A 78-year old man came to Manchester on Saturday. He brought his hat and some extraordinarily talented friends. Early on in the evening he promised the thousands of paying punters that they would give it their all. He kept that promise, oh my. Three and a half hours later, after a display of stamina that would leave Bruce Springsteen agog, Leonard Cohen finished with Ben E King’s “Save the Last Dance for Me.”

Where am I going with this? Well;
a) Activists could learn from Mr Cohen’s work-rate, humility and precision. And his dress sense.
b) He didn’t sing Democracy.”*

Which is a pity, because I would have had an infinitely less clumsy segue into this;

The Low Carbon Hub (think “Environment Commission only even more laughable) has its next meeting on Friday 6th September. Is it open to the public? Don’t Be Silly – this is Manchester, we do things predictably-behind-closed-doors here.

Papers for the meeting are supposed to be online a week before.

As of Monday 2nd September at 7pm they are not up. #democracyfail, and not for the first time.

* Sadly, in the one and only disappointment of the whole brilliant show he butchered – butchered I tell you – “Everybody Knows.”