Wednesday 2 November 2016

US Election. UK Government Cover-up.

First of all I need to mention the US election. The media are all over both candidates saying Clinton did this and Trump did that. Time to face facts, neither of those two people are fit to be President. It's one scandal after another and both should be up before a supreme court judge.
There is also a scandal facing the UK government. During the coal miners strike in the 1980s, a confrontation took place between striking miners and police at a place called Orgreave. The miners were protesting about the closure of coal mines all over the UK. The Orgreave protest was extremely large due to miners arriving from other parts of the UK. There was a very substantial police presence including units of mounted police. To cut a long story short, the protest quickly got out of hand. There are conflicting reports as to how the violence started with both sides blaming the other. However it started, it quickly became a running battle. There were numerous casualties and numerous arrests. The bone of contention is that there has never been a public enquiry into what has become known as the battle of Orgreave. Yesterday in parliament, the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, ruled out any chance of ever holding an enquiry. The obvious upshot is that there is now the stench of a cover-up.  This story is far from over.
Till next time.

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