Murdoch has come out of this looking like a complete piece of shit. Well, an even bigger one than most already thought he was.
About time we introduced a law that major UK media outlets can only be owned by UK citizens or companies registered in the UK.
I may get slated for this but I thought this inquiry was so that the families of the 96 could get closure. The fact that now hundreds of family members are now suing for potential millions just demeans their fight for justice. ???? Over the years the rhetoric has been that this fight was not about money.
I see Aaronovitch is in the Times today apparently questioning the verdict. FFS
Anyway, BBC reporting that 'Lawyers for Hillsborough families pursue High Court misconduct action against South Yorkshire and West Midlands police forces'.
I may get slated for this but I thought this inquiry was so that the families of the 96 could get closure. The fact that now hundreds of family members are now suing for potential millions just demeans their fight for justice. ???? Over the years the rhetoric has been that this fight was not about money.
I see. Some root causes that go on for 27 years. Seems like his usual apology for the Establishment TBH.He's not questioning the verdict. He's basically saying that the root causes of the disaster were wider than individual failings. Clapped out and decaying infrastructure, the attitude of society towards football fans, unaccountable and self serving public servants, football violence leading to the erection of fences. His central theme is that it takes disasters to make us change.
I don't believe the fight was ever about money but after the hell the establishment has put them through good luck to them they deserve every penny if they get it.
One small sour note I watched one of the female spokeswomen for the group giving a speech yesterday and she let herself down by going into some rant about ''Once again the Scousers have led the way'' They didn't lead anything they were the unfortunate group of fans it happened too,while I admire their tenacity in pursuing justice I would like to think others would have done the same.They let themselves down when they bang the ''Scouser'' drum.
I may get slated for this but I thought this inquiry was so that the families of the 96 could get closure. The fact that now hundreds of family members are now suing for potential millions just demeans their fight for justice. ???? Over the years the rhetoric has been that this fight was not about money.
It's never been about the money, it's always been about the truth and getting justice for the 96. If you somehow where in a position to give them their families back and erase the last 27 years, do you think they would want the compo instead?
They have been through hell and despite all the evidence to the contrary there are still people who believe the Police version of events. Now we have accusations that it's all about the compo. I fucking despair at the levels of cynicism and downright stupidity that some people show over Hillsborough.
Good luck to the families of the 96, they deserve every fucking penny they can get.