At Cif, Hugh Muir has summed up the tragi-comic predicament of Sir Ian Blair:
Here is a commissioner with many of the right instincts beset by never-ending controversy – de Menezes, a corruption inquiry, high-profile gun and knife crime – now facing what looks like mutiny from his own senior colleagues – many of them the very cadre of minority officers that he professed a desire to help.
And with the De Menezes coroner's inquest starting tomorrow, the Sindie reckons this is the worst crisis the Met has faced since the Stephen Lawrence murder. It reports ominous quotes from the MPA's Peter Herbert and Len Duvall, both past supporters of Sir Ian, and hints that Brian Paddick is likely to give evidence. Yes, that all sounds like a crisis, especially if you're the Commissioner.
