Public enquiries, why?

[R1Geezer]

Why do people demand a public enquiry at the drop of a hat? When they do have one it cost zillions and they always find out it's no ones fault especially the government. FFS what more is here to rake over with the gulf war? It's just a lawyers field day. Surely there are more pressing problems to deal with.

[Gromit]

Well, hundreds of young soldiers died in Iraq and it cost triilions and it doesn't seem to have ahieved anything.

Maybe a public enquiry, rather than blaming anyone in particular, might just find out what went wrong so we don't make the same c0ck of it next time.

[HARPY]

I think we should have a public enquiry into why we have so many public enquiries .

[ludwig]

As you say, it will turn out to be nobody's fault, but alot of recommendations will be made.
When the same thing happens again there'll be another enquiry at which it will be agreed that one of the reasons it happened again is because no-one took any notice of the recommendations that were made at the previous enquiry. Again that will be nobody'e fault because they were only recommendations and no-one was actually obliged to do anything.

[R1Geezer]

Yes Gromit but what will raking over it acheive, I can write what happenned in a short paragraph:

Nasty bloke pi55ed of Bush senior, Bush junior needed to sort it, Tony Blair hung on to coat tails, using threat of WMD, to get support. WMD's not found, nasty bloke gone anyway, new governemnet installed, indiginous population now waiting for allies to go home so they can have a civil war.

[PeteHull]

They died because they went to war... that is what soldiers, sailors and airforcemen do.

One way to avoid having public enquiries would be to ban all wars, dispand the forces thruout the world and for everyone to get some sense.

Pete

[jake-the-peg]

Do we need a public enquiry on disappearing threads do you think?

[Gromit]

In an ideal world, those culpable for leading us into disasterous wars, for shooting innocent members of the public on the tube, or in charge of a football match where 96 people died, would do the honourable thing and resign.

But now there are so many chiefs, managers and middle managers, that each cling on to their jobs, blame each other and nothing changes to stop it happening again.

[rov1200]

If the decision to go to war in Iraq was decided in secret by a cabal of Tony's cronies what hope is there of discovering the truth. Maybe if they were locked up in Abi Grabe for a week something may come of it but the lies,lies and more lies just clouds the situation.

[jake-the-peg]

a cabal of Tony's cronies

Oh you mean the cabinet

That's how government works, the prime-minister selects advisors and makes decisions.

Or do you think we should have had a referendum?

I seem to remember there was even a vote in the house of commons.

I don't recall a vote on the Falklands.

Perhaps Tony was a more democratic leader than Maggie? What do you think?

[ludwig]

Can Jake get a geezer badge for mentioning Thatcher?

[R1Geezer]

yep that's a definate Blue Geezer Badge, right there!