What was meant to be a triumph for Keir Starmer has become mired in disagreement with victims’ families
It was meant to be a triumphant moment. After almost 16 months of briefing from Whitehall sources that Keir Starmer would never be able to keep his promise to introduce the Hillsborough law, the prime minister was introduced at the Labour conference by Margaret Aspinall.
Aspinall, whose son James, 18, was one of the 97 people killed in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, has with other bereaved families fought ever since against police lies, and for the truth and justice, confronting many false promises – and a lot of prime ministers.
