Don't be sily. If the inspectors were ineffective, how come they got it right? They said there were no WMD left in Iraq, and there were none. Odd definition of ineffective. The word you are looking for is "inconvenient". They were reporting things that Bush did not want to hear because it buggered up his plans for Iraq. I would remind you that Labour lost the trust of this country because of its behaviour on this issue, and that even Keith Bradley voted against it. If a law does not work properly, OK, change it. We didn't change it, we broke it, because it didnt suit us.