Tory Radio Presenter thinks there shouldn't be a Human rights Grenfell enquiry
The parallel inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is making things worse for the residents, Nick Ferrari told the organisers.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is launching its own inquiry into the tragedy, examining whether the council failed in their duties to protect life and provide safe housing.
Nick spoke to David Isaac, the chairman of the committee, and insisted that his unofficial review, parallel to Sir Martin Moore-Bick's inquiry, is just going to confuse things.
OF COURSE HE WOULD SAY THIS HE'S A TORY!
Grenfell is just going to be another Tory cover up like Hillsborough, Orgreave and the Child Abuse Investigation.
The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between police and pickets at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire. It was a pivotal event in the 1984–85 UK miners' strike, and one of the "most violent clashes in British industrial history.
"almost medieval in its choreography... at various stages a siege, a battle, a chase, a riot and, finally, a brutal example of legalised state violence."
event in the 1984–85 UK miners' strike, and one of the "most violent clashes in British industrial history.
"almost medieval in its choreography... at various stages a siege, a battle, a chase, a riot and, finally, a brutal example of legalised state violence."
Most contemporary media reports depicted it as "an act of self-defense by police who had come under attack", and there still exists a body of opinion that the police at Orgreave "were upholding the law in the face of intimidation from thousands of strikers".
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) deployed 5,000 pickets from across the UK, who planned to use sheer numbers ("mass picketing") to prevent access to the works by strike-breaking lorries that collected coke for use at the BSC mill in Scunthorpe. The police were determined not to see a repeat of 1972's Battle of Saltley Gate – where 30,000 pickets had overwhelmed 800 police officers – and deployed around 6,000 officers from 18 different forces at Orgreave, equipped with riot gear and supported by police dogs and 42 mounted police officers.
Robert East et al, writing in the Journal of Law and Society in 1985, suggested that rather than maintaining order and upholding the law, "the police intended that Orgreave would be a 'battle' where, as a result of their preparation and organisation, they would 'defeat' the pickets." Michael Mansfield QC said: "They wanted to teach the miners a lesson – a big lesson, such that they wouldn't come out in force again."
Now Home Secretary scraps plans for 'pointless' public inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave amid fears it would cost millions and last for years.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd will not approve a full judge-led hearing that could cost millions and drag on for years.
Instead, it is believed the Home Office will do no more than make more key documents from the time public, and perhaps appoint a lawyer to review them.
Campaigners had been invited by the Prime Minister when she was Home Secretary to put in a formal request for a public inquiry into the battle in 1984.
It was claimed that South Yorkshire police orchestrated violence between officers and miners at the Orgreave coking plant in 1984 and falsified evidence against pickets.
But yesterday one official said the affair ‘has not met the threshold’ for devoting large sums of public money.
Instead, it is believed the Home Office will do no more than make more key documents from the time public, and perhaps appoint a lawyer to review them.
Campaigners had been invited by the Prime Minister when she was Home Secretary to put in a formal request for a public inquiry into the battle in 1984.
It was claimed that South Yorkshire police orchestrated violence between officers and miners at the Orgreave coking plant in 1984 and falsified evidence against pickets.
But yesterday one official said the affair ‘has not met the threshold’ for devoting large sums of public money.
the decision was warmly welcomed by Lord Tebbit, who had bitterly attacked plans for an inquiry which he said would be a huge waste of money that would benefit no one more than former miners’ leader Arthur Scargill.
The peer, who was a Cabinet minister during the strike and author of the trade union laws that were instrumental in defeating it, said: ‘I welcome the fact there is not going to be a public inquiry. [Jeremy] Corbyn and Mr Scargill would no doubt have been very happy had it gone ahead. There is no need to be looking at this at all.
The peer, who was a Cabinet minister during the strike and author of the trade union laws that were instrumental in defeating it, said: ‘I welcome the fact there is not going to be a public inquiry. [Jeremy] Corbyn and Mr Scargill would no doubt have been very happy had it gone ahead. There is no need to be looking at this at all.
‘Everybody knows the problem was caused by Scargill’s thuggish pickets who by sheer weight of numbers and violence stopped men going to work.’
Miss Rudd met campaigners last week and indicated that the Government would seek a way of re-examining the evidence.
Miss Rudd met campaigners last week and indicated that the Government would seek a way of re-examining the evidence.
