Lord Butler is also well known for the investigations he carried out into allegations against Jonathan Aitken and Neil Hamilton. He gave them a clean bill of health. Subsequently this was generally agreed to have been a serious misjudgement on his part - but it was politically convenient at the time for the Government of the day.

This will obviously be another non-holds barred, searching, inquiry, which will fearlessly expose any kind of dodgy business, without fear nor favour...

I think it's time they ran "Yes Prime Minister" on TV agasin.