The difference between democracy and a wet haddock. That and other observations. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The judge appointed to lead the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has promised to leave no Stone Unturned as he tries to get to the truth of what happened. Sir martin moore bick, a retired appeal courtjudge, has been asked by the Prime Minister to produce an interim report as early as possible. But sir martin has said he is doubtful the process will be as wide ranging as some residents hope. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. A coucil in turmoil. Our reputation is absolutely in the gutter. Kensington and chelsea was forced to abandon a meeting this evening, when journalists were allowed in. Councillors decided they werent prepared to speak freely, their lawyers had warned it could even interfere with the coming public inquiry. An inquiry which will be led by a seniorjudge. His background already scrutinised by the government, today he faced the m
The difference between democracy and a wet haddock. That and other observations. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The judge appointed to lead the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has promised to leave no Stone Unturned as he tries to get to the truth of what happened. Sir martin moore bick, a retired appeal courtjudge, has been asked by the Prime Minister to produce an interim report as early as possible. But sir martin has said he is doubtful the process will be as wide ranging as some residents hope. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. A coucil in turmoil. Our reputation is absolutely in the gutter. Kensington and chelsea was forced to abandon a meeting this evening, when journalists were allowed in. Councillors decided they werent prepared to speak freely, their lawyers had warned it could even interfere with the coming public inquiry. An inquiry which will be led by a seniorjudge. His background already scrutinised by the government, today he faced the m
The difference between democracy and a wet haddock. That and other observations. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The judge appointed to lead the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has promised to leave no Stone Unturned as he tries to get to the truth of what happened. Sir martin moore bick, a retired appeal courtjudge, has been asked by the Prime Minister to produce an interim report as early as possible. But sir martin has said he is doubtful the process will be as wide ranging as some residents hope. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. A coucil in turmoil. Our reputation is absolutely in the gutter. Kensington and chelsea was forced to abandon a meeting this evening, when journalists were allowed in. Councillors decided they werent prepared to speak freely, their lawyers had warned it could even interfere with the coming public inquiry. An inquiry which will be led by a seniorjudge. His background already scrutinised by the government, today he faced the m
The difference between democracy and a wet haddock. That and other observations. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The judge appointed to lead the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy has promised to leave no Stone Unturned as he tries to get to the truth of what happened. Sir martin moore bick, a retired appeal courtjudge, has been asked by the Prime Minister to produce an interim report as early as possible. But sir martin has said he is doubtful the process will be as wide ranging as some residents hope. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds reports. A coucil in turmoil. Our reputation is absolutely in the gutter. Kensington and chelsea was forced to abandon a meeting this evening, when journalists were allowed in. Councillors decided they werent prepared to speak freely, their lawyers had warned it could even interfere with the coming public inquiry. An inquiry which will be led by a seniorjudge. His background already scrutinised by the government, today he faced the m
Everybody thinks we need to learn the lessons from the Grenfell Tower fire. And responsibility for drawing up the right lessons rests primarily on the shoulders of one man sir Martin Moore Bick, a 70 year old former commercial lawyer and appeal courtjudge. He went to the site of the fire today and met residents, which sounds fine. But and its a big one he then downplayed expectations of what his inquiry might cover and how quickly it could report. Now, im well aware that the residents and the local people want a much broader investigation and i can fully understand why they would want that. Whether my inquiry is the right way in which to achieve that im more doubtful, and ill give that some thought and in due course make a recommendation, but there may be other ways in which that desire for an investigation can be satisfied otherwise than through the work im going to do. Well, after the inadequacy of the early response to the fire, and the problems in the child abuse inquiry, it is goi