(not satire)
One of the invited guests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in London next Wednesday will be her former close colleague and chief press officer ‘Sir’ Bernard Ingham.
I’ve put his title in inverted commas because if I had my way he’d be stripped of it.
After all the title ‘sir’ is supposed to represent honour and respect and there’s nothing honourable or respectful about the way Ingham has over many years consistently abused the people who lost loved ones in such a tragic way in the Hillsborough disaster.
Recently, the Mirror revealed Ingham had sent a letter in 1996 to a Liverpool fan whose friend had died in the disaster in which he told grieving relatives that they should “shut up” about Hillsborough:
And now yet another disgraceful letter sent by Ingham to a Liverpool fan regarding Hillsborough has just come to light.
This letter was revealed by Scott Twigg – and was addressed to his stepfather’s father Mr Anthony Shillinglaw – who along with his stepfather Peter were at Hilllsborough and saw what really happened with their own eyes.
Again – as you can see for yourself – in this letter Ingham also insults all Hillsborough relatives and Liverpool fans and even refers to them as ‘contemptible’:
Why is it so hard for Thatcherites like Ingham to apologise and admit they were wrong about Hillsborough?
Apologising isn’t all that hard, surely. Just four words would do:
I. Was. Wrong.
Followed by the most important word of all :
Sorry.
And if Ingham doesn’t apologise, he should be stripped of his title for bringing dishonour and disrespect to it.
Or like Savile will we have to wait until he’s dead – by which time we’ll be told it’s too late to strip him of his title too?
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For the real facts about the Hillsborough tragedy – have a look here:
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bill said:
Ingham is another Tory who fits Nye Bevan`s epithet
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Editor said:
Reblogged this on kickingthecat.
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Denise Prideaux (@DRPrideaux) said:
Tories. Currently lecturing the rest of us on “respect for the dead”. Must make it harder and harder to come up with satire, Tom.
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Tom Pride said:
It certainly does. They satirise themselves so much better than I can.
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bobchewie said:
@TOM what more proof do we need to show the only yobs are psycopath tories..
when i saw this cnut on tv he sickened me everytime…him, littlejohn,mckenzie are overpaid ignorant louts..
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bobchewie said:
tom sense of irony here i notice moynihan in the mirror photo..haha he got kicked out where i lived stuck up short arsed creep..
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hstorm said:
Reblogged this on TheCritique Archives and commented:
And the Tories want to lecture us about respect for the dead?
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Ash Martin said:
In this corner of the North West, I’m still amazed by the venom one word arouses…Hillsborough.
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Ash Martin said:
Meant to add….even among natural Tory voters…
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bobchewie said:
@TOM I’ve looked at news clip of elm guest house from 80s .in it its got shit about ‘theres nothing to suggest VIPs frequented that place etc etc..of course we now know thats bollocks cos weve seen names..er heres the thing, guess what newspaper that was from?? Daily Mail..so then nothing new eh?
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hstorm said:
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Claire Khaw (@1party4all) said:
Scousers have such a bad reputation that people are prepared to believe any shit about them. The boys who tortured Jamie Bulger to death for fun were Scousers after all. The entire area sounds like it needs to socially cleansed from the sound of things. Mind you, I have never been there and the people I have met from there were lovely people. Perhaps people hate scousers more now that they are no longer allowed to hate black people?
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Paul Smyth said:
Reblogged this on The Greater Fool.
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Cynicus said:
Sir Bernard was only faithfully following Maggie’s official line – on behalf of her Boot boys.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/hillsborough-disaster-margaret-thatcher-wanted-1324983
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guy fawkes said:
It’s a pity it took so long for her cabinet to raise a boot against her.
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bobchewie said:
@TOM PRIDE i hope you see this: ive come across something quite odd,,
its to do with govt gateways and ‘spooks’ apparently posting stuff on activists sites to sow dissent..ok? but then in looking into this i come across a sort of address that links to a judge who seems to hand out lighter sentences to paedophiles..
first check out this:
http://www.fitwatch.org.uk/category/npoiu/
after that i explored further and come across this:
gateway-202.energis.gsi.gov.uk Google: HHj Christopher Vosper
that led to this stuff:
http://trallwmfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/judge-vosper-update-after-gateway.html
where i am reading this:
“Dont be shy lets get all this out into the open.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2007/06/28/child-porn-downloader-had-been-abused-91466-19365022/
You are being allowed to judge child porn cases Christopher Vosper qc yet 98% of people on our poll disagree with your moral judgement on animal neglect/satisfactory farming methods which is alarming enough ! How different is your view on child pornographers to other peoples I wonder ?
Heres your latest judgement on an EX DYFED POWYS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER charged with assault and child pornography.
Well he is out on bail !!!!! ”
more about this judge i found:
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Predator-guilty-22-sex-offences/story-16980241-detail/story.html#axzz2QPWhGAiT
in both links you can see this judge is handing out lighter sentences for paedophiles..
so we have some odd govt gateway thats to do with ‘spooks’ and stuff connected with a judge with a dodgy record on sentencing paedophiles and other stuff
ANY IDEAS WTF IS GOING ON HERE TOM???
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