Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
Clive Summerfield wrote:

Unless Hutton gets in the way I suspect - Heads are rolling as I
type.....


Pity it's the wrong ones......


Seemed like the sadly inevitable conclusion from the day the inquiry was
announced.


But all these sort of enquiries find the government of the day blameless.
Profumo, anyone?



Indeed. The whole raison d'etre of a publicenquiry is to

(a) put the whole thing sub judoce and avoid discussing it

(b) use it to shut up people who demand an explanaton.

(c) use it to find the minimal scapegoat who can be scarfificed to
preserve your position. If ou can 'subcosnciously affect theLord who is
presiding over it by hinting at knighthopods witheld or granted, you can
een use it to scalp a fe2w enemies as well.

Make sure of course that when the real issue is about whether or not you
had sex with a dossier, the enquiry is defined as whether the dossier
became pregnant with your child, which since you just wanked over it, is
a sure fire bet.