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Tory secrecy insults the Northern Irish victims of the British state
The decision to keep secret the files relating to deaths caused by British army use of ‘baton rounds’ in the 1980s only augments the agony the victims' families have suffered, writes RICHARD RUDKIN
Rubber and plastic rounds [Pic: lns1122/Creative Commons]

Just when you think this Tory government couldn’t get any nastier, somehow they always seem pull something out the hat to prove us wrong.

It appears they have now blended in their Tory trademark of “heartlessness” along with a disturbing desire for “secrecy and cruelty” by denying a number of family’s access to vital historic files.

The files that are held at the National Archives at Kew could provide answers surrounding deaths caused by injuries sustained from plastic bullets, also known as baton rounds, during the “Troubles.”

Paul Whitter was just 15 when in 1981 a plastic bullet struck him on the back of the head  — he died 10 days later

Stephen Geddis, aged 10, was the youngest person to die from injuries caused by a plastic bullet

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