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Sad that Labour man should write such an acid letter


I R E A D D a v e Wynne’s letter in last w e e k ’s C l i t h e r o e A d v e r t ise r more in


the party nationally would simply impose another candidate in my place. Having been democrati­


sadness than anger. Sadnes s because a


cally selected by Ribble Valley Labour P arty’s


Labour Party member should write such an acid letter in the week the rest of the party has been cele­ brating the election of our new Labour Government. Sadnes s because a


450-strong membership, I added that standing down would be a betrayal of those members who had voted for me. The view that Labour


Labour Party member should not be delighted that we tripled the Labour vote in Ribble Valley. And sadness that he


and p a r t icu la r ly the Liberals were taken aback by the vigour of the cam­ tpaign we fought during


I realise that the Tories


should stand aside for the Liberals in Ribble Valley was very much a minority


does n o t sh a re th e euphoria which has fol­ lowed the achievement of our best result in Ribble Valley for a generation. Mr Wynne has, equally


Ribble Valley. The cam­ paign clearly demon­ strated that Labour is again a credible challenger in an area which is hardly t r a d i t io n a l L ab o u r territory. I look forward to seeing


o n e , w ith th e v a s t majority of those present fiilly accepting that, as a national party, Labour cannot opt out of seats which it considers too tough.


« « " n g P / g C o .


sadly, distorted the discus­ sion which took place at Clitheroe Labour Party some months ago and I would like to put the record straight. At the meeting, I most


he General Election in-


slogan which we used to such devastating effect during the General Elec­ tion campaign: Liberal votes make a protest, Labour votes make a government. We got the Labour


Handling of story conies underfire


SO you DID print my letter chal­ lenging your coverage of the


Government, but Mr Wynne seems happy to carry on making a protest to which nobody is now lis­


the growth of the Labour group on Ribble Valley Council and the return to the Labour camp of many of those so-called “tactical v o te r s ” to whom Mr Wynne refers. I can only repeat the


Knox report and your attitude to Castle; the question is, are you


forgiven? 1) On the basis that you failed toget


tening. I can only suggest that ne has the honesty to leave the Labour Party and apply for membership of the Liberal Party. I am sure he will be happy in the political wilderness.


MARCUS JOHNSTONE, Scott Park Road, Burnley.


LABOUR IS BACK IN RIBBLE VALLEY


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certainly did not admit to having “no chance of win­ ning the seat in Ribble Valley”. In fact, I made it clear that, as a national party, Labour will fight every seat in Britain with the exception of those in Northern Ireland. I went on to point out that there were no pre-election pacts or deals with the Liberals and. should I stand down,


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:who, I believe i t is widely accepted, was th e b e s t individual prospective parhamen- tary candidate in Rib­


I WRITE in response to Da v e Wy n n e ’s unqualified and unre­ alistic commments on the local Labour Party and Marcus Johnstone


ble Valley on May 1st. The real reason that


Michael Carr is not the new Ribble Valley MP is because his party and he failed to attract enough votes. This inability can­ not be blamed on the skills and success shown by our candidate.


Valley are not as stupid as Mr Wynne has implied. They were clearly aware of the voting situation in 1992, and yet a great many more of them on this occasion chose to make a positive vote for change via the Labour Party can­ didate. using their demo­


The electorate of Ribble


cratic right. Also, Mr Wynne quite


simplistically and incor­ rectly assumes that, if the Labour Party had not put forward a candidate, then all our supporters would have voted Lib. Dem. when s u b s ta n t ia te d research clearly indicates that many of these Labour voters would not have voted at all in such a situa­ tion, having felt totally disenfranchised. Marcus Johnstone ran a


much higher and may at least have matched the Lib. Dem. vote, leading to New Labour becoming the best-placed challenger to the Tories in Ribble


Valley.If Mr Wynne had his wish, there would be little point in traditional third parties, or even second parties in ultra-safe seats,


strong positive campaign, trebling our vote and leav­ ing us-with almost half the votes of the Lib. Dems. I agree with Mr Wynne’s comments that a large number of New Labour supporters intended to vote tactically for Michael Carr, as borne out by the canvass returns of all three main parties, I believe.Given this , I would argue that, if the people voted for their first pref­ erences, then the Labour vote would have been


.believe in this type of dis­ enfranchisement of the


even existing. New Labour does not


electorate and intends to use the stronger base Marcus has helped to cre­ ate to continue campaign­ ing with a positive agenda throughout the Ribble Valley, gaining represen­ tation a t all levels of government. As Marcus said at the


election count: “Labour is back in Ribble Valley”. MARK CLAYTON,


Branch Secretary, Clitheroe and District Labour Party,


Mill Lane, Gisburn.


