MOD/Government has been having an "issue" with the Oxfordshire coroner for a long time as he has been imposing "civilian" ideas on the examination of Iraqi/Afghanistan deaths.
MOD/Government have been trying to bully him and have been doing devious things to delay inquests. The latest may OR MAY NOT BE the fact that the area of inquests will be transferred because flights will be diverted to another county due to runway works.
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As far as his comments - they should be based purely on what evidence was presented to him. If he comes up with a controversial judgement it is PROBABLY because the MOD case was crap.
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