A national disgrace of epic proportions, It must have cost millions so some people will have done very nicely out of it all. As far as I am concerned, any politician or local authority official including or rather especially Starmer (what with his legal background) that interfered in this matter have shown what disgusting characters they really are , hardly fit to govern others, and should at least be banned from politics and or public office for life and in many cases should face criminal charges
The police are hardly blameless either, but to a large degree their hands were tied, as they have their policies on matters like this dictated by politicians at both local and national level which is just plane wrong