A polite note came through from Andy Minion (Press Officer : B.A.T.S)
"Sorry to bother you, but we just found that the Belper News this week (should be hitting the newsstands today - 6/10/09) are holding a vote for / against Tesco. and there's a ballot slip in the Paper.
"Obviously, we aren't going to try and tell you which way to vote - but it would be good to get a good "turnout" for this one! Many Thanks"
thebestof Belper is happy to draw your attention to this way of polling public opinion as having/not having Tesco may make a considerable difference to the town in the long term.
If you want to remind yourselves of the arguments against Tesco then try the B.A.T.S website. www.belperagainsttesco.com . If anyone knows of a pro-Tesco site then please make us aware of it and for the sake of balance we will publish that too.