It’s the new ‘chief minister’ who has to prove himself

THE row between Brecqhou and Sark’s establishment escalated yesterday.

Kevin Delaney, who runs Sark Estate Management for Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, hit back at comments made by Sark’s new ‘chief minister’ that questioned the value of the Brecqhou owners’ investment in the island.

General Purposes and Advisory Committee chairman Charles Maitland said last week that the Barclays should have used their money for the benefit of the island instead of spending it on legal battles.

He also questioned what all the development projects funded by them were achieving ‘apart from increasing traffic’ and added the Brecqhou owners had ‘a lot to prove’.

Sark Estate Management published its new newsletter yesterday.

In it Mr Delaney said it was clear to ‘any fair-minded person’ what the development projects had achieved.

And he said it was Mr Maitland ‘as a virtual newcomer’ who needed to prove himself to Sark - not the Brecqhou owners (from thisisguernsey)