Category Archives: Democratic deficit

Lack of transparency, honesty, trust etc.

Upcoming Event: #Manchester “Steering” “Group” – ‘”Work” in “Progress”‘ networker Weds 5 March #ironictitles

Posted on February 19, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Of course, the first date in your diary should be Tuesday 25th February from 6.30pm onwards for “Climate Action in Manchester – where next?” at the Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St (behind the Central Library). You will leave this … Continue reading →

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Ed Miliband on #climate change. Hero or zero or just bumbling through like the rest of us?

Posted on February 16, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party and perhaps in 16 months the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has made a series of sensible points in an interview with the Observer newspaper. He of course uses the “national security” … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council talks #climate while wasting energy – photo to prove it

Posted on February 14, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council’s Executive met to rubber stamp its latest budget – and its climate change “plan” – on Wednesday. Meanwhile a space heater was blazing away in the empty room that they had said they were going to use, … Continue reading →

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Venture capitalists expect transparency. Surely #Manchester City Council could provide the same?

Posted on February 11, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

At last week’s Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Committee meeting there was a (metaphorically) mumbled admission that the “20% carbon reduction by 2014” target was going to be missed by at least 7%.  This despite the fact that as recently as July 2013 … Continue reading →

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Floods of articles about Flooding, or “Mine’s a pint of Cobra, Dave” #Manchester #UselessTories

Posted on February 8, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Well, there probably are. I’m too busy making silly videos about Manchester Town Hall Extension’s lighting problem, and working at the Moss Side Community Allotment (and then making reasonably fun videos with the wonderful Hayley Spann) to have actually read … Continue reading →

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#Manchester #climate letter in MEN and 3 simple actions for you to take

Posted on February 6, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Letter appeared Weds 5th February 2014 Watch the already well-watched video version here. FIRST  Sign the open letter (the shortest version of it is to the right. The full version, with explanations, is here)  and encourage your friends, family and … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Council goes at #carbon literacy with all… lights… blazing. #epicfail

Posted on February 5, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Well, what’s the worth of 500 employees being carbon literate if… Someone recently left a comment that I’ve cherished ever since, comparing me to Woodward and Bernstein. Well, here’s another fine investigation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaign Update, Democratic deficit, Energy, humour, Manchester City Council, Mitigation, Polar Bear Facepalm, youtubes | 5 Comments

#Manchester City Council going backwards on #climate, councillors kept in the dark…

Posted on February 2, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Councillors are, with a few notable exceptions, hard-working and concerned individuals.  Most of them spend a lot of their time and energy trying to help Mancunians who are facing all sorts of problems with the benefits system, or planning problems, … Continue reading →

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#Manchester City Council Scrutiny Week February 2014 #democracyfail

Posted on January 30, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Manchester City Council would never ever do something as straightforward as collate the agendas of the upcoming scrutiny committee meetings all in one place. It might encourage interested parties to turn up, and then where would they be? ‘#democracyfail. If … Continue reading →

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Open letter to #Manchester City Council on its #climate plans, offering concrete ideas and help

Posted on January 29, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Climate change is a major threat to the health and prosperity of the people of Manchester, over and above the hardship so many are experiencing already. When the City Council’s Executive next meets on Weds 12th February (10am, Manchester Town … Continue reading →

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