NOTHING TO SAY ?..
Some months ago now, Prime Minister Dave Cameron said that he expected the long awaited report of the Chilcot Inquiry to be published "before the end of the year." That was in May and now there are only four weeks left of the Parliamentary Year, so the prospect of Cameron`s expectation being fulfilled looks decidedly unlikely.
I think it was in July that letters were sent to the main participants in the Inquiry setting out detailed conclusions and, by law, anyone who faces criticism in a public inquiry must be warned as such and given the opportunity to challenge any negative findings. Our old friend, Tony Blair, is possibly among those to whom such letters are believed to have been sent.
All of this process leads to yet more delay in the report`s publication and, as well as Parliamentary time running out, some members of the Houses of Parliament are now seriously suggesting that it would not be right for the report to be published before next May`s General Election. Words like felony and compounded spring to mind.
It`s reported that a spokesman for the Chilcot Inquiry has declined to comment on the current state of affairs; a spokesman for Tony Blair`s Office has gone on record as saying, "No comment;" and Jack Straw, another thought to have received a letter from the Inquiry, could not be reached for comment.
It all comes as nothing of a surprise and seems as though too many people have nothing to say about this festering sore, which will only heal once the report is finally published, although I`m beginning to doubt whether that will be in my lifetime.
I think it was in July that letters were sent to the main participants in the Inquiry setting out detailed conclusions and, by law, anyone who faces criticism in a public inquiry must be warned as such and given the opportunity to challenge any negative findings. Our old friend, Tony Blair, is possibly among those to whom such letters are believed to have been sent.
All of this process leads to yet more delay in the report`s publication and, as well as Parliamentary time running out, some members of the Houses of Parliament are now seriously suggesting that it would not be right for the report to be published before next May`s General Election. Words like felony and compounded spring to mind.
It`s reported that a spokesman for the Chilcot Inquiry has declined to comment on the current state of affairs; a spokesman for Tony Blair`s Office has gone on record as saying, "No comment;" and Jack Straw, another thought to have received a letter from the Inquiry, could not be reached for comment.
It all comes as nothing of a surprise and seems as though too many people have nothing to say about this festering sore, which will only heal once the report is finally published, although I`m beginning to doubt whether that will be in my lifetime.
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