Carry On Lying (Constable).

It's taken the Goverment SIX YEARS to respond to a report by the Bishop of Liverpool which made 25 recommendations following the conclusion of inquests into the deaths at Hillsborough 34 YEARS ago.

Campaigners have been calling for a "Hillsborough Law", or Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, to create a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials to tell the truth and proactively co-operate with official investigations and inquiries.

In essence, they wanted coppers and the like to be legally forced to.......tell the truth and not get involved in cover-ups! Can you believe it? There needs to be a law to make the police tell the truth?

Guess what? This Mickey Mouse Government, responding to the report, didn't think plod should be forced to stop telling porkies.

In its response, it said: "The government is not aware of any gaps in legislation or clarifications needed that would further encourage a culture of candour among public servants in law."

So, no "Stop Fucking Lying You Corrupt Git" Bill will come about. What a wonderful country we live in.

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