When is a climb down not a climb down? When it's a consultation.

Do I sense a Government climb down over Bingate? In what has become an issue of electoral importance, the fortnightly collections fiasco may have had an impact on the recent local elections. The Government can pour billions of pounds away on an ineffectual health service or go to war with another country based on lies and mis-information yet still keep the electorate onside; but inconvience our every day lives by not collecting our bins and voters will punish you. And punish those councillors they have. The Telegraph today picks up various councils that have introduced fortnightly collections and their opponants have picked up seats.

This may just be a case of putting two and two together and making any number you wish, but it is enough to have got this out of Ruth "Yvette Cooper is more respected than me and everyone knows it" Kelly - "-Local councils may decide that the weekly bin collection is one aspect of their policy and they may want to introduce other measures to increase the rate of recycling. That is completely their prerogative. But whatever is done should be done in close consultation with local communities.-" Ahhh! The consultation word. So it's not a climb down afterall, just a consultaltion to make us all feel like we played a part on the democratic process. Oh well, better keep those bins in for another week then...