Questions over nuclear power and post offices

9:43am Friday 24th October 2008

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THREE points I'd like to make after reading two letters (Advertiser, October 2).

Felicity Norman states nuclear power is not the answer. Her Green Party has commissioned research which has come up with the startling facts, investment in renewable technologies can be put in place within months with a fraction of the cost required for building nuclear power stations.

Obviously, then, our MP, Phillip Dunne, must be in complete agreement this is the way forward? If this is indeed correct, and it must be so for her to go public with this statement such as this, will we now see an inquiry set up to root out the officials in Whitehall who are telling us the opposite? Will we be assured the nuclear option will now be reversed? I wait with bated breath. Another point, Dr Gardner in his letter does not tell us what the research depatment of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University has to do with post office closures. There maybe a very vague connection with social science, but I cannot for the life of me understand any connection to geography or Earth sciences and why the university is involved.

A final point, as the Tory MP here and south of the border in Herefordshire are campaigning so hard to keep rural post offices open and it looks very much like the Tories will win in 2010 could Mr Dunne give us a timescale for reopening Shropshire rural post offices once his party is in power?

One would hate to think all this Tory shouting down Labour for closing them was but an exercise in political point scoring, one hopes the intentions are well-meaning and these rural posties will re-open sometime after 2010.

James Potger, Corve Street, Ludlow.