Anne

# Justice for the 96

# Justice for the 96... #

'At the memorial service for the Hillsborough victims,

'they were united not just in grief, but in anger, too.'

# Justice for the 96

# Justice... #

'They chanted, "Justice for the 96."

'No-one has been convicted for being responsible

'for the deaths of their loved ones.'

# Justice! #

Hiya. All right.

..if people are educated

and they understand what role they can take...

Mr Burnham?

I'm really sorry to interrupt. Um...

Well, I lost my son at Hillsborough,

and... well, I just wondered if you could spare a minute?

Of course.

It's Anne, isn't it? Yeah.

Excuse me a moment.

You know,

me and all these people here today, we don't...

We don't want the Freedom of Liverpool.

You know what we want?

We want justice.

Labour is supposed to be our party,

and... well, we were expecting so much more from you,

and you have done nothing.

You know, it shouldn't be down to people like me

and all the poor families here.

You're the government, so you need to start acting like it.

We are, Anne.

We're determined to do whatever we can...

I'm sorry, but, "Whatever we can"?

Look,

we are working on something, OK?

Today will have moved us closer, but...

Great, so what do you want from me? Evidence?

Cos you know what? I have evidence.

Lots of it.

Now, this...

This, this is Kev's file,

and I've got more of this at home. I have boxes and boxes,

so whatever you need - photos, statements, video backup...

We've been here for years and years and years and...

..and I don't know how much longer we can take it.

So, please, Andy...

fight for us.

I will.

Will you, though?

Anne...

I will.

Right, then.

That's yours.

I'd like to thank you all for inviting me here today.

I feel privileged to be here with you.

Something momentous happened in that stadium today.

It overwhelmed me.

In a good way.

I went into politics...

..because I wanted to try and help people like us

get a better deal.

You deserve justice, now.

And today has brought that home to me, resoundingly.

We have a Cabinet meeting tomorrow.

And I shall be making the strongest possible case

that in these unique circumstances,

we waive the 30-year rule

and move for full and immediate disclosure

of all documents relating to Hillsborough.

Yes! The truth.

Do you remember how I told you about Andy Burnham?

And how we got the Prime Minister to agree to full disclosure

of all the Hillsborough files?

Well...

Since then...

..the Family Support Group, well...

..they've been down to see the Home Secretary.

And they are talking about

setting up a new panel of independent experts...

..to go over all the evidence again.

I know. Hm!

Another panel.

But you know what, Kev?

You never know.

You never know.

See you soon, love.

See you soon.

'Today came the announcements of the Hillsborough Independent Panel,

'overseeing the release

'of thousands of documents from the police...'

'The seven members of the panel met for the first time today

'and read out the names of all the victims before they...'

'Meeting at least once a month,

'with nearly two million official documents to scrutinise,

'and the hopes of all those families resting on their findings,

'their task is monumental.'

Reckon you got more cards than the Queen! Hm!

You never said you got one from King Kenny!

All right, nosy!

Bloody hell, you are the Queen!

Hello, what's this?

Oh...

That's the intro pack for the Hillsborough Independent Panel.

Well, who's on the panel? Hm!

No judges, for one!

Thank God!

Actually, one of his reps is on there.

The Bishop of Liverpool is chairing the whole thing.

The Bishop? Mm-hm.

Really?

He's a turn-up for the books, eh, Mum?

Least he can hardly lie, eh?

Christine Gifford is an adviser to the government on the disclosure

of sensitive information.

Sarah Tyacke was the first Chief Executive

of the National Archive.

And Professor Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology

at Queen's University, Belfast School of Law.

Phil was Chair of the Hillsborough Project,

one of the very first academic investigations into the causes

of the disaster.

So...

this is another review

of all the evidence.

Why should we have any faith

that this panel is going to do what we want it to do?

It's going to take a little time. A process like this

simply can't be rushed, but I tell you,

we will go through everything.

Yeah? I guarantee that.

We will disclose all available documents held by those

in authority, and our findings will be released

in a full report to the families first.

And what's to say this panel will be any different

to the Stuart-Smith scrutiny?

Well, all I can say is...

All I can ask is that you try to trust us, Anne.

Look, I... I wouldn't want any of you to take this personally...

but, you know,

it's just...

it's very difficult to trust anybody any more.

You know, with everything that's gone on,

you can understand that, and...

Well, I suppose...

It will come over time, the trust.

I hope so.

Yeah, well... And we hope so, too.

Right, well...

I will. I'll help you. You know, I will do anything

that I can to assist you, BUT...

Please.

There has to be an outcome this time. Understood.

And thank you for your candour, Anne.

Mr Clegg? Mr Clegg?

Here you are, Mum.

Did you see this last night?

I just hope it doesn't derail the panel.

They've hardly even started.

They can't stop them, though, can they?

They can.

New government.

I mean,

God knows what this lot think about Hillsborough.

'Relatives of those who lost their lives here

'feel there are many questions left unanswered.

'Amongst them,

'was there a cover-up of the role played by the police?'

'An independent panel is now looking at the Hillsborough files.

'And, in a letter to Andy Burnham,

'the Prime Minister, David Cameron, promises that the Government

'is wholly committed to full disclosure,

'which should clarify whether or not the Cabinet at the time

'played any part in a cover-up.'

Where did you get this?

Giving them out before the match at the weekend.

So, let me get this right.

The BBC put in a Freedom of Information request

to see all Thatcher's briefings on Hillsborough,

and the Government blocks it?

The Tory government blocked it.

You know, the panel told me they would have access to everything!

Full disclosure, my arse!

You know, I do this every time, Sara.

Put my trust in people. Well...

You know what?

More fool me.

Look, this is what the e-petition is for.

"We move that this House calls for the full disclosure

"of all Government-related documents,

"including Cabinet minutes relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster,

"and requires that such documentation be uncensored

"and without redaction."

So don't just get angry, Mum.

This is the new way of fighting back.

Look...

If 100,000 people sign an e-petition,

it has to be debated in Parliament.

If you sign it,

loads more people are gonna start to get interested.