Over the next few days, many people who would normally trust judges over the public will claim that the public know more than judges. Meanwhile, many people who would normally trust the public over judges will claim that judges know more than the public.

That’s just the way prejudices work.

(oddly, while I’ve heard various polls on the radio and TV – conducted for Sky News and the Evening Standard among others – showing that most Brits believe the Hutton enquiry was a whitewash, I can’t find reference to any on the web – except in a Chinese state newspaper.)