Good to see the government has learned some lessons in media management from the Hutton inquiry for today's start of the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. Monkey's Guardian colleague Andrew Sparrow, who is live blogging the opening day, reports that there are only a handful of seats for hacks in the inquiry room itself, plus an overflow room next door where another 80 can watch a live feed. Result – a lot of angry journos who can't get in. Monkey recalls an almost identical situation on the first day of the Hutton inquiry back in August 2003. For Hutton this was fixed within a few days by putting up a marquee in one of the courtyards at the Royal Courts of Justice. Will Chilcot be forced to go for the marquee option as well to satisfy media demand?
