Re: [Adastra] Fwd: Henfield Common LATEST NEWS

[Steven Falk]

Without wishing to sound either patronising or complacent, I think you need
a special type of diplomacy at times like this. The ultimate goal is making
reparations to the Common. Sometimes you have to tone down the
anger/frustration to get the right end result and not burn the bridges of
dialogue/partnership. You've clealry pissed them off, but what has that
achieved? I've been in this game a long time. A softer and more conciliatory
approach generally works best.
 
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From: Adastra [mailto:adastra-boun...@lists.sxbrc.org.uk] On Behalf Of D
BANGS
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2017 12:03 PM
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Subject: [Adastra] Fwd: Henfield Common LATEST NEWS




The latest news is not good. The SWT and I were to have a meeting with the
parish council at the cricket club on Friday morning. When we arrived the
chair of the PC, Malcolm Eastwood, histrionically banned me from the
meeting, to which he had earlier invited me, and attempted to remove me from
the common (not realising that as it was a registered common I had a
statutory right of access!!). 

His justification was that he thought my BBC R Sussex radio interview (BBC
Radio Sussex Neil Pringle 24th May 1hr 48 mins into prog) was 'unbalanced'
and untruthful...for instance by saying there was a chamomile lawn. He said
it did not exist!! 

I refused to leave and they were obliged to re-convene the meeting at the
parish offices in Henfield ! 

We have also missed a major media opportunity, for BBC TV South Today wished
to do a piece but would not proceed without the participation of the SxWT,
who didn't want to engage. (Clearly South Today don't have much time for
individual whistleblowers like myself). 

I haven't got any feedback yet from Tony/the SWT and I wasn't around to seek
it later on Friday. 

I hope the SWT will have got something from the meeting...With the media
moving our way and the parish council so defensive they refused to be
interviewed by the media, we have them on the back foot,

Dave Bangs 

[Adastra] Fwd: Henfield Common LATEST NEWS

[D BANGS]

The latest news is not good. The SWT and I were to have a meeting with 
the parish council at the cricket club on Friday morning. When we 
arrived the chair of the PC, Malcolm Eastwood, histrionically banned me 
from the meeting, to which he had earlier invited me, and attempted to 
remove me from the common (not realising that as it was a registered 
common I had a statutory right of access!!). 
 
His justification 
was that he thought my BBC R Sussex radio interview (BBC Radio Sussex Neil 
Pringle 24th May 1hr 48 mins into prog) was 'unbalanced' and
 untruthful...for instance by saying there was a chamomile lawn. He said
 it did not exist!! 
 
I refused to 
leave and they were obliged to re-convene the meeting at the parish 
offices in Henfield ! 
 
We have also missed a major media 
opportunity, for BBC TV South Today wished to do a piece but would not 
proceed without the participation of the SxWT, who didn't want to engage. 
(Clearly South Today don't have much time for individual whistleblowers like 
myself). 
 
I haven't got any feedback yet from Tony/the SWT and I wasn't around to seek it 
later on Friday. 
 
I
 hope the SWT will have got something from the meeting...With the media moving 
our way and the parish council so 
defensive they refused to be interviewed by the media, we have them on 
the back foot,
Dave Bangs