No Orgreave inquiry

[Santo]

That's a damn good point.

 

It is a good question. Perhaps because they had Hillsborough to cope with? And since that was so damning they now want Orgreave.

 

When was the Bloody Sunday Enquiry?

 

Too many enquiries spoils the broth...or summat.

[tinfoilhat]

Agreed.

 

All I have seen suggested is that Labour under Blair were too centre right to care. Terrible and damning excuse.

 

Most unions post thatcher (bar the more militant ones) don't rock the boat when labour is in power. The miners weren't going to do it either. How hard did they try under labour? They had the MP for Brightside as Home Secretary for a spell for gods sake. But now they get to bleat at the mean tories.

 

Political? Not much.

[Santo]

Most unions post thatcher (bar the more militant ones) don't rock the boat when labour is in power. The miners weren't going to do it either. How hard did they try under labour? They had the MP for Brightside as Home Secretary for a spell for gods sake. But now they get to bleat at the mean tories.

 

Political? Not much.

 

That's a good point.

[mikem8634]

Most unions post thatcher (bar the more militant ones) don't rock the boat when labour is in power. The miners weren't going to do it either. How hard did they try under labour? They had the MP for Brightside as Home Secretary for a spell for gods sake. But now they get to bleat at the mean tories.

 

Political? Not much.

 

Political hypocrisy.

 

That does not equate to the actual criticism of the decision being incorrect, however.

Edited November 1, 2016 by mikem8634

[Petminder]

The home secretary, Amber Rudd, has rejected the possibility of an inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave”, the brutal clash between police and miners during the 1984 miners’ strike.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/31/government-rules-out-orgreave-inquiry

 

This is a disgrace, there should have been a full inquiry, this needed to be resolved and all the questions answered

 

Great idea, the public sector is struggling to cope apparently from lack of money, so lets waste some money on a pointless inquiry into something that should be long forgot.

 

Dwelling on the past can hold you back, ruin your health, hurt your present and ruin your future, there is no point in getting angry about things you can never change and the past is something that can't be changed.

[lizmachin]

Great idea, the public sector is struggling to cope apparently from lack of money, so lets waste some money on a pointless inquiry into something that should be long forgot.

 

Dwelling on the past can hold you back, ruin your health, hurt your present and ruin your future, there is no point in getting angry about things you can never change and the past is something that can't be changed.

 

I doubt anyone much from outside the Socialist Republic could give a fig about the saga, especially if someone asks for a few million of their taxes to waste on it.

In places where folk live in the 21st century, don't fly the red flag and don't throw bricks through the windows of folk displaying a Liberal banner at election time, they will look at the footage of thousands of thugs from all round the country hurling stones and taking drop kicks at police and see the police putting down a riot.

 

Whose votes are the Tories after anyhow?

Edited November 1, 2016 by lizmachin

[El Cid]

All the outcry from the labour mps,why did't they have the inquiry when labour was running the country.

 

Because the cat wasnt out of the bag; it was pre the Hillsborough revelations and South Yorkshire Police.

[mikem8634]

Once again, it's so sad to see the same dismissive reasons that so hampered the Hillsborough campaign reheated here. The lesson from Hillsborough could not be more obvious yet so many have learned nothing.

 

You get the leadership you deserve and standards here are pitifully, shamefully low.

[phil752]

folk who put up the wrong political banner at election time will look at the footage of thousands of thugs from all round the country hurling stones and taking drop kicks at police and see the police putting down a riot.

 

Didn't understand the political banner bit.

 

Thug from all over the country, not sure if your taking about the police as they were really the only people shipped in from all over the country. It was a troubling time for local folk (miners and their communities), that were at the front of a political decision to reduce the power of the unions. Hence we are importing coal and have now crushed mines.

[unbeliever]

Once again, it's so sad to see the same dismissive reasons that so hampered the Hillsborough campaign reheated here. The lesson from Hillsborough could not be more obvious yet so many have learned nothing.

 

You get the leadership you deserve and standards here are pitifully, shamefully low.

 

Hillsborough: 96 innocent people dead.

Orgreave: None dead, 93 union thugs arrested, more policemen injured than union thugs, no convictions to review anyway. Police mistakes already exposed.

 

There's no comparison.

It would be more useful to investigate the trade unions for organising it in the first place.