When The Queen failed to return from her holiday at Balmoral and refused to fly the Union flag at half mast over Buckingham Palace in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, she was seen as cold, distant and aloof. There was a feeling that she had misjudged the mood of the nation.
The National Federation of Demolition Contractors’ failure to act in the aftermath of the CMA scandal now sees it cast in a similar light.