Tesco has been annoying another MP, this time in Essex. Our old friend Michael Kissman, according to the East Anglia Daily Times, has been advising a local council in Manningtree, Essex, to wait for an application from the company before it votes on whether or not it wants another supermarket in the area, prompting an angry response from local MP Bernard Jenkin.
We'd definitely advise the council to vote soon if it doesn't want to die of boredom. As we've pointed out before, Tesco is frustrating local people by NOT making a formal application in St Albans - it's now 7-and-a-half years (!) since it bought the Eversheds site.
Mr Kissman also told the paper,
“We're committed to consulting local communities before we apply to build any new stores and this is what we are already committed to doing in Manningtree and the surrounding area. We're delighted that Manningtree Town Council and other local people are now willing to participate in a full consultation process. From speaking to local people, it is apparent that many of them can actually see the benefits a store would bring".
We hope that local people note the contrast between Tescos's 'commitment to consultation' and the immediate (and patronising) claim that 'many' can 'actually' see some benefits of a store - what if the consultation shows 90% of local people against, as in St Albans? We hope Manningtree gets more 'consultation' that we have seen, and that we hear from Mr Kissman in St Albans soon!
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