Such is the unease surrounding how this costly "tiara" for the Thames got so far, it is now subject to four official inquiries.
Much of it has been published or leaked since the four official inquiries on whose verdicts the government previously relied, causing a massive gap between public perceptions of the war and the official version of events.
It marks the third of four official inquiries after claims some Muslim groups were attempting to take control of a number of schools in the city.
It prompted three official inquiries in the UK and two in the US into the working practices of climate scientists.
The scandal has sparked a police investigation, two official inquiries and led to the resignation of George Entwistle, Thompson's successor at the BBC, and several other key executives.
Two official inquiries, one into phone hacking, the other, with a wider remit into press ethics, promise uncomfortable headlines for Fleet Street over the coming months.
The decision to launch the two official inquiries is likely to be announced next week, and the precise format, including whether evidence will be taken in public, has yet to be decided.
So far this year, eight official inquiries have been set up to examine the conduct of police and prosecutors after the exposure of a network of police spies in political movements.
Preliminary results suggest that this year's pass rate for Scottish Highers (normally sat by 17-year-olds) is likely to be 70%—just three percentage points higher than in 1989.In the past two years there have been two official inquiries into whether examiners south of the border really have become too generous.
For nearly five years, the millionaire novelist, who has been selected as the Conservative candidate for London's mayor, has refused to answer questions about the Anglia share deal, the subject of two official inquiries by the Department of Trade and Industry.But Lord Archer's new lawyers have now provided an explanation for his conduct.
The terms of the letter, confirmed this week by United News and Media, whose bid for Anglia in January 1994 resulted in the shares soaring, casts a renewed shadow over Lord Archer's political ambitions.The Anglia share deal, the subject of two official inquiries into insider trading, has left in its wake a series of questions that have dogged Lord Archer's political ambitions.
