The decision to use a prominent building in Brighton as a parking shop was taken by the Cabinet of the city council.

But now, only a few weeks later, it has been overturned by a meeting of the council's ruling Labour group.

The group is probably right and it is daft to have a parking shop in this council-owned building in a pedestrian precinct when a neighbouring restaurant is prepared to pay good money for it as an extension.

But the more significant and important point is exactly where decisions are made under the experimental system of leader and Cabinet, which has now been running for the best part of two years.

Shouldn't Labour councillors be meeting before the event rather than trying to reverse Cabinet decisions when they've already, rightly or wrongly, been made?

And shouldn't the citizens of Brighton and Hove, who elected the councillors involved, have some sight of what's going on instead of having decisions made in private?

Not for the first time, this debacle shows that the current Cabinet system is not working to everyone's satisfaction.

It might be that the old committee system, which many councillors hope can be revived, could have handled this better.

But it's more likely that an elected mayor, who Brighton and Hove may choose next year, would have the wit and wisdom to make the right decision in the first place.