IBRC investigation extended - Promise on transparencysadly broken

AS exercises in optimism go, the decision – inevitably over-ridden – that an accountancy firm centrally involved in the Siteserv deal — KPMG — should lead an inquiry into that sale was on a par with one of Sepp Blatter’s move-along, nothing-to-see-here fantasies. 

It is hard to think that, just like Mr Blatter protesting his innocence, those announcing details of the investigation could do so with a straight face.

It was so very out of kilter with due, credible process, that even if the politicians involved in establishing it could not see how very inappropriate the arrangement was, then KPMG should have immediately distanced themselves from a process as riddled with conflicting interests as a Fifa World Cup vote.