TO THE TUNE OF 'GO WEST': # Justice for the 96
# Justice for the 96... #
'At the memorial service for the Hillsborough victims,
'they were united not just in grief, but in anger, too.'
# Justice for the 96
# Justice... #
'They chanted, "Justice for the 96."
'No-one has been convicted for being responsible
'for the deaths of their loved ones.'
# Justice! #
HUM OF CONVERSATION
Hiya. All right.
..if people are educated
and they understand what role they can take...
Mr Burnham?
I'm really sorry to interrupt. Um...
Well, I lost my son at Hillsborough,
and... well, I just wondered if you could spare a minute?
Of course.
It's Anne, isn't it? Yeah.
Excuse me a moment.
You know,
me and all these people here today, we don't...
We don't want the Freedom of Liverpool.
You know what we want?
We want justice.
Labour is supposed to be our party,
and... well, we were expecting so much more from you,
and you have done nothing.
You know, it shouldn't be down to people like me
and all the poor families here.
You're the government, so you need to start acting like it.
We are, Anne.
We're determined to do whatever we can...
I'm sorry, but, "Whatever we can"?
Look,
we are working on something, OK?
Today will have moved us closer, but...
Great, so what do you want from me? Evidence?
Cos you know what? I have evidence.
Lots of it.
Now, this...
This, this is Kev's file,
and I've got more of this at home. I have boxes and boxes,
so whatever you need, photos, statements, video back-up...
We've been here for years and years and years and...
..and I don't know how much longer we can take it.
So, please, Andy...
fight for us.
I will.
Will you, though?
Anne...
I will.
Right, then.
That's yours.
I'd like to thank you all for inviting me here today.
I feel privileged to be here with you.
Something momentous happened in that stadium today.
It overwhelmed me.
In a good way.
I went into politics...
..because I wanted to try and help people like us
get a better deal.
You deserve justice, now.
And today has brought that home to me, resoundingly.
We have a Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
And I shall be making the strongest possible case
that in these unique circumstances,
we waive the 30-year rule
and move for full and immediate disclosure
of all documents relating to Hillsborough.
Yes! The truth.
APPLAUSE
Do you remember how I told you about Andy Burnham?
And how we got the Prime Minister to agree to full disclosure
of all the Hillsborough files?
Well...
Since then...
..the Family Support Group, well...
..they've been down to see the Home Secretary.
And they are talking about
setting up a new panel of independent experts...
..to go over all the evidence again.
I know. Hm!
Another panel.
But you know what, Kev?
You never know.
See you soon, love.
See you soon.
'Today came the announcements of the Hillsborough Independent Panel,
'overseeing the release
'of thousands of documents from the police...'
'The seven members of the panel met for the first time today
'and read out the names of all the victims before they...'
'Meeting at least once a month,
'with nearly two million official documents to scrutinise,
'and the hopes of all those families resting on their findings,
'their task is monumental.'
SARA: Reckon you got more cards than the Queen! Hm!
You never said you got one from King Kenny!
All right, nosy!
Bloody hell, you ARE the Queen!
SHE LAUGHS
Hello, what's this?
Oh...
That's the intro pack for the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
Well, who's on the panel? Hm!
No judges, for one!
Thank God!
Actually, one of his reps is on there.
The Bishop of Liverpool is chairing the whole thing.
The Bishop? Mm-hm.
Really?
He's a turn-up for the books, eh, Mum?
Least he can hardly lie, eh?
Christine Gifford is an adviser to the government on the disclosure
of sensitive information.
Sarah Tyacke was the first Chief Executive
of the National Archive.
And Professor Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology
at Queen's University, Belfast School of Law.
Phil was Chair of the Hillsborough Project,
one of the very first academic investigations into the causes
of the disaster.
So...
this is another review
of all the evidence.
Why should we have any faith
that this panel is going to do what we want it to do?
It's going to take a little time. A process like this
simply can't be rushed, but I tell you,
we will go through everything.
