The Truth Can Come Out
Hillsborough Cover-Up: The Truth Can Come Out
I wrote about the tragedy a year ago. Here are some extracts from my book:
Another unfounded pro-state story that found its way into the British media concerned the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Ninety-six Liverpool football fans died as a result of the police losing control, but the media blamed the fans....Whatever the real reason, the Establishment covered up the truth. A few extracts from an article covering a 2011 Commons debate on the disaster give an indication of what went on:
The debate was sparked by 140,000 people signing an e-petition....The Labour MP [Steve Rotheram] attacked the “smears” and “establishment cover-up” which led to fans initially being blamed for the disaster....A “senior police officer and a Conservative MP” leaked stories to the press about the disaster, he said.
Mr Burnham [MP], speaking for the opposition, said...he had “private disappointments” that more had not been done to reveal the truth under the previous Labour government....
A few days later, Lord Falconer gave an interview on a BBC 4 programme...:
After the 1997 election, Labour set up a review of evidence that may have been withheld from the [original] 1989 Taylor inquiry. Reviewing judge Lord Justice Stuart-Smith found the new evidence added nothing to Lord Taylor's conclusions. Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer described the government's acceptance of his conclusion as “disastrous.”...“We accepted that. And that was a disastrous and wrong-headed decision. It made the families in the Hillsborough disaster feel after one establishment cover-up, here was another.”
I'm afraid cover-ups do occur. The truth would not have come out if it wasn't for the persistence of the victims' families. In particular, the e-petition triggered the debate which led to the truth. People-power does work. So, could I ask you to sign my petition and mention it to family and friends. I only need another 139,984.
I wrote about the tragedy a year ago. Here are some extracts from my book:
Another unfounded pro-state story that found its way into the British media concerned the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Ninety-six Liverpool football fans died as a result of the police losing control, but the media blamed the fans....Whatever the real reason, the Establishment covered up the truth. A few extracts from an article covering a 2011 Commons debate on the disaster give an indication of what went on:
The debate was sparked by 140,000 people signing an e-petition....The Labour MP [Steve Rotheram] attacked the “smears” and “establishment cover-up” which led to fans initially being blamed for the disaster....A “senior police officer and a Conservative MP” leaked stories to the press about the disaster, he said.
Mr Burnham [MP], speaking for the opposition, said...he had “private disappointments” that more had not been done to reveal the truth under the previous Labour government....
A few days later, Lord Falconer gave an interview on a BBC 4 programme...:
After the 1997 election, Labour set up a review of evidence that may have been withheld from the [original] 1989 Taylor inquiry. Reviewing judge Lord Justice Stuart-Smith found the new evidence added nothing to Lord Taylor's conclusions. Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer described the government's acceptance of his conclusion as “disastrous.”...“We accepted that. And that was a disastrous and wrong-headed decision. It made the families in the Hillsborough disaster feel after one establishment cover-up, here was another.”
I'm afraid cover-ups do occur. The truth would not have come out if it wasn't for the persistence of the victims' families. In particular, the e-petition triggered the debate which led to the truth. People-power does work. So, could I ask you to sign my petition and mention it to family and friends. I only need another 139,984.
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