Comment was childish and perverse in the extreme


WITH regard to the cor- mitment to the Labour the VnlJp^Boroutrh re s p o n d e n t in last week’s Party nationally. We are


Clitheroe Advertiser and part of a national party Counc • 1 a ............................which took seats m const.,


Times concerning the Labour campaign in the G en e ra l E le c t io n , I thought Michael Carr’s comment about Marcus Johnstone working for Nigel Evans in the cam­ paign was childish and perverse in the extreme, with a hint of sour grapes! Marcus was working


anT th e Party g a v e ^


third* place 6 We' believe hav^* his support, but the that there is now no such response was negative in


f a W 1 3 n°'B° ^ ^ Me“ teebled our vote “ ply do not compre- in the election visiting


comments about Labour ^


and fighting the Ribble Valley seat for me and thousands of other Labour supporters. We in the Labour Party in Clitheroe have our beliefs and com-


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branch meetings of the were no sour grapes then,


Clitheroe and District Labour Party, otherwise he would not have made the uninformed comment about Bert Jones voting


Veteran of Dunkirk and familiar personality


dies


A N O T H E R o f Ulitheroe’s Dun- rirk veterans has


died. Mr Mervyn Hindle


was one of a number of local men who went across to France with the E a s t Lancashire Regiment in 1940 — ana came back in a hurry as the Germans overran France.


beginning of the war and in its later stages served in various overseas places, suffering from malaria at


He joined up at the dle worked in local


one time. After the war, Mr Hin-


industry and was with Lucas for many years. He was at Waterloo Mill for some time before movin; to Burnley, but retire more than 20 years ago.


local social scene, Mr Hin­ dle was a well known darter, playing for the Craven Heifer. Born and brought up in Clitheroe he had many friends at local clubs such as the


A familiar figure on the


but then again, he had not lost then! BARRY SINGLETON,


WCiC n v »»«»» “ X* — . - ’


Dunsop Bridge, Clitheroe.


Thank you ,o everyone


who made my year so special


CAN I express my sincere thanks to all those organisations and individuals in Ribble Valley who have made my year of office as Mayor of the Ribble Valley so memorable.


welcomed wherever we have been and it has been a privilege to meet so many people and hear how the many and very different local communities function


We have been


at local level. Although Ribble Val­


ley is the largest dis­ trict in Lancashire, in


area terms, I sensed a real sense of commu­ n i ty s t a r t i n g to develop. Nowhere was that more in evidence than when we were fighting for survival in the local government review. The threat has passed for the moment, but the community spirit is still there, and that is what I feel will be important in the years ahead.


at Richard Chew’s Chapel of Rest, Clitheroe, fol lowed by cremation at Accrington. Mr Hindle leaves his wife, two sons and two daughters. -_i


British Legion. The funeral service was


ing my year of office so special for both myself and my h u sb an d Raymond.


Thank you for mak­ COUN. E IL E E


LOWE, Sabden.


• THE editor writes: WELL, our headline


almost as much interest as the subject matter itself, industrial pollu­ tion locally.


I t cre ated , clea rly ,


stand by every word we used in that headline.


phen Morton’s ■ standing says what he said last


week, in an sw e r to And, without doubt, we If a person of Dr Ste­


claims on childhood can­ cer by Professor George Knox and his team at the University of Birming­ ham, then it is headline news — and we make no apology for giving it the treatment we did.


apology for contacting V


Likewise, we make no $


on last week’s story cer­ tainly did its job.


Dr Morton for a com­ ment, in the interests of


editor’s chair at Clith­


giving a fair say to both sides of the issue. In my 11 years in the


eroe, I have held the view, and always tried to put it into practice, that every person who takes the trouble to write to us is entitled to have their v iew a i r e d in o u r columns, su b je c t , of course, to the laws of libel. That will continue to be th e case, as is obvious from the publica­ tion above of the whole t batch of critical letters


is our aim — and over the years we have devoted countless column inches to both sides of the Cem­ fuel argument, without knowingly taking sides.


dents above are entitled to th e ir views and we publish them willingly.


A1I of the correspon­


help but feel tha t their energies would be better placed f ig h t in g th e ir en v iro nm en ta l b a t t le


However, we cannot


his week. It is vital, for a weekly


newspaper that serves its community to the best of its ability, that it strives not to be partisan. That


through official chan­ nels, instead of carping about the wording of h ead in g s , which, for obvious reasons, often have to be concise.


the matter a good airing, we now close this partic- u l a r a s p e c t o f th e subject.


Having given, above,


THE Chief Executive, of the Ribble Valley Borough Council, Mr David Morris, in a letter dated April 25th,- 1997, wrote to the north-west manager of th e E n v iro nm en t Agency:- “ . . -. your agency must review with immediate effect Castle Cement’s auth­ orisation to bum Cemfuel in Wins 5 and 6 and to pronounce a moratorium on its burning until the situation is resolved ’.


take any move to revoke Castle’s auth­ orisation beyond legal challenge”.


Also. . . “these figures must surely


1996 annual releases of pollutants from Castle Cement’s chimneys.


kilns burning Cemfuel together emit 12 times more dioxins, nine times more


Mr Morris pointed out that the two . . .


MAY I question why you ran a front page story with the headline of “Doctor’s knock-out blow for clean air protesters”?


from Dr Morton are the same as he has been say­ ing for over three years, so nothing new there!