Yeah? I guarantee that.
We will disclose all available documents held by those
in authority, and our findings will be released
in a full report to the families first.
And what's to say this panel will be any different
to the Stuart-Smith scrutiny?
Well, all I can say is...
All I can ask is that you try to trust us, Anne.
Look, I... I wouldn't want any of you to take this personally...
but, you know,
it's just...
it's very difficult to trust anybody any more.
You know, with everything that's gone on,
you can understand that, and...
Well, I suppose...
It will come over time, the trust.
I hope so.
Yeah, well... And we hope so, too.
Right, well...
I will. I'll help you. You know, I will do anything
that I can to assist you, BUT...
Please.
There has to be an outcome this time. Understood.
And thank you for your candour, Anne.
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK Mr Clegg? Mr Clegg?
JOURNALISTS CLAMOUR, CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
Here you are, Mum.
Did you see this last night?
I just hope it doesn't derail the panel.
They've hardly even started.
TODDLER BABBLES
They can't stop them, though, can they?
They can.
New government.
I mean,
God knows what this lot think about Hillsborough.
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
'Relatives of those who lost their lives here
'feel there are many questions left unanswered.
'Amongst them,
'was there a cover-up of the role played by the police?'
'An independent panel is now looking at the Hillsborough files.
'And, in a letter to Andy Burnham,
'the Prime Minister, David Cameron, promises that the Government
'is wholly committed to full disclosure,
'which should clarify whether or not the Cabinet at the time
'played any part in a cover-up.'
Where did you get this?
Giving them out before the match at the weekend.
So, let me get this right.
The BBC put in a Freedom of Information request
to see all Thatcher's briefings on Hillsborough,
and the Government blocks it?
The Tory government blocked it.
You know, the panel told me they would have access to everything!
Full disclosure, my arse!
You know, I do this every time, Sara.
Put my trust in people. Well...
You know what?
More fool me.
Look, this is what the e-petition is for.
"We move that this House calls for the full disclosure
"of all Government-related documents,
"including Cabinet minutes relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster,
"and requires that such documentation be uncensored
"and without redaction."
So don't just get angry, Mum.
This is the new way of fighting back.
Look...
If 100,000 people sign an e-petition,
it has to be debated in Parliament.
If you sign it,
loads more people are gonna start to get interested.
100,000?
Sounds a lot.
But people are getting behind it.
Michael Owen signed it.
Ooh. The dishy striker?!
These things can really take off if the right people support them.
Seriously, Mum, you should sign the petition.
Go on, then, give it here.
Oh, wait... SHE GROANS
Mum?
I'm all right.
It's just when I sit down...
There.
Signed.
Just another 89,000 to go, eh?
Oof!
Look, don't fuss.
And would you say the discomfort has got significantly worse recently?
Well, I did feel a little nauseous
when David Cameron got in!
No, it's...
It's just more of a general pain, you know?
Round here.
Here? Ah, yeah, yeah.
Here? Ah, yeah!
OK.
You can sit up again now, thank you.
TAP RUNS
So, Anne, by your own admission,
your eating pattern is sporadic,
so this may simply be IBS.
What's...? Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Right.
But...
what we're going to do, I think,
is we're get you in for some tests, OK?
What sort of tests?
I want to do some bloods.
Check there's no anaemia, coeliac disease and so on.
OK?
Let's have a look at those and go from there.
CAR ENGINE STARTS
SARA: We got it, the e-petition! Shh, shh!
Seriously?
How many? Over 100,000.
There's been all sorts signing it over the past couple of days,
it's gone absolutely crazy!
See? This means it has to be debated in Parliament.
This is the first one of these to go through!
That's amazing! I know!
Hey!
We're on our way again! I know!
'Let me say here and now, in this House and on the record,
'that as Home Secretary, I will do everything in my power
'to ensure that the families and the public get the truth.
