I READ your article in last week's Knutsford Guardian Full steam ahead at the gas plant.

Whilst your editorial was elegant and well put, you must not forget how this the Byley gas plant came about.

John Prescott flexed his large muscles to ride roughshod over everything that stood for democracy.

The powers that this man had should have been a concern to all and especially when due process counted for nothing, if not in agreement with this awful Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr Cooper might paint a rosy picture of the development but the bottom line is that another huge chunk of our heritage, environment and culture has been given away in the name of progress.

R HOLLOWAY

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