Comments on: 20 years on http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/ Because all the other domain names were taken Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: red http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 red Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:19:47 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1352#comment-3449 This is a great piece. On the day of the G20 protests, I was working. We were all getting protest updates on the news and discussing the policing at work. I was thinking about Hillsborough as I read the reports of the protestors being penned in... of course that was before the news of Ian Tomlinson's death came through. The points you make linking the two events about the lies and the police are spot on. This is a great piece. On the day of the G20 protests, I was working. We were all getting protest updates on the news and discussing the policing at work. I was thinking about Hillsborough as I read the reports of the protestors being penned in… of course that was before the news of Ian Tomlinson’s death came through. The points you make linking the two events about the lies and the police are spot on.

]]> By: Jim http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3445 Jim Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:30:24 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1352#comment-3445 Well said Chris. Well said Chris.

]]> By: Terence Eden http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3444 Terence Eden Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:54:36 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1352#comment-3444 A compelling read. I'm not involved in football - so I don't feel the disaster as keenly as I know many football fans do. But the parallels you raise with the police and media handling of such events in the past and today have given me a new appreciation of events. One interesting aspect is using Hillsborough as a perfect counter example of the "'elf 'n' saftey gone mad" crowd. Building design, crowd management, official response are all vitally important if we want to prevent deaths on this scale. Just so sad that the reason for the reaction to events like these are so quickly forgotten. A compelling read.

I’m not involved in football – so I don’t feel the disaster as keenly as I know many football fans do. But the parallels you raise with the police and media handling of such events in the past and today have given me a new appreciation of events.

One interesting aspect is using Hillsborough as a perfect counter example of the “‘elf ‘n’ saftey gone mad” crowd. Building design, crowd management, official response are all vitally important if we want to prevent deaths on this scale. Just so sad that the reason for the reaction to events like these are so quickly forgotten.

]]> By: Kemptown Ben http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 Kemptown Ben Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:53:11 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1352#comment-3443 Great piece: enjoy it while you can, tho, police have powers to confiscate equipment from anyone taking pics of them at work these days. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/photographers-criminalised-as-police-abuse-antiterror-laws-1228149.html They say it's to stop terrorists. Really tho it's about making sure no-one gets caught. Great piece: enjoy it while you can, tho, police have powers to confiscate equipment from anyone taking pics of them at work these days.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/photographers-criminalised-as-police-abuse-antiterror-laws-1228149.html

They say it’s to stop terrorists. Really tho it’s about making sure no-one gets caught.

]]> By: Susan http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/2009/04/15/20-years-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 Susan Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/blog/?p=1352#comment-3442 Well written piece, really makes people think and I hope we see changes. Well written piece, really makes people think and I hope we see changes.

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