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Sometime after 11pm last night the Rev Jim Benton-Evans, vicar of Camelford, sent me this email. He's clearly not happy:

There was considerable anger tonight at the meeting between representatives of Cornwall Council, including Joan Symons, Portfolio Holder for Leisure and the Camelford community, when it became clear that the much-vaunted "full funding for twelve months" for Camelford Leisure Centre promised by Cllr Symons and the Leader of the Council to head off certain defeat in last Thursday's Scrutiny Committee was in fact less than 45% of the sum needed. All three ward members - along with representatives from local schools, the town council and community groups expressed their disappointment and reaffirmed their commitment to
fight both financially and politically to save the Leisure Centre. Members of the campaign have worked extremely hard to put together a realistic and considered process that could deliver a sustainable and transformed facility. All that is required of Cornwall Council is the reciprocal level of commitment to enabling a transition to a genuinely localist solution and community ownership. It is extremely disappointing that the Council seem to be promising one thing in the Committee Room and another thing entirely when we get down to brass tacks. It is hard to think of another organisation who understands "substantial" to mean "less than 45%".