NO matter that its contrition is convoluted, the decision of Blackburn with Darwen ruling Labour group to hold future meetings of the Executive Board -- the cabinet of eight "super councillors" set to run the Council in secret -- in public is right and welcome.

The group speaks of a basic misconception of how the new political structures would operate and of having to accept some responsibility for a lack of clarity on the subject.

This is a roundabout way of saying: "Sorry, we got it wrong."

We told them it was wrong to duck accountability to the people who elect them. And, more importantly, so did the voters last month.

Apology accepted.