'As a government, we fully support the Hillsborough Independent Panel
'and the process the panel is leading
'to disclose the documents telling the whole story.
'No Government papers will be withheld from the panel.
'No attempts to suppress publication will be made.
'No stone will be left unturned.
'The families of the 96 deserve the truth.
'That is why the Government supports this motion.'
'Andy Burnham.'
'Mr Deputy Speaker...'
'Tomorrow, the bereaved families will gather in the sanctuary
'of Liverpool's Anglican cathedral
'to hear what they hope will be the real story
'of a tragedy that etched itself into the fabric of this city.
'There's no talk of closure here,
'but after 23 dark years for the Hillsborough families,
'the survivors, the club and the city,
'tomorrow may at last deliver a step in the right direction.'
Anne!
Anne, how are you feeling about today?
Thanks.
Good morning, Anne. Oh!
Hiya, Judith. Can you tell us how you're feeling this morning?
Are you optimistic?
Well...
We want the truth.
That is what today's about.
It's Truth Day.
CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK
I'm aware that the one thing you all want to know is,
have we found any new evidence?
And the three words I have to say to you are,
yes, we have.
CHEERS, APPLAUSE
It's my sincere privilege
to hand over to Professor Phil Scraton.
APPLAUSE
Thank you, Bishop James.
At the outset, the families said they wanted us to deliver the truth,
warts and all.
I can say now...
there are no warts.
There is only the truth.
Two years of in-depth research
has gathered and analysed up to two million documents
held by 80-plus organisations and individuals.
We conclude that Leppings Lane terrace
was structurally deficient,
inadequately inspected,
had no current safety certificate,
and had narrowly avoided disaster
at previous semi-finals.
The police operational order
had not been updated.
And opening Gate C without policing the tunnel
was a gross blunder.
There was a critical delay in the emergency response,
lack of leadership,
no coordination,
a failure in triage,
and inadequate equipment.
Dr Bill Kirkup's painstaking review of all the medical evidence
shows that for some who died,
there was prolonged survival.
No pattern of unavoidable death,
and an unwarranted focus on alcohol.
MURMURS
The inquests were deficient.
The preliminary hearings of many inquests were profoundly flawed.
Most significantly...
..the coroner's decision not to hear evidence beyond 3:15pm,
agreed by the families' lawyers,
severely limited examination of the rescue, evacuation...
..and treatment of those who died.
Sadly...
..we conclude...
..that had there been more timely intervention...
..at least 41 of those who died...
..could have been saved.
GASPS AND SOBS
Finally,
we show that the South Yorkshire Police Federation
supported by the Chief Constable, developed and pursued
allegations of drunkenness,
ticketlessness and violence.
Together, with a local Conservative MP,
they used a local press agency
to publish unsubstantiated, appalling allegations
against fans throughout the media, particularly in The Sun.
From the mass of documents, television and CCTV coverage
disclosed to the panel,
we conclude that there is no evidence whatsoever
to support the allegations made against Liverpool fans.
We, er...
We present this report in memory of the 96 men, women,
and children who died.
And to the bereaved, survivors,
rescuers...
..and those who died prematurely
due to their loss and trauma.
APPLAUSE
DAVID CAMERON: 'The new evidence that we're presented with today
'makes clear in my view
'that these families have suffered a double injustice.
'The injustice of the appalling events,
'the failure of the state to protect their loved ones,
'and the indefensible wait to get to the truth,
'and then the injustice of the denigration of the deceased -
'that they were somehow at fault for their own deaths.
'So, on behalf of the Government, and indeed our country,
'I am profoundly sorry
'that this double injustice has been left uncorrected for so long.'
Thanks. Go get 'em, girl.
Right!
I'll park up. OK, love.
Are you OK getting out? No, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.
See you in a bit. See you.
Hello, Andy, how are you?
Anne.
WOMAN: '..This is about solidarity and unity
'and the support of the people of this city.
'Thank you.'
APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
Hiya.
'And our next speaker today is Anne Williams.'
