The Exeter City Council, the ICO. AND the HSE all agree that my FOI request for information about the 6 PFI schools is VEXATIOUS.The following expert witness statement on the 6 PFI school does support my claim these school are unfit for purpose. Alan Dransfield.

By Andrew Brewer.

EXPERT WITNESS STATEMENT

My name is Andrew Brewer, a former employee of Carillion and I was employed as a Maintenance Supervisor for the 6 PFI Schools in Exeter and held this position for 5 years.

I am a certified Electrical Engineer with nearly 30 years in the Construction Industry, 17 of which spent in a Supervisory Role with NEBOSH and IOSH Accreditation.

I have been approached by Mr Alan M Dransfield from Exeter, who holds some serious concerns for the Welfare, Health and Safety of the the Children, Teachers and staff at these 6 PFI schools. I too hold some serious concerns for the safety of these children, hence, I did not hesitate to agree to Mr Dransfield’s request to produce an Expert Witness Statement. There has been no coercion between Mr Dransfield and myself prior to this report and he has not attempted to influence my statement. There are a number of Health and Safety Issues, too voluminous for me to include in this witness statement,hence, I intend to give just a brief description of the flaws/faults.

1. Drinking water contamination at all 6 PFI school.

2. Glazing deficiencies at the schools, I.E there has been no Glazing Risk Assessment Carried out in accordance with HSE regulations 1992 regulation 14.

3. There has been no Lightning Protection Risk Assessment in accordance with BS/EN 62305.

4. There has been no direct input by the DCC ref CBR records.

5. There has been no Gas Experience Engineer working on the Gas Facets of the schools.

6. At no time during my Carillion Employment did I have access to the As Built Health and Safety File.

7. The As Built Health and Safety Files (ABHSF)contain no Mechanical & Electrical data whatsoever.

8. The ABHSF contains no commissioning test certification .

9. At no time during my employment on the Schools were any CBR checks undertaken.10. There has been literally thousands of complaints regarding the IT installations at the schools.

Andrew Brewer

10th Mar 2017

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…34 minutes, and then my phone’s battery packed in…!

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Sign the petition against UK carbon capture schemes here:

Stop CCS

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Another carbon capture petition:

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John Egan is the CEO of Peak Cluster Ltd. He leads the project, which is a collaboration between four major cement and lime producers—Holcim, Tarmac, Breedon, and Buxton Lime—aimed at decarbonising the UK’s cement and lime industry through carbon capture and storage. 
 The project, supported by the National Wealth Fund and storage partner MNZ, will capture CO₂ from manufacturing sites in Derbyshire and Staffordshire and transport it to permanent storage beneath the East Irish Sea. John Egan has emphasized the project’s importance for securing jobs, supporting regional prosperity, and advancing the UK’s industrial decarbonisation goals. 

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Interestingly, here’s some information picked up from an AI chatbot this evening. See my question to John at [31:12] in the above video:

“Dear AI, what environmentally safe alternatives are there to the traditional methods of manufacturing cement and lime, preferably ones that either do not create CO₂ or create much reduced amounts?”

AI CHATBOT: Several environmentally safe alternatives to traditional cement and lime manufacturing are emerging, significantly reducing or even eliminating CO₂ emissions:

Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3): This blend replaces up to 50% of traditional Portland cement clinker with limestone and calcined clay, cutting CO₂ emissions by up to 40%.  It uses lower-temperature processing and is compatible with existing infrastructure.

Geopolymer Concrete: Made from industrial byproducts like fly ash or slag activated with alkaline solutions, geopolymer concrete emits up to 80% less CO₂ than conventional cement.  It requires no high-temperature kilns and enhances durability.

Alternative Clinkers: New clinker types like Reactive Belite-rich Portland Cement (RBPC), Belite-Ye’elimite-Ferrite (BYF), and Carbonatable Calcium Silicate Clinkers (CCSC) reduce emissions by 28%–42% by lowering calcination temperatures and limestone use. 

Magnesium-Based Cements: Derived from magnesium silicates (MOMS), these cements react with atmospheric CO₂ during curing, sequestering carbon instead of releasing it.  They offer a pathway to carbon-negative construction.

Carbon-Free Calcium Silicate Cements: Companies like Brimstone use calcium silicate rocks (abundant globally) instead of limestone, avoiding CO₂ release during calcination.  Their process also passively captures atmospheric CO₂ through magnesium content. 

