Balloon,
My point was that the submissions were never tested in any manner and that is obvious in the report. If someone said 'it'; 'it' was taken as fact.
That is unacceptable if anyone wants their report to be taken seriously. I think that Truss lamented the day that he ever promised all and sundry that he would have a 'review'. That is most probably the reason that he did nothing with the report for months and months.
He had no idea anyway and was on his way to his long overdue retirement, in my opinion.
Having said all that, I am in fierce agreement with all that you say.
Cheers to better times!