APPLAUSE
Thank you.
Justice.
What a lovely word.
I have hated it for 23 years.
I submitted memorials to three Attorney Generals,
and each time,
they came back the same.
"Not in the interests of justice."
If my Kevin had not died at Hillsborough...
he would have had his verdict years ago.
And that's what really gets to me.
Hillsborough.
Covering it up.
Again.
And again.
Now that the panel has given us this excellent report,
we will demand new inquests,
and the right verdict.
Yeah!
SHOUTS OF AGREEMENT
My son...
..and 95 innocent Liverpool football fans...
..did not die in an accident.
They were unlawfully killed.
The evidence is there.
What I want is justice.
Justice for the 96.
CHEERS AND WHISTLES
Good luck. You take care.
Look after yourself, yeah? Bye.
Hello, you.
Sheila!
Who'd have believed all this, eh?
I'd all but given up hope.
You?
Never!
How are you?
I'm OK. Well done, Anne.
Thank you.
You know, I'm...
I'm sad.
But I'm fine. Well,
you don't look it, there's nothing of you.
Get yourself checked out properly, do you hear me?
Look, I've had all the tests and that.
It's just, I've been preoccupied by all this.
Maybe get a bit of breathing space now, eh?
Well, make sure you do.
Promise?
I promise.
Ah, you came!
My big brother! I'll leave you to it.
See you, Sheila.
Ahh!
I wouldn't have missed it for anything, Sis.
Hey, listen, everyone's going
to The Ship & Mitre. Do you want to...?
Oh, I'd love to, Dan,
but I've been up since first light
and I'm absolutely worn out.
Not even for one little drink, celebrate the victory?
Victory? We haven't won anything.
I mean, this is...
This is all well and good,
but the real work starts tomorrow.
And until I hear those words,
"unlawful killing..."
..there's no let-up.
I know, I'm a big pain in the arse.
No, you're not. I'm proud of you, Sis.
BIRDSONG
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH RAPIDLY
Sorry, sorry...
Fin kicked up a big fuss going into nursery...
It's all right, love.
Don't worry.
Are you OK?
I dunno.
You know when they tell you to bring someone with you? Well...
It's probably not going to be good news, eh?
'Anne...'
I have to be absolutely direct here, and...
..with the type of cancer you have,
and in terms of how far it's spread...
..I'm afraid the prognosis is not good.
I thought as much.
But... there must be something you can do?
That's not to say that we can't help treat the symptoms.
But in terms of the underlying cancer...
..I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do.
Well, there's things I still need to do, so can we, um...?
Can we talk about pain relief?
The cancer is very aggressive...
Well, so am I.
Now, I've got a date coming up that I simply will NOT miss.
Understood.
And palliative chemotherapy could potentially
prolong your life... No, no, no, no. Not chemo.
I'm at the High Court on December 19 and I'm not going in a wig, so...
..what can you give me to get me there?
Mum!
Will you just stop?
What is with you? Can you just stop?
Just stop it, will you?
Shh, shh, shh - and you stop fretting.
Hey?
You know...
I have been expecting this for a while.
..and I'm not scared at all.
Hm?
We'll get these new inquests.
And then I'm done.
I'll be ready to go.
What about me?
I'm not ready!
I know, love.
I know. Hey...
Shh.
SEAGULLS CRY
You know, when Kev was first taken...
..I used to stare out to the sea and think...
"Where have you gone, Kev?"
"Where are you right now?"
Will you not even think about this chemo at all, Sis?
No.
These steroids have sorted me right out.
This is the first time in two years I haven't had any pain.
Now, put your face straight and roll us a ciggy!
Are you sure you won't stay with us?
No, love.
Danny and Sandra have got the spare room.
And you've got enough on your hands with the kids.
Now, this is...
This is all the stuff for the new book. Give it 'ere.
Right. Now...
It goes up to... Well, it's the Bishop and the panel,
and I've typed most of that up, but then, after that...
well, it's just notes, really.
