Ian Byrne has at last been called in the debate on the Hillsborough law and has given one of the finest speeches I have heard in the Commons in all the time I have been here. YNWA @IanByrneMP
Our country needs a bold change of direction. Starmer lost the confidence of the country because of his abject failure to challenge the power and wealth of an establishment which has taken for themselves while leaving the vast majority in a cost of living crisis. (1/5)
Amazon are partnering with Comic Relief to sell their red noses. Last year Comic Relief raised £34 million which is how much Jeff Bezos makes in six hours. Dig deep everyone.
Hillsborough Law Now statement:
The proposed amendment of @IanByrneMP is the only way to ensure the public accountability Bill presented on Monday is *the* Hillsborough Law.
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Today could - and should - have been a watershed moment for the 97 and their families.
A moment when, finally, some of those responsible were confronted with the truth they've spent decades avoiding.
Instead, it feels like another missed opportunity. After a 13-year investigation, the IOPC's report is too little, too late.
It tells us nothing the Hillsborough families haven't carried with them for years: that their loved ones were catastrophically failed - and then vilified in a disgraceful cover-up.
The truth remains: 97 innocent people - British citizens - were unlawfully killed. Yet no individual or institution has ever been held accountable through our justice system.
There's been no collective responsibility for the catastrophic failures that led to the disaster.
No reckoning for the officers who shirked their duties and led a campaign to blame Liverpool supporters. And no closure for the families who've fought with dignity, strength and courage. Justice remains agonisingly out of reach.
The legacy of the 97 must now be justice in law. The Hillsborough Law - currently progressing through Parliament - would help ensure that no other bereaved families are ever forced to endure such a prolonged, unconscionable ordeal.
When scientists put slime mold over a map of Tokyo, they used food to represent urban areas.
After a day the mold created a network nearly identical to Tokyo's rail network: all this without any brain.
And if you're appalled by how Panorama edited Trump's speech, wait until you see how the likes of Fox News misinterpret British life, history and events. I suppose you will, soon, the way things are headed
The BBC is a bastion of left-wing, 'woke' propaganda. That's why Farage is almost a resident on Question Time, isn't it? All the usual culture warriors out at the moment demanding a centre-right broadcaster move to the far right