Quote Originally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue View Post
I think that South Yorkshire police were "helped out" by Thacher as a reward for their "handling" of the miners strike
As far as I remember the late/former Tory MP for Sheffield Hallam (the last Tory in Sheffield), Sir Irvine Patnick, was the conduit from South Yorkshire Police to No 10, and also to the Sun. I believe Thatcher's press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham was in the middle of it too, helping to plant and perpetuate the lies and cover up. He won't apologise for his disgraceful public comments even now after the inquest.

After the miners strike where the police were used as political paramilitaries by the government, and where 'the enemy within' and those 'not one of us' covered football fans in general and anyone from Liverpool in particular (after years of Militant administration) there was a clear government instinct to protect the police and deflect blame for the tragedy.