Cancellation & Delays - Your Rights

[Shaun&Caro]

On Sunday 25th we returned to the UK from Palma. It was the scheduled 22:15pm depature. We were texted in advance by Easyjet that there would be a delay, and to turn up as usual.
The check in staff told us it was because of a fault on an earlier plane (broken overhead baggage cabin), which led to it being taken out of service. The staff at the gate told us it was a technical fault but they did not have further details.
The delay ended up being the best part of four hours
Easyjet's response to my EC261 compensation claim: bad weather out of our control, so nada. This was the first mention of bad weather after 6 hours at Palma airport.
Maybe I am being cynical but bad weather seems like an easy get out clause.....