Much as I pains me to say it, I don't think it matters that Gordon has chosen to hold this inquiry behind closed doors.
My reason for saying that is the Inquiries Act 2005.
This piece of legislation was enacted (by shear coincidence of course...) one month before the 7th July bombings in London.
It has been pretty much ignored by the media but has been vilified by independent organisations and individuals as being a tool by which the government can control any inquiry.
For example, Amnesty International has said, �... any inquiry would be controlled by the executive which is empowered to block public scrutiny of state actions.� and has asked members of the British judiciary not to serve on any inquiry held under the Act.
The Candian Judge, Peter Cory, has said, �... it seems to me that the proposed new Act would make a meaningful inquiry impossible... the Minister, the actions of whose ministry was to be reviewed by the public inquiry would have the authority to thwart the efforts of the inquiry at every step. It really creates an intolerable Alice in Wonderland situation...�
I think the sad fact is that even if this inquiry was a 'Public Inquiry' we would never really get to the truth because of this Act.
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