Liberal Democrat Berni Turner and the Facebook campaign to stop Tesco opening in Hope Street
The controversy over Tesco's plans to open a store in Hope Street continues with the news that a Facebook campaign has been launched.
When I wrote this piece in the office last night there were only 140 members, overnight it has grown and now there are more than 230.
Liberal Democrat Berni Turner, the city's environment leader and historic environment champion, is the latest to have come out against the plans.
"We do not need another tacky red and blue outpost of Sir Terry's evil empire," she wrote on the website.
Last night she said: "Hope Street is such an important street with two amazing cathedrals at either end.
"It's got its own ambience, it is just so special.
"The point is it is not the right place for a Tesco, we don't need this monolithic organisation coming in and destroying the fabric of our city.
"Everyone should join this group to show the strength of feeling."
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What a hyprocrit Berni Turner is
slap bang in the middle of her very own ward is a massive Tesco that has completley revitalised old swan and made it a pleasnt place to shop.
Perhaps she's like them to leave old swan as well and make numerous of her constituents unemployed!
also why is an elected representative of this city calling another native of this City (perhaps one of the most successful!) "evil"
Obviously Sir Terry is not going to have a clue who Berni Turner is. However as ive just emailed his PA dwawing attention to Berni Comments, perhaps she will soon be hearing from messars Carter and Ruck/
lets hope so. the publicity seeking fool deserves it
This presumably means that the Liberal Democrats are now opposed to taking further donations from Tesco? Labour and the Conservatives have also been happy to take donations from them in the past.
http://archive.corporatewatch.org/profiles/tesco/tesco3.htm
While we are on about Tesco in Hope Street, don't ignore the new build opposite the Phil pub. This was approved by the city planners against much local opposition. Josephine Butler House is being demolished to make way for a development which will ruin the unique character of this are. Has our council lost its mind?