Peter Eaton of the Mortlake Brewery Community Group will not now be giving evidence today. The venue booking was only until 430pm. So no late night sitting.

You might think that Counsels’ estimates for cross-examination were wildly out. The Inspector just asked Counsel for the local authority how long he thought he had just taken. He said 45 minutes. The Programme Manager stated that he had taken 70 minutes. And he is still going……

One of the interesting issues which has arisen is, assuming the Inspector’s decision is published before the DfE decides whether to continue to fund the 1200 pupil secondary school, what weight the DfE should give to the judicial decision. An eternal political / judicial decision.

At present if, as seems very likely, the Inquiry continues until next Thursday, the larger Clarendon Hall will not be available, and the Inquiry will have to sit in the smaller Council Chamber. Let’s crowd it out!!