Another Year
It is pretty obvious, as we head to the 30th anniversary, 19 years after the MoD apologized to the Tapper and Cook families that something remains rotten with The State.
Not the peculiarities and specifics of the minutiae; rather the clue is in the sweep.
A team of more than a dozen full time civil servants (30 anyone?) in Bristol and London were employed to hold the line.
What line? That if there was new evidence presented by campaigners then the State would review the finding. Nothing was new to the State because they have all the evidence. Nothing to see here. Except each scintilla of information that emerged over the 16 years (1994-2011) when the pilots were finally cleared only helped the pilots' cause. There wasn't a single moment in all those years that set the campaign back.
Is it any wonder the State papers on the crash are closed until 2094. Why? And what other paperwork apart from Royalty enjoys such delay? Anyone?
The next phase of the campaign is to ensure the truth is revealed, not by another campaign but through the hand of the State itself, that currently remains hidden.
If there are good men and women out there, and there are, release the information while you are alive. Tell the stories that keep you awake at night. Join the subpostmasters in helping us find justice. Because we will all be dead in 2094 and I don't want the faceless bureaucrats of the State who have prevailed for so long, to win. Lying In State is not to be encouraged