geezer466
LE
Many of us will recall this.
I was a junior schoolboy around the same age as the kids who were killed. I can vividly remember watching the black and white TV pictures whilst my mother wept into her hands sat on the settee.
It was only in 1997 that under the 30 year rule secret papers were released which revealed that the Labour Government of the day ripped £150,000 from the disaster charity fund and gave it to the National Coal Board to pay for the cleanup.
I recall we raised some funds at my school £15 I think we made which was a tidy sum back then.
In Short, the Labour government (the party of the Working man particularly Miners) raided the charity fund, taking about 10% of it, £150,000, to pay the National Coal board to clear up the dangerous spoil tips.
So instead of the Government /NCB paying for the clear-up, and compensating victims, they stole the charity money meant for the victims and used it as Government money.
In 1997, when this became public knowledge, the Blair Labour Government repaid the £150,000. Without interest. And without allowing for 30 years of inflation.
Fcuking disgraceful.......
I was a junior schoolboy around the same age as the kids who were killed. I can vividly remember watching the black and white TV pictures whilst my mother wept into her hands sat on the settee.
It was only in 1997 that under the 30 year rule secret papers were released which revealed that the Labour Government of the day ripped £150,000 from the disaster charity fund and gave it to the National Coal Board to pay for the cleanup.
I recall we raised some funds at my school £15 I think we made which was a tidy sum back then.
In Short, the Labour government (the party of the Working man particularly Miners) raided the charity fund, taking about 10% of it, £150,000, to pay the National Coal board to clear up the dangerous spoil tips.
So instead of the Government /NCB paying for the clear-up, and compensating victims, they stole the charity money meant for the victims and used it as Government money.
In 1997, when this became public knowledge, the Blair Labour Government repaid the £150,000. Without interest. And without allowing for 30 years of inflation.
Fcuking disgraceful.......