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Well Tom, good morning to you. We're here in Adlington where hundreds of people have gathered and people are on their track
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I've just realised I said good morning, it's actually a good afternoon of course, isn't it? But you're joining us here and we're joining now local resident and campaigner Aisha
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Aisha, tell me why people are here today and why people are so angry with what's been planned
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People are here to show their opposition to Adlington being part of the New Town's proposals
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Adlington's the only one on the list which is opposed by not only its local MP
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but a cross-party council opposition, the Wildlife Trust, Council for the Protection of Rural England, and not just the local residents
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Now, I know locals have been really aggrieved by comments made by campaign groups like Yimbyism
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haven't they, in recent days. Just talk to me about your feelings about this
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Yeah, I find the NIMBY argument to be a very lazy and uninformed argument
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Not one of the pillars of our opposition is based solely on benefit for us
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These are national issues that should concern everyone in the country. Food security should be the top of the agenda at the moment for government
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To lose the 2,500 acres of productive farmland that mean we can produce our own food
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would be criminal at this time, really, when global politics and environmental climate issues are so big
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The loss of wildlife, habitats, biodiverse ecosystems, also very important. I'm going to have to leave it there
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Thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. There you go, Tom. People are going to do what they can here in Adlington
