It’s just another example ofhis antagonism towards private business.Mr Esterson has form in this regard.His behaviour, together with his littlefriends in the ABetterCrosby group, causedSainsbury’s to withdraw £50million ofinvestment in this community, costing 100+jobs.As I have said before and am happy to keepsaying, profit is good.Private businesses have a legitimateinterest in making profit.Private businesses create jobs; BillEsterson and his useless friends inABetterCrosby destroy them.David Giles,CrosbyI’ll run a bank intothe ground for a£16m pension pot!Two members of theWest Lancs DogDisplay team whoenthralled visitorswhen they featuredas one of theattractions at lastSunday’s Animals inNeed fundraisingevent in Lydiate.Picture by MartynSnapeCode: 1057977.The Government has completely lost touchwith the British people.The Chancellor George Osbourne went toEurope lobbying, but not for a rebate for hardpressed British taxpayers or to enhanceworkers’ rights.At the time RBS posted record losses of£5billion, while simultaneously paying out£600million in bonuses, he was over therelobbying for something that we all care sodeeply about, protecting banker’s bonuses!He was over there trying to stop a newEuropean law which would cap banker’sbonuses to no more than one years pay.The argument he’ll use is that if we cap theirbonuses then London won’t be able to recruitthe brightest and best.I’m going to apply for a job in the City becauseI guarantee I can run a bank into the groundevery bit as quick as Fred Goodwin so long as Iget to keep my £16million pension pot.We need to debate what happensif Scots vote for independenceIn less than two years, we will see the biggestshake in national “who–we–are–ness” whenthe voters of Scotland (only!) are given theright to vote for independence.This appears to be an open ended question(judging by the wording of the ballot) since byinterpretation, a ‘yes’ vote might be seen as avote for Scottish dissolution, not just itsrelationship with the rest of the UK, but alsothat with the EU, Nato and any otherinternational arrangement they are presentlytied into.I wonder what legal position the Scotsgovernment and its people adopt if the twointerpret the results differently?What bothers me more though for us southernBrits, is that there is virtually no publicdiscussion or debate south of the border as towhat sort of post–independence country thepresent UK will become, our national flag, ournationality or even the official name of thecountry, since United Kingdom will clearly nolonger be relevent.Why is our political class simply ignoring theissue?Assuming the Scots will vote ‘no’ is not aviable gameplan and belongs in the long line ofdisasterous political planning that Britishgovernments have mastered throughout ourhistory.As a country all of us have a right to know, notjust those under the banner of St Andrew.Mark Erickson–Rohrer, By emailWrite to the Editor atClare House, 166 Lord Street, Southport PR9 0QAEmaileditorial@champnews.comFollowing on from David Atherton’scomments about wind turbines I think it ispertinent to quote the figures issued by theNational Grid for Monday, February 18 –4,300 of those devices supplied 0.1% of ourelectricity during a cold spell, just when weneed them to deliver what they promise.The same happened during cold snowyweather in the winters of 2009/10 and2010/11. On each occasion there has beenhigh pressure with total calm or a gentlebreeze.Energy experts concede that the wind is themost expensive and unreliable method ofproducing mass electricity. We currentlyMark Holt,By emailWind power will never deliverenough energy to keep us warmNewsdesk01704 392 400pay a supplement on our gas and electricbills to subsidise it.Germany appears to have lost its faith inwind power for the above reasons and alsosudden surges in the grid whenconventional power stations are generating.The upshot is that Germany has announcedits plan to build 23 coal–fired powerstations, and we are quibbling aboutupgrading half a dozen which will beclean–burn!David Bryant,BootleWebsitewww.champnews.comGroup EditorMalcolm HindleAround 126,000† people will read thisThey could have been reading YOUR message† Publisher’s statement. 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