Why are we paying more?

How can Sainsbury’s get away with charging the people of Spalding 54p more for a gallon of diesel than it’s charging the people of Leicester and likewise why is Sainsbury’s charging Spaldonians 22.5p more for a gallon of diesel than those living in Grantham?

On my travels last week the price of petrol (per litre) at Sainsburys Leicester 118.9p, Grantham 121.9p and Spalding 129.9p; diesel was 120.9p, 125.9p and 132.9p respectively.

Same fuel, same tankers, same store - why the difference Sainsbury’s?

It’s scandalous! Why are we in Spalding being treated unfairly?

Explanation please ‘Mr Sainsbury’.

Victor Lewis

Spalding

Time to make things clear

Mr Garner (Letters, July 17) follows the lead of senior Brexiteers in claiming to know what he cannot know - i.e., that ‘we (leave voters) all knew what we were voting for’. It’s clear Mr Garner means that all leave voters voted for a ‘hard’ Brexit with all the ‘red line’ items intact. The fact that Mr Cameron made certain statements beforehand, or that Mr Gardner would like to believe that all those voters intended a ‘full works’ exit, does not mean that that is what happened. The ballot paper only gave the choice as ‘Leave’ or ‘Remain’, and those are the only certain - and incomplete - descriptions of what was meant by voters.

I personally know that shortly after the referendum, and when the extent of all the factors involved began to be discussed, some who had voted leave said: “I didn’t know it meant all that. I only wanted to stop the immigrants. If I’d known about all these other things, I’d have voted the other way.’ Something similar was said by the writer of a letter to the Sunday Times on July 15, just past.

As time has gone on, some who voted ‘leave’ may have begun to realise that it’s not as easy or as rewarding as the Leave campaign aimed to persuade; and, I guess, others like Mr Garner will remain hard. Having at one time not been in
favour of a second referendum, I now feel that that may be the only safe way of underpinning whatever the final result is. It would be good to think that if that happens, it might be done this time with less deliberate distortion of facts, and more attention to accurate and sufficient public information.

John Tippler

Spalding