[andrewb]

The supermarkets need sorting out, their loss leading tactics are doing huge damage to the smaller retailers.

I'm 100% sure this policy idea is not intended or going to make such an impact that people can no longer shop at supermarkets because its suddenly too expensive, but it does give a more equal playing field to smaller retailers.

I think you need to reassess where you stand in the class structure Jambutty. You have a car, a computer, the internet for a start, there are families that don't have those. Those families who can't afford cars or luxury items like computers, are probably the ones that parking prices would affect IF they had a car to park!

Im sure a more simple way round is to make carparking in town centers free. But that would encourage people to drive rather than use public transport. At the moment I never get the car to Manchester if im going to the center, as its much much cheaper to get a bus than having to park.

At the end of the day, I don't want to be stuck in a situation where Tesco and others, control what we can and can't buy in stores. It's already happening in Accrington. Where is Toymaster? I looked around for trivial pursuit, a certain version of, and I couldn't find it anywhere in Accrington. Book shop, theres WHSmith but its hardly a large range, Wardleworths was an amazing place. Now we have limited books to choose from because Asda can't stock them all.