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Wednesday, March 06, 2019

A Worker at Both Ends

Since those with nothing to hide have nothing to fear, Her Majesty's Government has reiterated that there will be no independent review or inquiry into the events of 18 June 1984 at Orgreave in South Yorkshire. Ninety-five people were charged with riot after fighting broke out between striking miners and the forces of law and order, but none were ever convicted and several were indiscreet enough to suffer injuries, having doubtless used portions of their anatomy to inflict violence on defenceless truncheons. No less a troublemaker than the bishop of Sheffield has been pushing for a review and has offered to set up an independent panel, but the Home Office's lack of interest remains just as profound under the compliant Sajid Javid as it was under the race-baiting Amber Rudd. A spokesbeing proclaimed that the Government's sudden and selective dislike for ancient history stemmed from its conscientious taking into account of "how the policing landscape has changed since the events three decades ago;" which, translated into Standard English, was presumably intended to remind us how Her Majesty's Government has recently got around to sacking police officers and their backroom staff with the same blithe contempt as was shown to the mining communities thirty-five years ago.

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