Our local MP has gone on record about the need to meet the global challenge and quotes the Stern review as a compelling reason, she supports Government policy based on a report by an economist. I would feel more comfortable if Sir Nicholas was a scientist.

She was also the minister sponsoring Eco-Towns and the Growth Points programme that Wakefield is keen to support. One would hope that a constituency MP would support the needs of her people, but it seems to me that career and government programmes have a higher call on her and therefore apart from telling us that we will be consulted she gives no comfort when government inspectors overturn local democratic decisions and processes.

At this point people may feel that I am being political, biased and defeatist.

Well I have a clear view on what I think is going on. Defeatist no, we have to fight the Bank's proposal and keep fighting until this flawed thinking runs out of steam.

At a local level we need the political will to stop sacrificing our communities to government dictat. Whilst we have a local consensus about the Wind Farm, I am getting very mixed messages from our Labour controlled council and our MP about their position.

With regard to council we will only be sure of a result when we know that they are not block voting to support a government initiative, the electorate can alter the WMDC block vote and send a clear message on May the 1st by seeing ruling group heads roll.

At a parliamentary level we have had a Labour MP since 1935, if ever there was time for change it seems to me that the next general election will give us a chance to look at electing a local candidate who has neither the distractions of a joint ministerial careers or the complication of where the heart is.

My final comments are we need to stand and fight the current application and that people need to register their objections to this damaging and speculative development.

For the record my objection filed with WMDC planners for the Banks development is as follows.