I've just finished reading Eamon McCann's new book, The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, on the Saville inquiry, what the families made of it, the tensions between them, and between some family members and some lawyers, their impressions of Saville and their hopes for the report. Given how badly Saville was reported, here in Britain, I'm profoundly glad now to have a better sense of what it found. 

Will the families get justice? You can read for yourself their doubts about the testimony of the former members of the Official IRA, who did have a rifle in Derry on the day, and began shooting, after the British soldiers had already attacked the march. Will this evidence be used as the vital stick, with which to beat the families? 

Several family members have doubts in Saville: his body language, his attitude toward the people of Derry, his clear defence of Heath. 

The other thing which comes out of the book is that 245 British soldiers spoke to the inquiry (more than I would ever have guessed). While the paratroopers stuck to each other's stories like glue, soldiers from other regiments could be more honest, describing paras firing indiscriminately on the march, one para even shooting from the hip. 

The book states that Saville's report is due to be published in 'early 2006'. Yet the most recent document published on the inquiry website, from August 2005, says that it is impossible to give 'any firm estimate' of when the report will appear.