Anyone who might have been tempted to believe that the climate crisis is at the heart of everything Exeter City Council does (as it repeatedly claims) need look no further than its response to the consultation on the Devon climate assembly’s output report for clarification.
It would be too much here to point its many faults, omissions and misunderstandings, not to mention the grammatical errors which confirm that it was cobbled together at the last minute, but it should not escape notice that the council only deigned to share it with its executive committee a month after it had been submitted.
The council said its response was discussed with council leader Phil Bialyk, Net Zero Exeter portfolio holder Rachel Sutton and strategic scrutiny committee chair Barbara Denning. No worries, in that case.
