Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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- Manchester Council won’t even say “no, we’re not looking again at that ‘independent’ panel that cut Lib Dem funding” Alternative title – “‘Fiona Ledden?’ Nobody here by that name…”
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Category Archives: Democratic deficit
#Manchester Council’s extraordinary and humiliating failure of #climate scrutiny
Manchester City Council has refused to answer basic questions about when councillors became aware that quarterly climate reports had been unilaterally abolished. Two weeks after all councillors on the Neighbourhood and Environment Scrutiny Committee (NESC) were sent a short specific … Continue reading
Going through the “democratic” motions: a complaint about #Manchester Labour and #climate inaction
UPDATE: The email I went to for complaints was only for officers’ behaviour. It turns out you have to go here, download a pdf, fill it in (if you have the software to do that – elsewise presumably you have … Continue reading
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Open letter to #Manchester councilors on abolished quarterly #climate “action” reports
Dear Councillor, I am writing to you because you are a member of the Neighbourhoods and Environment Scrutiny Committee, which is supposed to keep the Executive and the officers on their toes about well, lots of things. My particular questions … Continue reading
Event: Public Square – looking to improve local democracy #Manchester 19th November
From here (where you can also register to attend) Care about improving local democracy, citizen participation, and how decisions are made by local government? Do you have insights into what is already working well, or what the challenges are? Then … Continue reading
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How do we honour Jo Cox in Manchester?
Last Friday, in Chorlton, Jeff Smith MP, gave a short and from-the-heart speech about the assassinated MP, Jo Cox. About 40 people were present (a presumably much bigger gathering was held in Piccadilly Gardens an hour later). The event was … Continue reading
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Manchester City Council and its #climate silence – “Scrutiny” Week June 2016
Why doesn’t Manchester City Council put all its scrutiny committee meeting agendas on one web-page? Is it just their usual incompetence and indolence, or are they trying to make it that leeeetle bit harder for citizens to know what is … Continue reading
#Manchester Ward Plans not available, no actual #climate angle
Manchester City Council has not produced ‘ward plans’ for the 32 wards of the City. These ward plans do not contain local SMART objectives around climate change. There is not and will not be one central page where you can … Continue reading
#Manchester Council; environment blog would be too political
Manchester City Council has finally – after breaking the law – released correspondence from 2014 and 2015 between the politician who promised the public in early 2014 that she would start a blog and the officers who said ‘not here … Continue reading
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#Manchester City Council breaks law over Environment Executive’s blog
Manchester City Council’s Executive Member for the Environment, Kate Chappell, promised to set up a blog, over two years ago. She never kept that promise. Now, the City Council is refusing to even respond to a Freedom of Information Act … Continue reading
Scrutiny Week – May 2016. #Manchester Council and its #climate silence
Why doesn’t Manchester City Council put all its scrutiny committee meeting agendas on one web-page? Is it just their usual incompetence and indolence, or are they trying to make it that leeeetle bit harder for citizens to know what is … Continue reading
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