Sketch: Two inquiries for the price of one Miss Cooper joined her. The public and most officers, she said, would be "appalled by these allegations... It should not have taken 19 years for the Lawrence family to have seen some justice for the murder of their son, and they should still not have to fight for answers about the way they were treated and failed so many years ago." Some MPs went further. The allegations were "beyond disgusting," said Jeremy Corbyn (Lab, Islington North). "Grotesquely perverted police priorities... dreadful," said Peter Hain (Lab, Neath). There had been "something rotten at the very heart of policing for so many years," said David Winnick (Lab, Walsall North), citing Hillsborough, the Guildford four and the Birmingham Six. All understandable sentiments. But what was actually to be done? Would there be an independent inquiry, devoted specially to these new allegations? Instead, Mrs May announced that the allegations would be looked at by Mark Ellison QC - who has already been investigating allegations of police corruption - and also by the team behind Operation Herne, which has already been investigating undercover policing at the Met. The two, promised Mrs May, would "work closely together," although she didn't make clear which of them would take the lead. Neville Lawrence, Stephen's father, subsequently said that he found this arrangement "completely unsatisfactory." Miss Cooper said it would have been better to have a single "clear and focused" investigation, but added that she felt Mrs May's idea to be at least an improvement on David Cameron's. Earlier in the day the Prime Minister had called for the Met to be investigated by the Met. Qui custodiet ipsos custodes? Answer: the custodes.