Electrified Cement Production: Innovations like Sublime Systems’ electrochemical process produce cement without fossil fuels or high-temperature kilns, using electricity to drive chemical reactions—enabling near-zero emissions when powered by renewables. 

AI-Optimized Cement Recipes: Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute developed an AI model that rapidly designs low-carbon cement formulations, accelerating the discovery of high-performance, low-emission alternatives. 

These technologies, combined with clinker substitution using industrial byproducts (fly ash, slag) and carbon capture (e.g., Fortera’s ReAct Cement™), are key to decarbonizing the cement industry. 

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“Is it possible now or very soon to have any of the above methods working both economically and at scale, and therefore obviating the need for very expensive, unproven carbon capture schemes that may cause environmental and societal harm?”

Yes, several low-carbon cement technologies are now economically viable and scaling commercially, offering a realistic alternative to expensive and unproven carbon capture (CCUS) schemes. 

Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) is already cost-competitive, with production costs up to 25% lower than traditional Portland cement.  It reduces CO₂ emissions by up to 40% and is supported by new standards (e.g., India’s IS 18189:2023). Adoption is accelerating, with projections of 500 million tons of CO₂ saved annually by 2030. 

Geopolymer cement is experiencing rapid market growth, projected to reach $4.74 billion by 2030 (10.2% CAGR), driven by demand for durable, low-carbon infrastructure.  Though still limited to niche applications due to supply chain and workforce challenges, it offers up to 80% lower emissions and is increasingly used in industrial and precast construction. 

Innovative startups are also advancing toward scale:

Sublime Systems has built a pilot plant producing ASTM-standard cement with near-zero emissions and plans a 30,000-ton demonstration facility by early 2026, with a million-ton plant targeted by 2030. 

Brimstone is developing carbon-free cement using calcium silicate rocks and has secured advance supply agreements with Amazon, indicating strong market validation. 

These technologies are deployable now, avoid the environmental and societal risks of CCUS, and are being driven by tech giants, updated standards, and government funding (e.g., U.S. DOE support).  While full-scale displacement of traditional cement will take time, the path is clear: low-carbon alternatives are technically ready, economically feasible, and beginning to scale—making reliance on unproven carbon capture increasingly unnecessary. 

So it seems the CEO of Peak Cluster got it wrong when he told me in answer to my question that these technologies could not be used at scale, and were not deployable now.

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23rd January 2026

BTW … Wirral View is the Labour controlled Council’s online rag that it uses for its own publicity purposes and for party political posturing, all in defiance of central government guidelines.

As you can see, interim CEO Matthew Bennett has cast around all over the place looking for someone to blame, but has omitted to mention LOBO loans. These were taken out in the early 2000s during the alleged ‘good times’ and when incompetent Wirral Finance Director Ian Coleman thought it would be a great idea to pay a visit to European banks based in London and saddle Wirral Council with hundreds of millions of pounds worth of LOBO loans, upon which interest payments would need to be made.

And what happened?

Due to Coleman’s gullibilty / incompetence, Wirral Council (and scores of other councils) were soon deceptively stung by these European banks, who simply flicked a switch and raised interest rates to obscene levels after the initial cooling off period.

So the incompetence of a senior finance person at Wirral Council – which Matthew Bennett has carefully omitted to mention above – put us into the dire straits we’ve been occupying for well over a decade, and from which we may never emerge.

Thanks Ian. Thanks Matthew. These loans don’t elapse until the year 2078, so there’s a hell of a lot more money for our grandchildren to stump up.

Matthew can take heart however, because he is being ably assisted by BBC-trained Local Democracy Reporters (Hi, Ed Barnes of the Echo, Globe and Birkenhead News…!!) whom, rather than do their jobs properly, are making no mention whatsoever of such awkward financial shenanigans in their captured pages.

Why would a BBC-trained reporter – with a brief on avoiding public sector scandal – want to tell the Wirral public about how and why their local council is going bankrupt?

Meanwhile, here’s a story today from criminally depraved, former ‘Trinity Mirror’ rag the Liverpool Echo, reassuring us that Matthew Bennett will be getting the old heave ho very soon:

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-council-set-new-236k-33289938

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“Please provide the names of the Trinity Mirror newspaper editors and journalists who were criminally complicit in the hacking of innocent people’s phones and private, personal data”

Tina Weaver, former editor of the Sunday Mirror, was found by a High Court judge to have directly instructed Dan Evans, a key phone hacker, to conduct illegal interceptions and participated in writing stories based on hacked material.  She was arrested in March 2013 and denied knowledge during the Leveson Inquiry, but the judge ruled her evidence was “wrong” and that she had clear knowledge of the hacking operations. 