The comments quoted


. Most people who are su b je c te d to C a s t le Cement’s plume will suffer sore eyes, headaches, sneezing, sore throats,


This letter follows publication of the-


i cadmium and thallium, six times more heavy metals,-and roughly twice more sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and


particulates than the shorter Win which does not burn Cemfuel. - .. , . . ;


. Environment Agency : for Cemfuel burning to cease, were you refemng to the full council as “clean air protes­


As Ribble Valley Borough Council’s Chief Executive has already asked the


ters” on last week’s front page of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times? If not, what was the purpose of the head­ line, “Doctor’s knock-out blow for clean air protesters.”


MARYHORNER, Heights Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland.


:


nausea, d if f icu lty in breathing, all symptoms which would not.warrant a visit to a GP and, there­ fore, will not' show up on any of the data Dr Morton is using.


would figure are the ones who have existing condi­ tions — heart trouble or chest problems — both of which, Dr Morton admits, will be exacerbated by exposure to pollution.


The only people who


ONCE again Castle Cement’s . public relations department is “clouding^’ the issue.


concern the people of the Ribble Val­ ley, but the last five, ever since the commencement of the burning of hazardous waste.


It is not the last 100 years which


the 50s has made us progressively more environmentally sensitive about the burning of fossil fuels, never mind hazardous waste, something which I believe would not be allowed in Castle ■


The advent of the Clean Air Act in


Government will sanction the full health study being recommended by the House of Commons select committee; though with­ out a base-line study, which should have been carried out pre-waste burning, it may not be easy to draw meaningful conclusions. •


I do hope th e new LYNDA ENGLAND,


“The Meadows”, Worston.


Cement’s home-base in Norway and Sweden.


for 33 years, it is only in the last five that I, and others of my acquaintance, have suffered in various degrees from throat and ear problems.


Although I have lived in . Clitheroe


ment, under Tony Blair, shows every sign of taking a harder line than its


predecessors on abuses of this nature. Let’s hope so.


TREVOR PARK, Green Drive, Clitheroe.


Thankfully, the new Labour Govern­


Dr Morton to clarify whether he d teen ACTIVELY seeking funds for “ tific survey for the five years Cemfuel has been burned — the answer is NO.


two words in part three of my ktter “he did” for “Sid he” - you suggested that Knox HAD taken plume-ground­ ing into account, whereas this appears NOT to be so — an emphatic NO. 3) On the basis that we now knew


2) On the basis that by transposing


this °n^ y i r o n m e n t Committee ,


THEY^s’ee headlines like.these, I expect they will tell you. If I may add a rider — Dr Boarder,


iews of the peop1^ ey,'y t0,U


vr TknSw” do. And when t of Castlef suggested in “


Castle would have to buy in cement if it wS unable to bum Cemfuel, and thus


he Financial Times of May 7tn tnat


have to close. This smacks of scaremongenng and l


that Dr Morton considers this to be a POLITICAL matter — YES,------—-


Secretary of State for Health, Frank Dobson; the Minister of State for the Environment, Michael Meacher; and,


The people to write to are the NEW


of course, Nigel Evans, the only l°ry on the Commons Environment Com­ mittee not to lose his seat.


your front page article — No, No, No. In terms of misleading headlines,


. ^ l Z & S $ } S 3 Z 4) On the basis of the headline to


manufacture.’Thfeis NOT thePpfa« for S b & ' w i s w y s s because that is what you appear to be


suggesting. J. D. MORTIMER, Green Drive, . Clitheroe.


There was nothing new about this — ur.mw ’’’w’fiat’was’impsrta.it, in the


from Castle Cement’s ownfigures.


D. CHADWICK, Waddington Road, Clitheroe.


your front-page article of last week <vKnock-out blow,” when the story below it s ta r ts “near knock-out blow”?


HOW can you headline


has nothing to do with “a knock-out. It reads like a propaganda title against air protesters.


As I see it, the article


Dr Morton has said and has not said does not make sense either.


This article about what


“We have no evidence,” no evidence meaning that he


Dr Morton again quotes: h a s n o t lo o k e d fo r


evidence. He talks of evidence so


far that indicates, that pol­


lution from SLF is no higher than coal, a state­ ment which is now out of


cer and chest problems everywhere,, not of how many we have here in the Ribble Valley.


tries to su|


date. He talks of asthma, can­


recommended twice that a thorough health survey be done a ro u n d C a s t le Cement? ... ..


This whole article again a t that there


are n o ------- the Ribble Vi—„ has the all-party govern­ ment select committee


ith problems in Valley. So why


has been done’, a more appropriate heading for the article to the public, should have read: “Doctor says airborne pollution may make health problems worse,” instead of contin­ ually knocking, the clean air campaigners, who may well eventually be proved right. "


Until a health survey "


S. HARGREAVES, Ribble Avenue, . . Grindleton.


pemfUel issue with the front-page the same


Sum-


The headline of the article ought to have Deen. Castle Cement”.


” “h “ • ™den“ " ”” E “Environment agency sues


. would like to assure him that tnose in t t e l * ^


°°pC t °w h k * is REALLY saying something!


v When you ^ r „ f d?hee^bble Val- L


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