HILLSBOROUGH
In the years after the disaster, there was a feeling that the full facts were not in the public domain and a suspicion that some facts were deliberately covered up. The Hillsborough Family Support Group, led by Trevor Hicks, campaigned for the release of all relevant documents. After the disaster's 20th anniversary in April 2009, supported by the Culture secretary, Andy Burnham, and Minister of State for Justice, Maria Eagle, the government asked the Home Office and Department of Culture, Media and Sport to investigate the best way for this information to be made public.
In December 2009, Home Secretary Alan Johnson announced the formation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel with a remit to oversee "full public disclosure of relevant government and local information within the limited constraints set out in the disclosure protocol" and "consult with the Hillsborough families to ensure that the views of those most affected by the disaster are taken into account". An archive of all relevant documentation would be created and a report produced within two years explaining the work of the panel and its conclusions.
The panel was chaired by James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool. Other members were:
Raju Bhatt, human rights lawyer
Christine Gifford, expert in the field of access to information
Katy Jones, investigative journalist
Bill Kirkup, Associate Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health (United Kingdom)
Paul Leighton, former Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Professor Phil Scraton, expert in criminology
Peter Sissons, broadcaster(media).
Raju Bhatt, human rights lawyer
Christine Gifford, expert in the field of access to information
Katy Jones, investigative journalist
Bill Kirkup, Associate Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health (United Kingdom)
Paul Leighton, former Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland
Professor Phil Scraton, expert in criminology
Peter Sissons, broadcaster(media).
Sarah Tyacke, formerly Chief Executive of the National Archives
On 12 September 2012, the Hillsborough Independent Panel concluded that no Liverpool fans were responsible in any way for the disaster and that its main cause was a "lack of police control". Crowd safety was "compromised at every level" and overcrowding issues had been recorded two years earlier. The panel concluded that "up to 41" of the 96 who perished might have survived had the emergency services' reactions and co-ordination been improved. The number is based on post-mortem examinations which found some victims may have had heart, lung or blood circulation function for some time after being removed from the crush. The report stated that placing fans who were "merely unconscious" on their backs rather than in the recovery position, would have resulted in their deaths due to airway obstruction. Their report was in 395 pages and delivered 153 key findings.
The findings concluded that 164 witness statements had been altered. Of those statements, 116 were amended to remove or change negative comments about South Yorkshire Police. South Yorkshire Police had performed blood alcohol tests on the victims, some of them children, and ran computer checks on the national police database in an attempt to "impugn their reputation". The report concluded that the then Conservative MP for Sheffield Hallam, Irvine Patnick, passed inaccurate and untrue information from the police to the press.
Subsequent apologies were released by Prime Minister David Cameron on behalf of the government, Ed Miliband on behalf of the opposition, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, South Yorkshire Police, and former editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, who apologised for making false accusations under the headline "The Truth". MacKenzie said he should have written a headline that read "The Lies", although this apology was widely discredited by the Hillsborough Family Support Group and Liverpool fans, as it was seen to be "shifting the blame once again."
After publication, the Hillsborough Families Support Group called for new inquests for the victims. They also called for prosecutions for unlawful killing, corporate manslaughter and perversion of the course of justice in respect of the actions of the police both in causing the disaster and covering up their actions; and in respect of Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield Council and the Football Association for their various responsibilities for providing, certifying and selecting the stadium for the fatal event.
Calls were made for the resignation of police officers involved in the cover-up, and for Sheffield Wednesday, the police and the Football Association to admit their blame. Calls were also made for Sir Dave Richards to resign as chairman of the Premier League and give up his knighthood as a result of his conduct at Sheffield Wednesday at the time of the disaster. The Home Secretary called for investigations into law-breaking and promised resources to investigate individual or systematic issues.
Although the Hillsborough fans finally got justice it took 26 years of lies, cover-ups and smears from the Tory government all started by Thatcher.
VIP Child Abuse Scandal
Even today the child abuse scandal is being covered up, the investigation was set up to fail you'd have to be stupid not to see that.
Again Thatcher, like everything else, covered up child abuse and even fought to get Savile an OBE after finding out he was a paedophile. Maybe that is why the investigation has been set up to fail because to the Tories Thatcher Milk Snatcher can do no wrong!
