17:24 Tuesday April 29th 2014
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
[C]HRIS MANN: Over the top and scaremongering. That’s how an article about Wisbech which appeared in the Sun on Sunday newspaper has been described by one business leader in the town. Under the headline “Little Lithuania” it claims locals are being squeezed by the influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe. The Independent councillor for the Waterlees area of Wisbech Cllr Virginia Bucknor has called for people in Wisbech to boycott the Sun.
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VIRGINIA BUCKNOR: There are so many inaccurate comments in that article; the fact that they said one business had to close up after over 100 years because of the Lithuanian shops. He retired. His business is still going well and open for business. I shop there. It’s still being used successfully. Now they do open a lot of the shops there, which I happen to love.
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CHRIS MANN: Steve Tierney is town councillor, Chairman of the Wisbech Conservatives.
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