{"id":4511,"date":"2015-06-18T15:21:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T14:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2015-06-18T15:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T14:21:30","slug":"call-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=4511","title":{"rendered":"Call for justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In response to the disappointing decision of the Independent Police Complaint\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Commission (IPCC) not to fully investigate criminal wrongdoings by police at Orgreave during the miners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 strike, Louise Haigh MP has penned a letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Office calling for action, with the backing of the Trade Union Group of MPs.<\/p>\n

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Haigh and supporting MPs and campaigners argued that it is clear that the only way to expose the truth and ensure that the victims finally get justice is to launch a comprehensive, Hillsborough-style, independent inquiry into events.<\/p>\n

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See the letter and full list of signatories, including Unite organiser and chair of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (pictured), below:-<\/p>\n

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Secretary of State for the Home Office,<\/p>\n

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We are writing with regard to the Independent Police Complaints Commission’s decision of Friday 12th June not to launch an investigation into the South Yorkshire Police’s handling of events at the Orgreave coking plant in June 1984.<\/p>\n

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As the IPCC Deputy Chair, Sarah Green, herself, notes in the full decision rationale “the events of June 1984 marked not only a critical point in the miners’ strike, but also in the relationship with, and trust in, the police”.<\/p>\n

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However, Sarah Green states that to conduct a full investigation into whether “individual officers perjured themselves, there was controlling intelligence at a senior level, or a systematic integrity issue within the force which led to evidence being fabricated” would be “extremely challenging for the IPCC” involving “hundreds of witnesses, many of whom were relatively junior at the time” and “the fact that it has taken us two years to gather and read existing documentation – which is by no means complete – indicates the scale of the challenge”.<\/p>\n

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Given the IPCC have indicated they do not have the capacity to carry out such an important investigation and in light of the seriousness of the allegations against South Yorkshire Police, including perjury, perverting the course of justice, misconduct in a public office, and whether the actions of the police were influenced by the highest levels of government and finally given the scale of public concern, the case for a full public inquiry into the events of Orgreave is clear.<\/p>\n

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That case must surely have been strengthened by the view of the Deputy Chair of the IPCC herself in the full decision rationale that such questions can only be answered “if there is a full public inquiry or an exercise like the Hillsborough Independent Panel (HIP)” concluding that “nothing in this report precludes such an exercise”.<\/p>\n

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We are therefore writing to request an urgent meeting with the Home Secretary, a delegation of MPs, representatives from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, and victims to enable the representatives to make the case for a full public inquiry and to ask the government whether ministers will move to establish such an inquiry.<\/p>\n

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We look forward to hearing from you at the earliest opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n

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Ian Lavery MP<\/strong>, Chair of the Trade Union Group and Member of Parliament for Wansbeck<\/em><\/p>\n

Louise Haigh MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley<\/em><\/p>\n

Joe Rollin<\/strong>, Chair of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC)<\/em><\/p>\n

Barbara Jackson<\/strong>, Secretary of the OTJC<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Blomfield MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central<\/em><\/p>\n

Clive Betts MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Dugher MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Barnsley East<\/em><\/p>\n

Harry Harpham MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan Jarvis MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Barnsley Central<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah Champion MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Rotherham<\/em><\/p>\n

Dennis Skinner MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Bolsover<\/em><\/p>\n

David Crausby MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Bolton North East<\/em><\/p>\n

Ian Mearns MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Gateshead<\/em><\/p>\n

Richard Burgon MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Leeds East<\/em><\/p>\n

Dave Anderson MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Blaydon<\/em><\/p>\n

Rachael Maskell MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for York Central<\/em><\/p>\n

Emma Lewell-Buck MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for South Shields<\/em><\/p>\n

Steve Rotheram MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton<\/em><\/p>\n

Kelvin Hopkins MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Luton North<\/em><\/p>\n

John McDonnell MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington<\/em><\/p>\n

Alex Cunningham MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Stockton North<\/em><\/p>\n

Stephen Kinnock MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament Aberavon<\/em><\/p>\n

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Torfaen<\/em><\/p>\n

Ruth Smeeth MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Stoke on Trent North<\/em><\/p>\n

Barbara Keeley MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Worsley and Eccles South<\/em><\/p>\n

Ronnie Campbell MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley<\/em><\/p>\n

Paula Sherriff MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Dewsbury<\/em><\/p>\n

Thangam Debbonaire MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Bristol West<\/em><\/p>\n

Julie Elliott MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary Creagh MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Wakefield<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Gwynne MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Denton and Reddish<\/em><\/p>\n

Wes Streeting MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Ilford North<\/em><\/p>\n

Madeline Moon MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Bridgend<\/em><\/p>\n

Jo Stevens MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central<\/em><\/p>\n

Pat Glass MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for North West Durham<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Thornberry MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury<\/em><\/p>\n

Jonathan Reynolds MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde<\/em><\/p>\n

Angela Rayner MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyme<\/em><\/p>\n

Justin Madders MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Ellesmere Port and Neston<\/em><\/p>\n

John Woodcock MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness<\/em><\/p>\n

Yvonne Fovargue MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Makerfield<\/em><\/p>\n

John Mann MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw<\/em><\/p>\n

Helen Jones MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Warrington North<\/em><\/p>\n

Lilian Greenwood MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament Nottingham South<\/em><\/p>\n

Melanie Onn MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby<\/em><\/p>\n

John Cryer MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat Smith MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Fleetwood<\/em><\/p>\n

Chris Matheson MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for City of Chester<\/em><\/p>\n

Rosie Cooper MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for West Lancashire<\/em><\/p>\n

George Howarth MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Knowsley<\/em><\/p>\n

Catherine McKinnell MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Newcastle North<\/em><\/p>\n

Fiona MacTaggart MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Slough<\/em><\/p>\n

Maria Eagle MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Garston and Halewood<\/em><\/p>\n

Diane Abbott MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Flynn MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Newport West<\/em><\/p>\n

Nia Griffith MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Llanelli<\/em><\/p>\n

Vicky Foxcroft MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford<\/em><\/p>\n

Ruth Cadbury MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth<\/em><\/p>\n

Rob Marris MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Smith MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Oxford East<\/em><\/p>\n

Barry Sheerman MP<\/strong>, Member of Parliament for Huddersfield<\/em><\/p>\n

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