The cathedral and Truth Day.
And then, obviously,
you're going to have to... Are you listening to me?
No, because I don't care about this.
Because this... THIS, here,
is what's killed you, Mum.
No, love.
It's what's kept me going.
'The High Court will be asked today
'to quash the original inquest verdicts of accidental death
'for the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster.
The Attorney-General wants new inquests to be held
following publication of an independent report
which established that almost half of those who died
might have been saved.
'They started their journey before dawn this morning,
'but these families have waited nearly quarter of a century
'for today, and they're ready for what could be a landmark occasion.'
Good luck, Anne.
Oh, thank you, love.
Anne!
Anne?
Anne!
Oh, Derek! SHE LAUGHS
How are you, Anne? I'm not too bad, love.
How are you?
I'm all right.
Danny,
this is PC Bruder.
Oh, right. This is me brother, Danny.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
You're probably not a PC any more, but, you know,
you'll always be PC Bruder to me.
You'll get it, you know. In there.
You'll get everything you were looking for.
I just know it.
Tide's turning.
We'll see, Derek.
We'll see.
We must record our admiration and respect
for this determined search for the truth
about the causes of the disaster...
WHISPERS: I can't see... ..and why and how it had occurred,
which, despite disappointments and setbacks,
has continued for nearly a quarter of a century...
..and simultaneously express our regret
that the process has been so unbearably dispiriting
and prolonged.
This combination of circumstances,
as we have narrated...
..makes inevitable the order for a new inquest.
COLLECTIVE INTAKE OF BREATH
The interests of justice must be served.
WHISPERS: Thank you.
All the inquisitions will be quashed.
There will be new inquests in each and every case.
Yes! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
Yes! JUSTICE!
There we go. I told you, didn't I?
I promised, didn't I? And this is just the start.
Ohh!
LAUGHTER
PARTY POPPER POPS Wahey! Here we go!
Cheers, Danny.
JUBILANT CHATTER
Danny - cheers, mate!
Whoo! Hey!
Good on you, John.
Oop, nearly a double!
HE SIGHS
CHAMPAGNE POURS
I won't be around to see it, will I?
Come on, that's not my sister talking, is it?
Oh, I'm not feeling sorry for meself.
I'm OK with it.
Justice is coming.
Justice.
Cheers, Teresa.
Cheers. Cheers.
Cheers, John.
You know, I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year.
Everybody loves Christmas, don't they?
I don't.
I hate it.
Well, ever since our Kev, anyway.
Well, that's understandable, isn't it? No.
It's selfish.
I've got two other kids that need me, and grandkids, but...
But it's just the way I've felt.
Well, it breaks my heart.
Hey, why don't you get some rest?
Don't tire yourself out.
Yes, boss!
SARA: 'Presents!'
THEY ALL CHAT OVER EACH OTHER
What have I got?
Oh!
MIKE: The cellophane over that! I got a fan!
SARA: Finlay, that is for you.
I got a fan!
You might have something else...
That's for you.
THEY CHAT
CHATTER FADES
CHATTER RETURNS
You all right, Mum?
BIRDSONG
She's just through here.
Look who's come to see you!
I, er... I promise you
I won't wear her out.
Oh, 'ello, you!
Hello!
What a nice surprise! Lovely!
There's a lemon drizzle cake just come out the oven, Bishop James.
Now you're talking!
I, um... I brought you this.
Thank you.
I... I wasn't sure...
I didn't know if you'd...
..be well enough to make it along to the anniversary on Monday.
I'll be there all right.
Here we go.
Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks, Sandra.
The Pieta.
I thought you might like it - it was my mother's.
How did you know?
Know what, Anne?
Last gift Kev ever gave me...
..when he went on a school trip to Rome.
He brought me back one of these.
Just like this.
He'll be 40 next month, my little Kev.
And I'll be there with him.
Would you like to pray?
