Bernard Deacon
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Cornish Studies commentator and historian. Writing about Cornwall and its past. Worrying about Cornwall and its future.
Joined November 2014
More land to be given over to tourism. Overtourism no problem at all for this Government.
cornwalllive.com
The Deputy Prime Minister gives her verdict on Cornwall Council's decision on the 'new form of tourism' complex on 70 hectares of agricultural land
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Expropriate the expropriators? Confused article tells paper's Cornwall 2nd home readers how to avoid council tax but admits tourist tax, planning regulations and devolution on Welsh model needed to begin to end this scandal
theguardian.com
Second home owners are poised to fight back as Cornwall prepares to impose double council tax – leaving councillors fearing for their budget
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Labour MP asking voters how to solve housing crisis!? But hasn't he been told that his Govt and party has found the answer - build, baby, build (more unaffordable houses), bash the blockers and boost developers' and landlords profits
voicenewspapers.co.uk
Noah Law MP is holding three public events in St Austell, Newquay and Roche.
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Re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic after Government trashes Neighbourhood Plans?
cornish-times.co.uk
Priorities set out by parishes will go toward forming Cornwall’s next Local Plan
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More fields about to go at PZ? Although it'll have 'green infrastructure' the 140 houses won't do much for whatever lives in those woods. The Essex-based developers and Bristol architects promise 'affordable' housing numbers will be 'policy-complaint'.
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PM and property developers visit Newquay settlement. Meanwhile, Labour orders Cornwall's planners to allow equivalent of seven more of these every year to boost market for 'Cornwall lifestyle', trash countryside and ignore national rights of Cornish
theguardian.com
Government says timing of trip to ‘sustainable community’ days before major housing announcement is a coincidence
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Remove the indigenous population to make way for high-end resorts and a property developers' free-for-all? There seems to be something strangely familiar about Trump's 'plan' for Gaza. If only I could put my finger on it.
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Democracy and a Cornish Assembly - Essential or incompatible?
cornwalldevelopersparadise.wordpress.com
It’s crystal clear that the government’s top-down devolution is of no relevance to the struggle for Cornish democratic devolution. It offers no path to a Cornish Assembly. The only possibility it r…
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The first of three short essays on Cornwall and devolution - delivering devonwall
cornwalldevelopersparadise.wordpress.com
In September last year, the Cornish Democracy Unit (CDU) at the Institute of Cornish Studies produced a blueprint for devolution to Cornwall (Devolution for Cornwall: One of Britain’s Oldest Nation…
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Thank heaven we have a govt that protects us from b̶a̶n̶k̶e̶r̶s̶,̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶p̶o̶r̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶p̶e̶r̶-̶r̶i̶c̶h̶ bats, newts and nimbies and stands up for the 9̶9̶%̶ 1%
thenegotiator.co.uk
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she was "genuinely shocked" at how slow the planning process for new build homes was.
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Cornwall Council's united stance rejecting devonwall already begins to fray as 12 Tories (out of 43) and 3 Labour (out of 5) either vote against Cornwall-only devolution or abstain.
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Please form an orderly queue to take advantage of the Labour Govt's extreme developer-friendly building plans
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The cold wind of reality to help blow away any tendency to swallow official complacency, greenwash and denialism
On paper, the UK’s emissions reductions look strong compared to other nations. But once we include all the manufacturing we've offshored and the ✈ and 🛳️ we ignore, our total carbon footprint has dropped by just 0.6% a year. Nowhere near enough for the crisis we face.
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If Wales has 'accommodated enough' Cornwall has accommodated a lot more than enough. Will 2025 see real action taken against 2nd and holiday homes? Don't hold your breath.
nation.cymru
Stephen Price An article published by the Guardian following the Budget in March contained a shocking graphic which brought to light the high concentrations of holiday homes found in Wales. The...
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Will 2025 be the year the worm turned? Congratulations to Marazion Town Council for taking a stand against 'chancers, cowboy builders and money grabbers' and Cornwall Council. How many others will follow their lead?
voicenewspapers.co.uk
Marazion Town Council is urging local authorities to join forces in passing a “no confidence” motion
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Denialism or distraction? Cornwall Council's 'Forest for Cornwall' gets uncritical media attention but the facts prove that it doesn't get to the roots of the crisis.
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Where exactly are all those 'blockers' who are successfully 'blocking' everything? Or are they just a figment of Keir Starmer and Labour's fevered imagination?
cornwalllive.com
There are 83 families desperate for somewhere to live in the parish
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How the steady erosion of Cornish landscapes works. 1. Allow 34% of housing (over 1,600 houses) to be lost to holiday lets and 2nd homes 2. Put claimed 'affordable' housing on edge of town far from facilities 3. Guarantee no cllr will dare oppose
bbc.co.uk
All 120 of the new properties will be classified as affordable.
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Net migration to Cornwall has risen by 75% in a decade even before Labour's mass housing plans
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