The Government’s insistence that there will not be a public inquiry into 7/7 is not a runner. After the day we often considered an inquiry. I was party to some of those discussions along with senior colleagues from the police and the security and intelligence community.
The rationale for not holding one was the belief that effort and resources would be diverted from the pressing task of dealing with the attacks and solving the crime. At the time I supported the decision but now I feel uncomfortable with it.
Incidents of less gravity have attracted the status of a public inquiry — train crashes, a death in custody and even other terrorist attacks. How can there not be a full, independent public inquiry into the