HIILSBOUROUGH, TRUTH AND JUSTICE.....AT LAST.

I make no apology for having chosen political subjects for my last two blogs, nor for today’s which concerns its self with the Hillsbourough verdict.

It has taken twenty seven years for he families. the fans, the city and those who died to obtain justice.

Corruption at every level, not only in the Police Force but in successive governments and large sections of the media has been the cause of the disgraceful episode which shames us all.

To the brave people of Liverpool I say, well done, especially those who fought so hard and for so long to achieve this verdict in the face of overwhelming odds.

Now let us hope that those who caused the tragedy and those who contrived the cover up will get the justice that they deserve, public disgrace, and prison where appropriate

Hillsbourough was not the first time that South Yorkshire Police, in cahoots with Government officials covered up the truth and not the first time that the Press played along with them.

The disgraceful conspiracy between these bodies during the miners strike was the forerunner of what happened at Sheffield on that dreadful day.

The climate of cover ups, manufactured evidence and malicious reporting was already well established and a gullible population had become used to believing what they were told.

During the miners strike Margaret Thatches Cabinet colluded with the police force in a successful campaign to discredit the strikers and the Press were happy to assist.

This is not a secret for like the Hillsborough families those who were involved at the time knew what was happening and have suffered a similar vilification by the Media and the contempt of Government and the Police Force.

The West Midlands Police Force who investigated the South Yorkshire Forces conduct at Hillsbourough assisted with the cover up and added to the appalling fiction that the fans were to blame. They lied, they all lied, but now we know the truth.

Andy Burnham, to my utter amazement actually stated in Parliament today that successive governments were responsible for the cover up at Hillsbourough and the conduct of the Police Force during the Miners Strike. Surely now there must be reckoning.

If at last the guilty are punished for their crimes against the people it will be solely due to the courage and tenacity of the Families of those who died and the brave people of Liverpool and I salute them all.