tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post3612505123707069538..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: First Stalham, next stop Diss. Which Norfolk town will be next for the Tesco ghost town experience ?Nich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-2703273346390778662007-01-14T11:27:00.000+00:002007-01-14T11:27:00.000+00:00Why not find out by using the FoI Act?Why not find out by using the FoI Act?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-53805241225742585562007-01-13T15:08:00.000+00:002007-01-13T15:08:00.000+00:00I suspect I am in a minority on this one but I thi...I suspect I am in a minority on this one but I think liberals should think twice before treating Tesco as the fount of all evil.<br /><br />Tesco is successful because PEOPLE have CHOSEN to shop there - they like the price, the range of choice and the convenience.<br /><br />The alternative to letting the market decide which shops succeed and which fail is either to use public money or public policy to preserve shops that the public have decided they dont want to shop in.<br /><br />A couple of years ago I took my mum round the part of London where she had grown up before the war. It was an ordinary residential area and the striking thing was the number of houses she pointed at to say 'there used to be a little butchers/sweet/shoe repair/grocery shop there.' Sad from a sentimental point of view that these shops had all gone but the point is they had all closed because they had fallen victim to competition from shops in the High Street - the ones that in their turn are now experiencing stiff competition from supermarkets thanks to increased mobility, higher employment and greater wealth among society...<br /><br />Its the job of conservatives to 'keep things the way they are' (or in some romanticised vision of the past). Liberals should be more rational and should not oppose change for the sake of it. Instead we should be vigilant and use public policy to tackle directly things like the potential environmental damage firms such as Tesco might do by virtue of their buying and distribution policies. <br /><br />Business has a habit of taking care of itself and High Streets have a knack of adapting in ways we cant predict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com