05-04-2019, 01:57 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by ruthio
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What did Boris say?
Only the truth.
Snip ---- " Liverpool’s failure to acknowledge, even to this day, the part played in the disaster by drunken fans at the back of the crowd who mindlessly tried to fight their way into the ground that Saturday afternoon. The police became a convenient scapegoat, and the Sun newspaper a whipping-boy for daring, albeit in a tasteless fashion, to hint at the wider causes of the incident".
05-04-2019, 02:12 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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All his apologies are just damage limitation, insignificant.
They were what he was told to do!
IMO he was bang on the button but dreadfully politically incorrect.
05-04-2019, 02:18 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/2004/10/bigleys-fate/ Only the truth.
Snip ---- " Liverpool’s failure to acknowledge, even to this day, the part played in the disaster by drunken fans at the back of the crowd who mindlessly tried to fight their way into the ground that Saturday afternoon. The police became a convenient scapegoat, and the Sun newspaper a whipping-boy for daring, albeit in a tasteless fashion, to hint at the wider causes of the incident".
Turning up late at the ground, some after drinking, must have contributed to the disaster.
The police officer in charge had to make a snap decision on the spot. If the fans had been kept out, and rioting ensued, then the cops would have been blamed for that, too.
05-04-2019, 04:16 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Established fact that the behaviour of Liverpool supporters at Hillsborough was not a contributory factor in the disaster.
05-04-2019, 05:34 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by scot37
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The events at the Heysel Stadium 4 years earlier where Liverpool "fans" charged the Juventus fans resulting in 39 deaths and 600 injuries have still not been forgotten.
05-04-2019, 05:38 PM
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Re: Hillsborough
Originally Posted by Cinderella
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Established fact that the behaviour of Liverpool supporters at Hillsborough was not a contributory factor in the disaster.
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