St Cleer Parish council - An independent critical review of performance

21/08/2026

Whilst I had no expectation of being returned, I thank those that did take the time to go out and vote for me.

There are obviously some people that see through what is happening in St Cleer PC.

This by-election was a 'consequence' not an outcome.

St Cleer PC had an uncontested election in May 25 with only 8 of 13 seats filled.

4 of those 8 at the uncontested election in May 25 were previously co-opted onto the PC by existing Cllrs.

Since 2022 there have been 16 resignations and vacations of office through failure to attend PC meetings.

There have been 12 months since the May 25 PC election.

This by-election caused the PC to have a panic co-option of 3 people in July.

Rumour has it, and the PC website appears to support the rumour, that 1 of those 3 co-optees has already declined to take their office after signing their Declaration of Acceptance of Office at the July meeting in a public forum.

This by-election was not about being elected, it was about forcing St Cleer PC to address long standing vacancies AND to raise public awareness - job well and truly done (for now.)

The current chair of St Cleer PC has publicly sought to lay the cost of this by-election on those that called for it whilst ignoring the glaring inadequacies within the organisation he presides over.

That there are still people out there that support this observably dysfunctional tax imposing body, quite frankly, is astounding.

This experience should lead to some serious self reflection for St Cleer PC.

19/08/2026

Notice to St Cleer PC as a corporate body and to individual Cllrs within that corporate body.

The recent activity at St Cleer Parish council page by current named individual Cllrs AND under the administrative title of the page are currently the subject of a report to Devon & Cornwall Police for investigation.

Under the Statutory requirements imposed upon public bodies by:

- the Local Government Act 1986,
- the Representation of the People Act 1983, and,
- Electoral Commission rules on pre-election activity

The fundamental principle is that the Council must not publish (or help others to publish) material that appears to be designed to affect public support for a candidate or party.

This is expressly prohibited by section 2 of the Local Government Act 1986.

Publicity is defined as any communication, in any form, addressed to the public or a section of the public.

Particular care must be taken to ensure that publicity could not be perceived as seeking to influence public opinion or to promote the public image of a particular candidate or group of candidates.

Council staff must always be careful not to give the impression of supporting any political party, policies, or candidate. They must not engage in political activity during working hours or with Council facilities.

This notice is issued following advice received from official bodies and may serve as removing any future defence of ignorance of the law.

Produced and distributed by K Johnson ℅ The Workshed, Fairpark Road, Liskeard PL14 4BA

19/08/2026

Here we have Andrew Arthur - parish keyboard warrior - chipping into the debate from his usual sedentary position.

Worth noting 2 things in the ‘disinformation’ sphere:

Firstly, I am unable to comment directly at the St Cleer PC FB page since any critical comment there results in a ban from the page. This applies not just to myself but other critical commentators at that page. How’s that for equity of information St Cleer PC?

Second, Andrew Arthur having never (to my knowledge) actually attended a PC meeting over the past 10 years still continues to chitter away from the side-lines since our first engagement on social media many years ago when (topically) he made some rather antiquated and poorly considered remarks about a wildfire on KitHill (which could be seen from here.)

Ever since that time, when I submitted some comments on the same post and highlighted the stupidity of his input, he has been an ardent follower of my activities - from a distance.

He even submitted his own Code of Conduct complaint against me 16 Jun 22 which was not upheld. I have a copy if anyone is interested.

He likes to dish it out, but doesn’t like it when he encounters somebody that can debunk his BS.

So, St Cleer PC (who is that BTW?) ‘like’ Mr Arthur’s partial reference to the code of conduct complaint by the then clerk (Jones) against me in 2018.

I don’t hide from that situation - I OWN it. Keep raising it and I’ll keep owning it.

I was found to have ‘bullied’ the clerk for correcting empirically incorrect information (H&S law) in an email she sent to all Cllrs. I replied using the original email and distribution list and inserted corrections (with source document references) within the original email using red font so that my insertions would be discernible from the original text. Apparently that is what passes for ‘bullying.’

I resigned in disgust and disillusionment (having only been a Cllr for some 12 months) at the state of what passed for a Standards investigation.

The ‘police involvement’ and altercation Arthur refers to is me handing my written resignation letter to Jones in the PC meeting, her having a (literally) hysterical hissy fit and calling the police.

Red font = bullying
Handing in a letter = police involvement

OK Andrew, if you say so. But you weren’t there were you - you were behind your keyboard.

For completeness though - Jones did end up finally getting her sandwiches in a road map and a tidy little stuffed brown envelope from the PC with a NDA Prinn had to resign (as a Cllr and PC chair) when I exposed it in Summer 22.

But thank you Andrew, every time you make a comment it provides me the opportunity to give a fuller picture of what you are trying to explain.

People are sick of mealy mouthed politicians that don’t ever answer a question.

Ask me any question, I can’t guarantee you’ll like the answer but you will get a well considered, honest and direct response.

If you are sick of BS, vote for restoring credibility to parish precept. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like me, I’m not currently looking for new friends anyway. If you want simple, well considered honesty - that’s what you will get.

How’s that for ‘disinformation’ St Cleer PC?

Produced and distributed by K Johnson ℅ The Workshed, Fairpark Road, Liskeard PL14 4BA

19/08/2026

MISINFORMATION they say….

MISINFORMATION they DELIVER!

They are TERRIFIED.

They seek to present a ‘reasonable’ 4 year average precept rise based upon the cumulative sum of the 4 years precept demands 2022 - 2026.

But the date range AVERAGE they present INCLUDES the 2 years (23/24 & 24/25) of credible precept calculation which delivered a 27% and a 30% REDUCTION.

They are actually PROVING the point.

Without those 2 consecutive REDUCTIONS the average over those 4 years 2022 - 2026 would be a true reflection of their profligate incompetence.

Do they take you for idiots?

It would seem they do….

23/24 FY -27% precept decrease £68,744 → £50,000 ↓
24/25 FY -30% precept decrease £50,000 → £35,000 ↓
25/26 FY 100% precept rise £35,000 → £75,927 100% ↑
26/27 FY 25% precept rise £70,926 → £88,936 25% ↑

If you want to upset this blatant incompetence, this utter disdain for the tax payer, this complete dishonesty:

Vote for Restoring credibility to parish precept.

Produced and distributed by K Johnson ℅ The Workshed, Fairpark Road, Liskeard PL14 4BA

18/08/2026

Here’s what you REALLY need to know about St Cleer PC….

The May 2025 PC election was ‘uncontested.’

Only 8 candidates for 13 positions (and ½ of those 8 were previously co-opted (selected by existing Cllrs.))

There have been 16 Cllr resignations or vacations of office for failure to attend PC meetings since 2022.

Since May 2025 the PC has consistently carried

11/08/2026

distributed by K Johnson c/o The Workshed, Fairpark Road, Liskeard PL14 4BA

The fire near to the nature reserve comes amid warnings about the dangers of fires in the open in the present hot weather and subsequent drought.

Read more in the comments ⬇️

05/08/2026

Good news for the environment

05/08/2026