Spacemen councillors make a protest at the last full Cornwall Council meeting before elections.
Councillors John Conway and Steve Arthur found a way to circumvent a “Do not talk about the Spaceport job scandal”.
A police investigation is launched into the possible “misconduct in a public office” allegation is underway. The two councillors forced attention on the issue despite the Omertà. Snappily dressed as NASA astronauts in the council chamber. The North Cornwall MP Ben Maguire has already demanded the wholly owned Cornwall Council Corserv Company, chief executive Neill Edmond, who gave town and County Cornwall Councillor Louis Gardener the former Newquay Airport supremo, a Councillor who previously had a short lived delicatessen in Newquay, the job as Future Head of Air and Space at £70,000 PA . Councillor Gardener’s first paid day of work at Newquay airport was on Monday the 17th of March, But he still draws his £18,400 annual councillors allowance and will continue to do so until the 1st of May 2025. Not declaring this interest is crime under the 2021 Localism Act. Mr Maguire reveals that that one of 27 applicants initially rejected for the job has now been in touch to offer a copy of his CV which according to Mr Maguire a former employment lawyer, is a very impressive CV. Mr Maguire intends to escalate the concerns to the Commissioner for Public Appointments. County Hall, Truro, Cornwall, UK