UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

David Aaronovitch

The child abuse inquiry and the Grenfell investigation are undermined by remarks from those who should know better

Dark Forces eh? True, Professor Alexis Jay, head of the infinite Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, did not actually use this phrase. But, deployed in the headline above an interview she gave at the weekend, it conveyed her meaning. Dark Forces wanted her to fail.

Professor Jay actually told her questioner that “strong vested interests would like to see this inquiry implode”. And she continued: “There are institutions which would prefer to see us fail, because we are such a threat.”

I’d say “dark forces” covers that. Especially since Professor Jay did not offer any suggestion as to who or what these vested interests were, or indeed cite any evidence she had for the claim that they wanted her to fail. I did call…