"Freemasonry underpins the whole water park scandal" Several people have died in the scandal including Stroud based Public Relations consultant and journalist Declan Cunningham who, we reveal tonight, wrote the Cotswold Water Park corruption stories up for Private Eye. waterparkwatch.org.uk/history-of-the-cotswold-water-park/ By accepting money from any business seeking planning consents in the Water Park, Grant himself was behaving in an utterly corrupt fashion. www.bcfmradio.com/2013/12/13/17/politics-show-with-tony-gosling-14/34786 www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/73165 As a statutory consultee on planning matters, he knew that he was in no position to accept cash or favours from local businessmen but, as we now know, he was an extremely greedy man. The underlying problem in the Water Park, one that allowed Grant and his now-dead partner-in-crime Nick Hanson to flourish, is that we have a fundamentally flawed It seems to me that we are still living under a system of governance in the park that continues to tip the balance in favour of these powerful and influential groups. Whether money changes hands or not, the current system is, in itself, a corruption of the principles under which the Water Park should be operating. Of course, the current police investigation will have to establish whether, in addition to his frauds, Grant was guilty of accepting bribes and whether this means he should now face further charges. Kenneth Clarke MP recently gave the coalition's definition of bribery: "Bribery blights lives. Its immediate victims include firms that lose out unfairly. The wider victims are government and society, undermined by a weakened rule of law and damaged social and economic development. At stake is the principle of free and fair competition, which stands diminished by each bribe offered or accepted. Tackling this scourge is a priority for anyone who cares about the future of business.......that is why the entry into force of the Bribery Act on 1 July 2011 is an important step forward for both the UK and UK plc. Kenneth Clarke MP The words of Kenneth Clarke MP in March 2011. Previously concealed legal documents which have now been released confirm that Grant took decisions that were not in the financial interests of the Water Park Society or the local community on whose behalf he was supposed to be administering the local authority owned land assets. Only the police and prosecuting authorities can decide upon the motivation of anyone who had financial dealings with Grant but there is evidence that, under his direction, the Society dramatically changed its stance on planning matters. Consider the legal definition of a bribe offered in the Bribery Act 2010.............. It is an offence for a person to offer, promise or give a financial or other advantage to another person in one of two cases: • Case 1 applies where P intends the advantage to bring about the improper performance by another person of a relevant function or activity or to reward such improper performance. • Case 2 applies where P knows or believes that the acceptance of the advantage offered, promised or given in itself constitutes the improper performance of a relevant function or activity. 18 'Improper performance' is defined at sections 3, 4 and 5. In summary, this means performance which amounts to a breach of an expectation that a person will act in good faith, impartially, or in accordance with a position of trust. The offence applies to bribery relating to any function of a public nature, connected with a business, performed in the course of a person's employment or performed on behalf of a company or another body of persons. Therefore, bribery in both the public and private sectors is covered. As Chief Executive of the Society, Grant made it his business to get involved with major planning applications across the Water Park, often courting controversy in doing so. His official remit was to act in the best interests of the Park's ecology and of the local community but we now know he was neither an environmentalist nor a conservationist and he certainly didn't give a damn about the local community. All Grant was interested in was money and we are only now beginning to realise the full price the people of the Water Park must continue to pay for his greed. The Water Park continues to pose unique and difficult challenges. For those uncomfortable with the direct approach, I would defend it as the only approach that has produced results. A community has more to fear from the endemic fraud and corruption in its midst. It falls to those who are able and in public office to tackle wrongdoing. If I didn't, then I would not be doing my duty. waterparkwatch.org.uk/2012/07/16/cotswold-water-park-scandal-esmond-jenkins-wants-answers/

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