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@KeepTakingTheSoma @ForBritain https://thecritic.co.uk/no-more-bloody-inquiries/

Why would anyone imagine that a comprehensive inquiry, involving thousands of victims and dozens of gangs, would ever be able to “report quickly”? Even were the inquiry to start off with a small remit, it would rapidly grow. “Interested parties” would come in, each with a really good case for being included, each with a team of lawyers to ensure their perspective was represented. Anyone who thinks this would take less than five years is frankly deluded.

Real inquiry fans know that one of the longest-running is the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. It was established in 2015, with instructions to report by 2019. It is still going, having cost £88 million, and seen six Conservative leaders. It has yet to publish any recommendations. Won’t someone think of the children?