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Topic: Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?
Posted by: David Giles
Date/Time: 16/06/05 20:13:00

Stephen

Just because a majority of people who posted on this forum are in favour of a French Market does not mean that a majority of Chiswick or Turnham Green residents are.

Twenty or even fifty supporters on this website does not mean that the idea had "overwhelming support".

One should not mistake the views of an articulate minority for the views of the majority.

Being somewhat of a Francophile, I personally enjoy French markets very much but I think they are best experienced in France.

I am concerned about the damage a regular event such as this could cause to Turnham Green (particularly in winter when the ground is soft)and its effect on local jobs and businesses, many of which already sell French food, wine and other products.Local businesses employ local people and pay rates and taxes in England and not in France.

We must also be concerned about the effect a French market would have on the existing Farmers Market in Dukes Meadow which raises funds for a good cause. 

Perhaps we should wait for the outcome of the current discussions regarding the UK's EU rebate and reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. French farmers are major beneficaries of the EU CAP which allows French farmers to sell their subsidised products in France and elsewhere and which at the same time prevents Africans and other Third World producers selling their products in the EU.

As an alternative I would like to suggest a Fair Trade Market promoting the sale of Fair Trade goods from Third World countries who currently have great difficulty exporting and receiving fair prices for their products and whose own domestic markets are adversely affected by subsidised food from the EU and North America.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:05:00 Polly Fitzgerald
   Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:14:00 David Harding
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:19:00 Stephen Pett
         Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:29:00 Rebecca Hobson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:48:00 Paul Allen
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 14:52:00 Jim Lawes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 15:20:00 Rebecca Hobson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 15:49:00 Verification required
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 20:36:00 Paul Allen
   Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 15:52:00 Terri Scooper
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 15:56:00 Jan Porter
         Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 16:23:00 Jonathan Sheldrake
   Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 15:57:00 Myriam Singh
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 17:02:00 Lois Westby
         Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 17:32:00 Malcolm Peltu
            Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 17:53:00 Colin Jordan
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 18:31:00 Asha Smith
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 18:36:00 Cllr. Adrian Lee
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 18:44:00 Andy Langley
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 18:55:00 Jim Lawes
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 19:55:00 Francois Laine
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 20:44:00 Diccon Adams
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick11/06/05 21:45:00 Polly Fitzgerald
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick13/06/05 12:15:00 Michael Simson
   Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 19:41:00 Hugh Telford
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick06/06/05 20:18:00 Kevin Ridsdale
   Oui!06/06/05 20:31:00 Matthew Barnard
      Is there a compromise?06/06/05 21:24:00 Malcolm Peltu
         Re:Is there a compromise?06/06/05 22:09:00 Matthew Barnard
            Re:Re:Is there a compromise?07/06/05 08:38:00 Jan Porter
               Re:Re:Re:Is there a compromise?07/06/05 09:41:00 Birna Helgadottir
                  How about Acton Green?07/06/05 10:35:00 Angela Peel
                     Re:How about Acton Green?07/06/05 10:50:00 Jo Meaneaux
                     Re:How about Acton Green?07/06/05 12:27:00 Eliza Taylor
                        Re:Re:How about Acton Green?07/06/05 13:49:00 Richard Kay
                           Re:Re:Re:How about Acton Green?21/06/05 13:13:00 Alex McDevitt
   Re:french market in chiswick07/06/05 13:58:00 Benji Cullum
   Re:french market in chiswick07/06/05 19:04:00 Graham Sitch
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick08/06/05 11:07:00 Colin Jordan
   Re:french market in chiswick08/06/05 15:18:00 Alan Gibb
   Re:french market in chiswick08/06/05 16:06:00 Su-Li Chan
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick10/06/05 10:22:00 David Harding
         Well Cllr Adrian Lee?12/06/05 18:36:00 Stephen Pett
            Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee? n/m13/06/05 09:20:00 Richard Kay
               Re:Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee? n/m13/06/05 09:34:00 Peter John
                    n/m14/06/05 00:14:00 Jim Lawes
                     Re:  n/m14/06/05 14:58:00 Madeleine Hazard
                        Meanhile,  what is Polly and her gang doing?14/06/05 19:00:00 Malcolm Peltu
                     Re:  n/m16/06/05 11:41:00 Polly Fitzgerald
            Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?16/06/05 20:13:00 David Giles
               Re:Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?16/06/05 20:41:00 Michael J W Daley
               Re:Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?17/06/05 11:36:00 Michael Robinson
                  I'm still waiting Cllr Adrian Lee17/06/05 13:29:00 Stephen Pett
                     Let's wait for reform of the CAP20/06/05 12:15:00 David Giles
                        Re:Let's wait for reform of the CAP20/06/05 12:21:00 Stephen Pett
                        Re:Let's wait for reform of the CAP20/06/05 12:40:00 Michael Robinson
                           Re:Re:Let's wait for reform of the CAP21/06/05 18:25:00 David Giles
                              Re:Re:Re:Let's wait for reform of the CAP21/06/05 20:14:00 Gordon Smith
                     Re:I'm still waiting Cllr Adrian Lee20/06/05 13:25:00 Richard Kay
                        Re:Re:I'm still waiting Cllr Adrian Lee....20/06/05 13:47:00 Jim Lawes
               Re:Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?23/06/05 16:25:00 Polly Fitzgerald
                  Re:Re:Re:Well Cllr Adrian Lee?24/06/05 19:40:00 Cllr. Adrian Lee
                     That's a cop out24/06/05 22:41:00 Stephen Pett
                        Re:That's a cop out25/06/05 18:15:00 Malcolm Peltu
                           Re:Re:That's a cop out25/06/05 18:27:00 Stephen Pett
                              Re:Re:Re:That's a cop out25/06/05 18:43:00 Malcolm Peltu
   Re:french market in chiswick07/07/05 18:08:00 Lucinda Barry
   Re:french market in chiswick08/07/05 17:34:00 Nicole Prince
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick08/07/05 18:11:00 Benji Cullum
         french market in chiswick08/07/05 18:52:00 Paul Allen
            Bumped old thread on french market in chiswick01/08/14 09:29:00 Esther Gibbs
   Re:french market in chiswick01/08/14 19:59:00 Valerie Barber
      Re:Re:french market in chiswick01/08/14 20:03:00 Julian Pavey
         Re:Re:Re:french market in chiswick01/08/14 22:33:00 James Weatherley
   French market?01/08/14 23:30:00 Oliver Gibb
      Re:French market?02/08/14 06:47:00 Micki Hawkes
         Re:Re:French market?02/08/14 07:44:00 Oliver Gibb
            Re:Re:Re:French market?02/08/14 11:58:00 Trudie Fuller
               Re:Re:Re:Re:French market?03/08/14 12:22:00 Joe Conneely

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