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Home Office’s chaotic approach to abuse inquiry marks an early start to the pantomime season… probably Snow White and the Seven Drafts

By Keith Vaz For The Mail On Sunday

Fiona Woolf’s resignation on Friday was more a reflection on the chaotic appointment process than her own integrity or judgement.

The Home Office failed miserably to perform the basic tasks of due diligence; to check carefully and check again the history of her knowledge of, and association with, key individuals whose names have been associated with the inquiry.

It was history repeating itself, not years, but weeks after the resignation of Lady Butler-Sloss.

Many factors in Mrs Woolf’s suitability for the post could have been ascertained earlier. Her role as Lord Mayor of London meant she could not start work until mid-November; her knowledge of child abuse issues is negligible; she had also not…