I suspect the flak the Met are getting from other sources due to their involvement in the Murdoch media empire's various scandals means they don't want to give excuses for more people to go after them.
Interesting point: many in the police force, especially higher up, are Freemasons, as are more than a few judges. Because of perceived corruption and old boy networks in regards to that, Lodge membership has to be declared now as a potential conflict of interest when it comes to investigating police officers. Not that I think Freemasons are necessarily TeH eViL or secretly manipulating global politics or anything like that...but secret fraternities within the police and intelligence services except in times of great national danger are usually a very bad sign, and almost invariably lead to corruption, regardless of intent.
