'We have been co-operating with the Met police since November 30 in an effort to protect the public and prevent further bomb attacks,' he said.

Note that he says the Met police spent a lot of Tuesday rounding up gang leaders.

Why does the Boris funded Met police not get into uniform instead of doing desk jobs ?

The Met police, in seeking to make up for its previous failings, launched three separate inquiries.

The answer is that far too much embarrassing information about MI5 and the Met police would come out in court.

Condon's initiatives all but closed down communication between Met police and the news media.

It should also be reiterated that the Met police welcome the report:

No one resigned over that, though perhaps they should have done - the commissioner of the Met police perhaps, in protest.

The Met police put in place to police the march estimated to have drawn a crowd at least 20,000-strong.

Weaver refers again to the "News International situation", meaning the controversy over that company's links with the Met police.