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To: Priti Patel, Home Secretary

Demand an Orgreave inquiry for truth and justice

Home Secretary Priti Patel must set up an independent public inquiry into the policing of events at Orgreave on 18th June 1984.

No lies, no cover ups, we demand truth and justice.

Why is this important?

On 31st October 2016, the Tory Home Secretary, Amber Rudd announced in Parliament there would be no Orgreave inquiry of any kind. The unacceptable reasons she gave were that it was too long ago, nobody died, there were no miscarriages of justice, policing had improved since 1984 so the police had nothing new to learn and that it wasn’t in the public interest to hold any kind of inquiry.

We believe she did not examine relevant evidence and prevented an inquiry to protect the legacy of the 1984/5 Tory Government. Today’s Tory Government is still preventing an Orgreave Inquiry.

Government involvement in the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike, police brutality against strikers, wrongful arrests of miners, falsified police statements, police lying under oath in court and media smears which deliberately created a false narrative against strikers, are some of the reasons why it is in the public interest to hold an inquiry.

Add your name and demand an independant public inquiry.

Updates

2023-02-16 16:37:10 +0000

Every Year the OTJC attends the David Jones and Joe Green Memorial event details below
National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Area

Memorial Event Saturday 11th March 2023 at 10.45 am For

David Jones and Joe Green who died on the Picket Line in 1984

Speakers

Bill Adams Regional Secretary, Yorkshire & The Humber TUC

Sarah Woolley
General Secretary BFAWU

We can never forget

Miners Offices Barnsley S70 2LS

Followed by Buffet & Entertainment at Gawber Road Working Men’s Club
S75 2PR

Facebook event here https://fb.me/e/3p4Kcz7nf

2021-10-31 12:13:13 +0000

10,000 signatures reached

2021-10-29 16:17:55 +0100

5,000 signatures reached

2021-10-28 15:20:14 +0100

100 signatures reached

2021-10-28 11:28:27 +0100

50 signatures reached

2021-10-28 10:36:32 +0100

25 signatures reached

2021-10-28 10:20:06 +0100

10 signatures reached