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The historic injustice of Orgreave must be resolved
We need to reverse the false narrative created by the Tories about what happened on that fateful day in 1984 – when striking miners were ambushed and subjected to a police riot, says DIANE ABBOTT

THREE years ago this month, the 2016 Tory home secretary Amber Rudd refused to establish an inquiry into one of the most violent assaults by police on workers during an industrial dispute in Britain. 

She believed there was no sufficient basis for an Orgreave inquiry, because she felt that there was no miscarriage of justice, there was nothing new for the police to learn, it was a long time ago and nobody died at Orgreave. 

The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) continues with its commitment to the fight for truth and justice and a public inquiry into the policing of miners picketing the Orgreave coking plant on June 18 1984 during the miners’ strike. 

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