Dal Babu, who was one of UK’s most senior British-Asian officers, regrets taking part in racial disparity report

A former senior Scotland Yard officer has spoken of his regret at taking part in “Fawlty Towers-like ” consultations for a report into race disparity commissioned by No 10, as others continued to distance themselves from it.

Dal Babu told of “shambolic” discussions and said it was clear that other participants were “generally from the right of politics” and came at it almost as if they had a pre-prepared answer for an exam question.

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