Essex vicar fights Tesco

Nine miles down the road, on the island of West Mersea, the local vicar has joined a campaign against an application submitted by Tesco for another Express store. Rev Sam Norton has taken to giving Saturday morning talks on the unsustainability of international trading, and warned in the local newspaper that Tesco would “hollow out…

Nine miles down the road, on the island of West Mersea, the local vicar has joined a campaign against an application submitted by Tesco for another Express store. Rev Sam Norton has taken to giving Saturday morning talks on the unsustainability of international trading, and warned in the local newspaper that Tesco would “hollow out the life of our town”.

From Guardian Unlimited Shopping | Campaigners unite in bid to cut Tesco down to size

Revd Sam explains his thinking on his blog. His blog homepage is here. See also the Tescopoly site.