Although last week's announcement stated that a review of the recent East Coast floods was chosen over an enquiry because the latter would take too long - that is not the real reason for the choice.
From government’s point of view, enquires have an unfortunate habit of getting to the truth. And this one, should it be agreed to, has the potential to be politically damaging to an administration that has quite a lot of egg on its face after an event that exposed policies that have contributed to a nation wide problem.
