THEY SAY TESCO-WE SAY NO GO!

The local plan says: “Tesco’s wealth

Is less important than our health

Green spaces must be allowed to stay

So children have somewhere to play”.

They ask our view of planning laws

And we say “No more superstores!”

Yet councillors look the other way

When they find Tesco willing to pay

To ruin our town, our heritage.

No wonder we’re in such a rage!

Consider, then, how people’s need

Is sacrificed to corporate greed

Your friendly local butchers’ shop

Trembling, awaits the Tesco chop

For Tesco are the bully boys

They’ll tell you where to buy your toys

And fridges, knickers, petrol, rice

All at a quite amazing price

But when the smaller shops have ceased

Guess what? Prices will be increased

They’ll bring us jobs you cry, they must!

Well, not if other shops go bust

Councillors cry – no other way

You’ve seen the bills we have to pay!

Yes – we saw how much it cost to destroy

The Splash, our much missed pride and joy

We’ve lost tourists and revenue to our town

No wonder shops are closing down

We know what brings visitors to our door

It isn’t supermarkets, that’s for sure

Because we’ve got six at this minute

Another makes no sense now, innit?

They say the developer is King

And superstores a wonderful thing

We say our town means more to us

Than being part of Tesco’s surplus

We want to keep our docks and green.

Scoops, Sarah’s Dairy, Aclands mean

More to us than a shopping mall

With Tesco products wall to wall

So, wake up Bridgwater, wake up and yell

Tell Tesco they can go to hell

THEY SAY TESCO, WE SAY NO GO!

A poem by Glen Burrows