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Andy Burnham: “We can never forget that for 20 years an entire English city was crying injustice correctly, and yet this place ignored…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2026
We can never forget that for 20 years an entire English city was crying injustice correctly, and yet this place ignored them for all of that time.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Reflecting on the historical context of the Hillsborough tragedy.

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