{"id":18607,"date":"2024-11-24T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18607"},"modified":"2024-11-24T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T08:29:08","slug":"mps-back-calls-for-pub-bombings-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18607","title":{"rendered":"MPs back calls for pub bombings inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst and Sarah Edwards said the victims’ families deserved closure<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Two MPs have backed calls for a public inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings after the city marked the 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n

Sarah Edwards, Labour MP for Tamworth, and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst, Conservative MP for Solihull West and Shirley, both said the victims and their families deserved “closure”.<\/p>\n

Twenty-one people were killed and 220 injured in the IRA bombings at the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town on 21 November 1974.<\/p>\n

Six innocent men, known as the Birmingham Six, served more than 16 years in prison for the atrocity, but the real perpetrators were never brought to justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Edwards, who is originally from Birmingham, told BBC Politics Midlands: “I think it absolutely makes sense that they [the victims and families] can get that closure.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s really good we’re hearing positive things from the government about the fact they are considering it.”<\/p>\n

She said if an inquiry were to happen, it would need to be done in “the right way” so families could feel confident they would “get the answers they want”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shastri-Hurst, who also grew up in Birmingham, said he was born nine years after the bombings and described it as a “cloud that covered the city”.<\/p>\n

“I think it is right that we have a public inquiry,” he said. <\/p>\n

“Families need closure on this – they’ve had the inquests, but they haven’t had many answers to their questions.<\/p>\n

“I think the time has come and we need to get on with it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

PM Keir Starmer questioned over inquiry for pub bomb victims.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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Events were held across the city on Thursday to mark five decades since the bombings, and on Friday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said a decision on an inquiry would be made as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Pressed on how much longer families would have to wait, he said: “We’ll keep talking to them and engage and come to a decision as quickly as we can.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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