Needless to say, the BBC didn’t respond

BBC Spotlight South West

Hi Hamish,

It is a couple of years now  since you interviewed me on the Bakers Bridge which I claim is unsafe and not fit for purpose. 

I now have irrefutable, demonstrable evidence from the Devon County Council themselves that this Pedestrian bridge has been devoid of any lightning Protection since it was opened in 2006.

I ref to the As Built Health and Safety Files for that bridge which doesn’t mention LIGHTNING one single time.

This Construction document also proves that my original  FOIA could not/should not have been deemed vexatious.  From that decision, I have now been listed as the UK’s leading vexatious court authority / precedent.

I now ask you to do a follow-up interview with me via Skype and ask you to publish that interview via Spotlight. This bridge has been devoid of any lightning protection for over a decade. I can now produce concrete evidence that the DCC were lying through their teeth. Maybe you could invite the DCC /CEO for a 3-way interview.

I believe the BBC have a duty of care to alert Devon General Public to this life-threatening danger at Bakers Bridge. You will recall in you last interview with me on this matter, the DCC claimed the Bridge was fitted with Lightning Protection in January 2014. You might want to ask them why they did this some 8 years post completion. It would also confirm my allegation they committed perjury at a number of FOIA tribunals,

Look forward to your response,

with thanks,

Alan M Dransfield

FOIA Campaigner and Social Watchdog

I have not included the ASHSF owing to the size but I will  send it to you if you decide to run with this story.