We reported earlier on this blog at the way that an in-depth investigation by the Parliamentary Ombudsman threw out a number of allegations of misconduct by the Home Office made by the by animal rights group Uncaged. RDS is writing shortly to MPs to bring this important report to their attention.

This is all part of a long campaign by Uncaged called ‘Diaries of Despair’. It seems now that Uncaged, which is at the marginal end of rationality, are calling for a ‘commons inquiry’ into the supposed ‘ombudsman whitewash’ as outlined on their website.

Interestingly, Uncaged claims that the Ombudsman’s conclusion suggests that they were prejudiced against them from the start. Uncaged say that the Ombudsman seemed:

‘to view us as ill-informed and naïve campaigners who can’t tell the difference between a critique of vivisection as a whole and a narrower critique of the way regulations are implemented’.

RDS strongly doubt that the Ombudsman had any such preconceptions. It is immediately apparent from the report of the Ombudsman’s investigation that they did a thorough job looking at all of the issues.

Just for the record however, RDS certainly does see Uncaged as ill-informed and naïve. What concerns us even more is the waste of taxpayers money if any more of this daftness and yet more inquiries occur. We hope MPs will take note.