I can therefore only assume that Mrs Giles is not a user of electricity (unlike the rest of us) and would not mind one little bit if she had no electricity to power her home.

This is a classic case of Not In My Back Yard thinking.

Instead of building this much needed power station next to an existing power station where the infrastructure is already in place to support it, why not build it on somebody elses doorstep instead and not only have to deal with the impact on the landscape of the power station itself but also the building of new pylons to carry the electricity away and new roads and of course the extra jobs such an investment will bring.

Even if we take the selfish view of looking at this from a South Holland only perspective, we need the electricity and we need the jobs it will bring.

The cost?

The existing “blot” will become a slightly bigger “blot”(and of course the existing blot will not go away if this planning application is defeated)

Selfish!