PROTEST HITS CORNWALL COUNCIL! (TUESDAY 9th JULY, 2019)

WATCHED BY TV CAMERA CREWS, ASTONISHED SENIOR COUNCILLORS SPEAK WITH PROTESTORS

On the day that a full Council Meeting occurs, hundreds of peaceful but angry protestors arrived at the Truro 'Kremlin Kernow' HQ of Cornwall Council to protest at the appalling way upcountry developers are altering Cornwall, its landscape, heritage, public services and indigenous makeup.

Groups of protestors gathered outside the 'glass palace' both by the main entrance doors and out on the expanse of grass and Councillors and bureaucrats alike stared out at the gathering crowds.

Ingeniously, campaigners arrived in shifts, so as some left having completed their 'tour of duty' others arrived to take their place bearing in mind the glaring sunshine and high temperatures.

Security Guards were in place to meet the protestors but soon faded away.

Several television cameras including those of ITV news and radio presenters were present to interview protestors.

Some sympathetic councillors dressed in their suits ready for the full meeting of Cornwall Council engaged with protestors attempting to fact find.

Passing motorists travelling along the busy Treyew Road sounded their horns in support and there were cries of 'Kernow bys vyken' shouted out. (Cornwall Forever)

Many people who had moved from elsewhere to make Cornwall their home also joined in as even they can now see the atrocious way planning and development is being handled in Cornwall. There is huge unhappiness at the way local decisions made at town and parish level are being over ruled by distant government decisions and calls for more planning powers to be brought to the Duchy.

One of the organisers informed that protests will continue and other legal and peaceful protest tactics employed to resist the overdevelopment of Cornwall despite the fact that lawyers appointed by the Council had threatened some of the campaigners with legal action. The brave response to those threats was 'bring it on'!

Protests commenced at 8AM and ran through to 2pm Tuesday 9th July, 2019.

Since the protest, a major climate change environmental group has been in contact with Cornish campaigners.