Footnote Dept., You Can't Fool All the People All the Time Div.

Reuters reported on Thursday that in a national opinion poll in the UK:

- Half of the people believe the Hutton inquiry was a whitewash (49%-40%).
- Seven out of 10 said there should be an independent inquiry into the reasons the government gave for the war.
- A third said they were now less likely to vote for Blair, compared to three percent who said it was more likely.
- 56% said it was unfair the BBC received most of the blame (56%-35%).
- Half said they were unconvinced by Hutton's verdict that the government had not acted in a "dishonourable or duplicitous" manner (50%-36%)