Letters: Justice for Hillsborough victims at last

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Relatives sing "You'll never walk alone" after the jury delivered its verdict at the new inquests into the Hillsborough disaster, in Warrington, Britain April 26, 2016. (Reuters)

In the wake of all the horrors emerging from the Hillsborough Inquiry, there must surely be another major question to ask: how many cases, both large and small scale, never receive justice thanks to the lies and deceits of those whose incompetence and arrogance lead them to believe they are above the laws they are charged with safeguarding?

Sue Breadner

Isle of Man

I noticed with interest the words of Prime Minister, David Cameron, who paid tribute to the “extraordinary courage” of Hillsborough campaigners in their “long search for the truth”.

This is quite confusing because in October 2011 David Cameron said: “The families of the Hillsborough tragedy are a blind man, in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there.”

This cannot surely be the same person, can it?

Alex Orr

Edinburgh

Among all the causes and blame attached to the Hillsborough disaster one aspect seems completely ignored, and I as a football fan was well aware of it at the time.

Following the Heysel deaths and general disturbances at football matches, the authorities went down a path of using caging in grounds. At the time, Arsenal refused to put up fences and were stripped of their chances of holding FA Cup semi-finals for this reason. As a fan I have been corralled into a small enclosure while empty terraces were beside me.

Whatever the police’s part in the events, they probably would not have happened or been so severe if the fans could have reached the pitch. Yet there seems little blaming of the government or FA in the instigation of this enclosure measure.

Boz Books

Hay-on-Wye

Shame on Tory MPs over child refugees

On Monday, 25 April, my Montgomeryshire MP, Glyn Davies, joined 293 of his heartless Conservative peers to vote against the amendment to the immigration bill, tabled by Lord Dubs, that would have seen the UK provide safe refuge for 3,000 unaccompanied children from the camps in Europe.

These children have made a treacherous journey to get to Europe and have witnessed war and persecution. They are at serious risk of being trafficked and abused and the UK should accept its fair share. 3,000 children equates to just five children per constituency. It would hardly be a "swarm" as David Cameron may describe it.

I would like to congratulate the Conservative MPs who rebelled against their government and joined opposition parties to support the amendment.

I leave you with the thought that no matter what you did in the office today, at least you can proudly say that you weren't part of a team that potentially left thousands of innocent children's lives at risk, unlike Glyn Davies MP.

Lee Catterall

Machynlleth

Junior doctors’ strike

Hands up all those who think politicians like Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron, with no medical experience whatever, are likely to know more about, and care more about, patient safety than 40,000 doctors.

Enough said.

D. Maughan Brown

York