Pat Gardiner wrote:

The whole thing needs a thorough investigation, not covering up, merely
because Britain has cocked up yet another animal health problem through
civil sevice corruption.


I do think you should say incompetence rather than corruption. You
might even find people round here start agreeing with you. If you make
charges of corruption you should actually be able to produce documented
evidence of people receiving bribes, or equivalent, that would stand up
in court. Otherwise you are yourself open to charges of slander. Unless
you have a solicitor's opinion that your evidence is solid, you should
reduce your accusations to a level that people can take seriously,
otherwise you are merely inviting the sort of treatment you often get
round here.