Compare and Contrast


I think Private Eye hits the nail on the head with its Number Crunching comparison of various public inquiries - which have reported in recent times.

NUMBER CRUNCHING - Special

Since the setting-up of the Francis Inquiry into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust which killed up to 1,200 people there have been:

0 police inquiries, arrests, criminal charges or convictions

0 job losses

Since the setting-up of the Saville Inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings which killed 13 people, there have been:

1 police inquiry

0 arrests, criminal charges or convictions

Since the setting-up of the Leveson Inquiry into the scandal at News of the World and the wider "cultures, practices and ethics of the press", there have been: 

3 police inquiries

113 arrests

15 sets of criminal charges against journalists, their staff and partners

4 public officials convicted and jailed for their contact with journalists

135 journalists made redundant due to the closure of the News of the World 

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