Richard Wallace, former deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror and later editor of the Daily Mirror, was also found by the judge to have been in the same office as Evans while he hacked phones and made “inaccurate” statements to the Leveson Inquiry.  He was involved in the operations and was later promoted to senior roles in the media industry.

James Scott, then editor of the Sunday People and formerly deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror, was arrested in March 2013 and named 46 times in the unredacted court judgment as being involved in or aware of the hacking.  He was also arrested on suspicion of phone hacking.

Nick Buckley, deputy editor of the Sunday People and former head of news at the Sunday Mirror, was arrested alongside Weaver and Scott and mentioned 30 times in the court judgment as being involved in or aware of the illegal activities. 

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Mark Thomas, former editor of the People and deputy editor of the Sunday Mirror, was arrested in March 2013 and mentioned 19 times in the judgment.  The judge found it “inherently likely” that he knew about the hacking, given the volume of payments and records tied to his tenure. 

Dan Evans, a former journalist for the Sunday Mirror and later the News of the World, was the central figure in the hacking operations.  He pleaded guilty to phone hacking, illegal payments, and perverting the course of justice and provided key evidence against the above executives. 

Despite being arrested and named in court, none of these individuals faced criminal charges due to a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions in December 2015 that there was “insufficient evidence” for a realistic prospect of conviction. 

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“What custodial sentences did they all receive?”

None of the Trinity Mirror editors or journalists received custodial sentences for their involvement in phone hacking. 

While Dan Evans, a central figure in the hacking operations, pleaded guilty to phone hacking, illegal payments, and perverting the course of justice, he received a 10-month suspended sentence and did not serve jail time. 

Editors such as Tina Weaver, Richard Wallace, James Scott, Nick Buckley, and Mark Thomas were arrested and found by a High Court judge to have known about or participated in the illegal activities.  However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) concluded in December 2015 that there was “insufficient evidence” for a realistic prospect of conviction, and no criminal charges were brought against them. 

As a result, no custodial sentences were imposed on any of the individuals involved at Trinity Mirror.

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“Who was the head of the Crown Prosecution Service during this period?”

The head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the 2015 decision on phone hacking prosecutions was Alison Saunders, who served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 2013 to 2018. She announced the decision that there was “insufficient evidence” to bring further charges against journalists or media companies, effectively closing the CPS’s involvement in the investigations.

“Did she find in the same way for any VIP child abuse cases?”

Alison Saunders, as Director of Public Prosecutions, made a controversial decision in 2015 not to prosecute Lord Janner on historical child sex abuse charges, citing that he was unfit to stand trial due to dementia. This decision was overturned by an independent review, making her the first DPP to have a major prosecution decision reversed. A trial of the facts was set to proceed, but Janner died in 2015 before it could take place. This case drew significant criticism and comparisons to her handling of other high-profile investigations, though no other VIP child abuse cases resulted in the same pattern of reversal. Her tenure was marked by scrutiny over prosecution decisions in sensitive abuse cases.

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https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/wallace-murphy-tim

Perhaps Tim Wallace-Murphy’s most controversial work is 2000’s Rex Deus: The True Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau, written with Marilyn Hopkins and Graham Simmans. In it, the authors explore the theory that Jesus Christ did not perish on the cross, but instead lived on to marry and have children with Mary Magdalene, who settled in France after his death. Direct descendants of this bloodline, who are rumored to have kept it pure to the present day, are referred to as Rex Deus, meaning “king God.”

The Rex Deus did not originate with Jesus, the authors suggest, but can be traced further back to the twenty-four high priests of the Temple of Jerusalem. According to the authors, the Rex Deus were forced to keep the “true” teachings of Jesus secret for about two thousand years to avoid being persecuted by the Catholic Church, which desired to propagate its own fabricated version of the truth unhindered. The book explores the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau and the physical and spiritual secrets that may be hidden within the French village. Wallace-Murphy and Marilyn Hopkins took the investigation of the subject further with Custodians of Truth: The Continuance of Rex Deus. One Publishers Weekly contributor felt that the book provides a “readable—if not fervent—overview of this controversial theory.” Dina Komuves, contributor to the Library Journal, wrote that the book offers “more than enough viable detail to poke a few substantial holes into the credibility of strict fundamentalism.”

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