In what sense were they the county's slots? BA made a no brainer commercial decision to swap a DHC7 slot to Cornwall for a twinjet slot to Europe. No laws were broken, and those Brymon slots were not ring fenced.
It's all part of a lack of a coherent strategic policy where we might have a third runway WITH ring fenced slots for NQY, INV, IOM, JER, GCI and share some of the wealth London enjoys by having a world hub. Sorry that's just madness I know....