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The Spectator's Notes

The Spectator’s Notes

3 November 2016

3:00 PM

3 November 2016

3:00 PM

It is a great relief that there will be no inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in 1984. The weirdness is that Mrs May’s people ever entertained the thought in the first place. The push for an inquiry is a classic example of the attempt by the aggrieved, usually on the left, to turn history into a trial.

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