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80% vote against Wylfa-B
In an on-line poll on the North Wales Chronicle website between 17-25 January asking if there should be a new nuclear power station in Anglesey?
The result was: Yes 20% No 80%
This result shows clearly the strong opposition in north-west Wales to nuclear power and Gordon Brown’s government’s plans to build new nuclear power plants.
Since the government announcement two weeks ago supporting new nuclear power stations, Labour, Plaid Cymru and Conservative politicians on Ynys Môn are tripping over each other in their pro-nuclear enthusiasm and in the process are misinterpreting public opinion on this vital issue.
All this huffing and puffing is very misleading considering the long timescale of a new nuclear programme and Wylfa’s lowly placing in the list of possible sites.
Even the front running French power company EDF admit that it will be at least 2017 before they complete a single new station. The politicians are therefore misleading the public into thinking that hundreds of jobs will come for the present workforce.
In the light of the overwhelming opposition in the Chronicle poll, P.A.W.B. calls on politicians of all 3 parties to explain why they have chosen to ignore deep public opposition to the expansion of nuclear power on Anglesey?
It is very likely that present day Ynys Môn politicians will have all long since retired or lost their seats without seeing any official application to build a new nuclear power station on Anglesey. Perhaps their retirement day will come sooner than expected if they insist on continuing to ignore the views of voters.
