Tory votes spell doom

Don't be fooled by blandishments about the future of Cosford being undecided. It's all cut and dried, because it's predominantly a Tory-voting area. Closure won't hurt Labour as much as shutting down the Welsh option would. Politics and power matter more than efficiency and jobs.

And worse still, when Cosford shuts, the magnificent buildings, homes and transport links won't be available for industry or housing. Because surprise, surprise, the council decided, about two years ago, I recall from press reports, to demolish the RAF station and convert it to agriculture if it closed.

Had the authorities not already decided to squander the site when it closes (did they have prior knowledge of the closure?) using no doubt the lucrative Government grants available to destroy such facilities, and convert good buildings into Green Belt, the flow could have been lessened by using Cosford as an industrial site and housing for people.

Who stands to gain by reducing this excellent site to rubble, I wonder?

And if you don't believe me, ask your council, your MP and look at the local plan.

It's all down to politics and power, and people don't matter any more.

Mr W F Kerswell, Church Stretton