Yes, please.
What you have to understand, Danny...
..we're looking at days now, OK?
Weeks, at most.
Look...
She's desperate to get to that service.
Is a blood transfusion going to do the trick?
Well, hopefully, it should give her a lot more energy, but...
Even with the transfusion, she could deteriorate
very rapidly.
Any exertion could be fatal for her.
Are we doing this, or wha'?
We just want to
make sure that you understand all the risks, Mrs Williams.
Risks.
Every day of your life's a risk.
Let's get started, shall we? Right.
OK.
Anne Williams...
Date of birth, 6 February,
1951?
I'll be all right.
Hospital number 584-215-3241.
Come on, then, ladies, fill me up!
DOOR BELL
DOOR OPENS
Hello, Danny.
Hiya, mate.
It's good to see you. You, too.
DOOR CLOSES
SOFTLY: Annie...
Hello, Annie.
How are ya, love?
Me? I'm good.
How are you doing?
SHE CHUCKLES
Kev idolised you.
I did, too.
Don't be silly!
You were Kev's dad, Steve.
You were always Kev and Michael's dad.
I know.
And we had some good times, didn't we?
SHE CHUCKLES
Do you remember Kevin,
when we brought Sara home?
Do you remember? SHE LAUGHS
"She's cute, but..."
BOTH: "..when are you taking her back?"
SHE COUGHS
Steady. Shh. Take it easy, love.
Take it easy. Yeah.
We were good together, weren't we?
We were good together, yeah.
What happened at Hillsborough...
You know?
We were OK.
Me and you.
We would've been fine.
I've...
I've carried this with me since Truth Day.
Now...
I know you're gonna take this hard, love.
No, don't.
No... It's OK.
But I think you've got a right to know.
They told me
Kev was one of the 41.
He could've been saved.
It should never have happened.
He went to a match.
Our boy went to a football match.
And this...
It killed us, too.
No.
No, I'm here for you, love.
OK?
I'm here for you.
You're a good man, Steve.
You've always been a good man.
HE SNIFFS
Hm?
Thank you, love. MOBILE BEEPS
SHE CHUCKLES
SANDRA: Oh! Someone's perked up!
Ahh.
Stevie Hart.
Texts me every single day,
without fail.
What's he saying? Hm?
He's saying he'll make sure no-one sits in my spec.
Mum, no way!
What? No way are you going to that service.
You were at death's door last night!
Yeah, and I feel right as rain this morning.
Now, I want you to do something with these roots.
Go and find me something to wear, will ya?
Look at the crowds.
Yeah, you were right, Mum, look.
Everyone's smiling, see?
PEOPLE BANG ON TAXI
Oh, you can drop us here, love, thanks.
No, no, no, you cannot drop us here.
Just carry on, mate.
Oh, don't be boring!
I thought we'd go to the Albert for one,
I haven't seen anyone in ages.
You've changed.
Hm!
Today, we gather with a higher degree of hope
for a future.
But we still come confronting the pain, the emptiness,
the unanswered questions still carried today.
'The home is not complete without love being there.'
Hi, Anne. Hiya.
Here we are. Hey, look at that.
96 silent, but yet powerful voices
still cry out for that justice.
APPLAUSE
May you find in each other...
Hi Anne! Hiya!
..the support, strength,
and grace you need.
Hello. Hiya. You all right?
Great to see you, Anne. God bless you.
APPLAUSE
Oh, hiya!
All right, Mum.
Come here.
WHISTLING
# When you walk
# Through a storm
# Hold your head
# Up high
# And don't
# Be afraid
# Of the dark
# At the end of the storm
# There's a golden sky
# And the sweet silver song
# Of a lark... #
WHISTLING
CROWD JOINS SINGING
# Walk on
# Through the wind
# Walk on through the rain
# Though your dreams be tossed
# And blown
# Walk on
# With hope in your heart
# And you'll never walk
# Alone
# You'll never walk
# Alone. #
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