Jeremy Hunt Is Rhyming Slang In Liverpool
JEREMY Hunt is now rhyming slang in some parts of Liverpool. The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt suggested that hooliganism had played a part in the Hillsborough football disaster when 96 Liverpool fans died.
Well, it did. Had it not been for hooliganism, there would have been no fencing around the Hillsborough pitch. But that is not what Hunt meant. He said that the “terrible problems” of “Heysel and Hillsborough in the 1980s seem now to be behind us.”
But violence paid no part in that day’s event. Hunt is wrong. He rushes out an apology:
“I know that fan unrest played no part in the terrible events of April 1989 and I apologise to Liverpool fans and the families of those killed and injured in the Hillsborough disaster if my comments caused any offence.”
While Hunt backtracks and looks contrite, we note that his comments were meant to illustrate how violence–free this 2010 World Cup has been. On this point he is right. There has been no talk of England’s shame and scenes of smashed of bars and tossed plastic patio furniture.
And this, says Hunt, is because hooliganism has been beaten. And he is wrong again. Hooligans are not in evidence in South Africa because the kind of thug who follows England or his domestic club into Europe can neither afford nor be bothered to head to South Africa.
Look out for Hunt being bothered to head to Liverpool in chains…
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Library file 231669-32 dated 11.4.90: A policeman searches for his helmet inamongst others which were discarded by police as they helped fans in the Hillsborough disaster. Months of uncertainty were due to end today (Thursday) for more than 20 police officers claiming compensation for the psychological injuries they suffered after tending victims of the 1989 tragedy. The appeal is being closely watched by relatives of the 96 fans who died at Hillsborough, some of whom were refused stress damages while others received only modest sums. See PA Story COURTS Hillborough. Photo by PA end
Posted: 28th, June 2010 | In: Politicians Comment (1) | TrackBack | Permalink
