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Politicians Are Criminals: Come Clean Chris says vivienne westwood

27/6/2015

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On Tuesday 23rd June 2015, Vivienne Westwood accompanied Talk Fracking to the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Keynote Seminar on “Shale gas in the UK: regulation, addressing challenges, and energy security”, at Glaziers Hall, London
We wrote to Chris Smith three months ago asking that he honour his promise of transparency by publishing details of all communications and correspondence from initial meetings with any PR companies, prior to and since the establishment of the Task Force on Shale Gas. Chris and the Task Force failed to respond to our letter, so for three hours, we waited for him to turn up at Glaziers Hall for a face-to-face chat.
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We were joined by Kye Gbangbola, the father of Zane Gbangbola, a seven-year-old boy who was tragically killed 16 months ago during floods in Surrey that caused toxic gases from a nearby landfill site to consume their home. Both Kye and Zane suffered cardiac arrest. Zane died later in hospital, while his father Kye remains paralysed from the waist down. At the time of this incident, Chris Smith was Chair of the Environment Agency but he failed to investigate the shady circumstances surrounding Zane’s death.  Meanwhile, there is evidence that the Environment Agency were fully aware of the toxic landfill and had protected their own neighbouring property with a gas proof membrane.

Kye told us, “We are begging for answers and transparency about the death of our son. 16 months since Zane’s death, we still have no death certificate, just walls of silence from the authorities. We hope to ask Lord Smith why our beautiful boy had to die through the failure of those whose duty it was to protect him?  It’s time for the truth to be revealed and for Chris Smith to come clean about what he knows about the circumstances surrounding Zane’s death.”  Last week, Russell Brand came out in support of the ‘Truth About Zane’ campaign in the latest episode of his web series “The Trews”.

Talk Fracking collaborated with Vivienne Westwood’s Climate Revolution for their “Politicians Are Criminals” campaign, and we accused Lord Chris Smith of being guilty of the following criminal charges:

1. Corporate Manslaughter: Whilst head of the Environment Agency, willful failure to comply with the law and test land suspected as being contaminated, leading to the death of 7-year-old Zane Gbangbola.

2. Recklessly Causing Harm: He mis-directed the public with regard to a major hazardous incident that paralyzed Kye Gbangbola.

3. Breach of Duty of Care: He failed to tell the British public the truth about landfill or fulfill his required duty of care, covering up the truth about Zane’s death and failing to protect the local community in Thameside, Surrey from the dangers of poisonous landfill.

4. Conspiracy: Collusion with the fracking industry to water down environmental regulation. He neglected his responsibility to protect the environment when agreeing to intervene with Lancashire County Council over Cuadrilla’s planning permission and conspired to halve the consultation time for a fracking waste permit.

5. Deception & Fraud: Leading the Task Force on Shale Gas, an industry funded PR exercise, to mislead the public about the detrimental dangers of fracking, including cancer and birth defects.

By running away, Chris Smith is doing his very best to evade our line of enquiry and these very serious allegations of deception, but the British public deserve answers and we won’t just go away. Lord Smith is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and his The Task Force on Shale Gas is nothing more than an industry funded ‘astroturf’ PR exercise, masterminded by Edelman PR. Founder of Talk Fracking , Joseph Corre said “make no mistake, this man is guilty of fraud. There’s no independence here. It’s a PR ruse.”

Vivienne Westwood added, “This is the man, as Chair of the Environment Agency, that failed to investigate the shady circumstances surrounding the death of 7-year-old Zane. Chris Smith has convinced the government to rely on the findings of so-called independent reports into fracking, funded by the fracking industry.”

Please sign this petition to help Zane’s grieving parents get justice for the death of their son: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/call-for-a-public-debate-into-the-death-of-7-year-old-zane

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Russell Brand supports TruthaboutZane

20/6/2015

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Russell Brand The Trews Published on 19 Jun 2015
In this episode of The Trews I discuss the the reality of human nature, the Truth About Zane campaign and review the Nightcrawler film.
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Zane Gbangbola's priest claims landfill sites and floodwater are 'ticking time bomb'

18/6/2015

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Rev Laurence Gamlen of Holy Trinity Church in Lyne has urged authorities to investigate landfill sites across Britain.  By matt strudwick @GetSurrey
Landfill sites and flood water represents a ‘ticking time bomb’ to people living in Britain, a priest has said.

Rev Laurence Gamlen made the claims in a three minute video released by the family of seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola, who was killed on February 8 last year when flood water entered the basement of his Chertsey home.

Zane’s parents, Kye Gbangbola and Nicole Lawler, have always maintained he was killed by hydrogen cyanide poisoning – released through water which they believe had been contaminated by a former landfill site behind their Thameside home.

Rev Gamlen, of Holy Trinity Church in Lyne, where Zane was a member, has urged authorities to investigate landfill sites across Britain.

“The horrifying thing is, what happened to Zane can happen to any one of us,” he said.

“Eighty per cent of people live within 2km of landfill sites. This isn’t just a problem for them, or people here, it’s a problem for everyone everywhere within the UK. Landfill and flood water represent a ticking time bomb to the people of the UK.”

The poignant three minute video also features Zane’s father, Kye, as well as his eight-year-old friend, Dylan.

In the video, Kye is seen holding back tears as he pleads for answers and for a truthful and honest investigation into the death of his son.

He said: “Last year, on February 8, when the country was in flood, our basement was flooded and the fire brigade found a poisonous substance had infused our home.

“Unknown to us, flood water had passed through an unregulated landfill substance, which was found to be hydrogen cyanide. I was resuscitated and woke up in hospital to find my beautiful seven-year-old son, Zane – who I kissed and settled with mummy – had died.

“It was later deemed that I was paraplegic due to hydrogen cyanide poisoning.

“Zane does not have a death certificate or a cause of death, even though he was less than three metres from me.”

A petition calling for a public debate into his death, dismissed by Spelthorne Borough Council last December so as not to inference an upcoming inquest, has so far amassed more than 20,000 signatures.

A pre inquest review into Zane’s death is set to be heard on July 3 at Woking Coroner’s Court.

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Zane's shooting star 8th February 2015

2/6/2015

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Zane's Shooting Star 8th February 2015 - As hundreds join Zane's grieving parents to send a loving message to Zane and pay tribute to a very special little boy, see the message they receive back as they let off the last lantern, a shooting star streaks through the sky. Many people were able to see this first hand and thankfully one captured this amazing event on camera. Please watch very carefully 2 minutes in.   
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