Anne Williams - knocked back again...

Details of last weekend and the trip are coming - don't worry. But I couldn't wait until those posts are up (as they'll be lengthy) to post something about this.

Anne Williams - mother of Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams - has had her case refused by the European Court of Human Rights today. She apparently was "out of time" to present the case. Was this supposed deadline known? To anyone? One would imagine not as Ms. Williams herself has - with all that's going on - quite publicly kept people up to date with the details of her travails.

Or just arbitrarily decided upon spur of the moment? Dropped out of the blue after three years of fighting to get this heard? And for being "out of time" no less - as many have already noted today, more than a bit horribly reminiscent of the notorious 3:15pm deadline imposed by the police on April 15, 1989.

Denied justice in the UK and now in the European courts, who were supposed to be more forward-thinking and unencumbered by the political baggage that has subverted Anne's case at home. Almost 20 years to the day after her son died from the wilful negligence of those "in charge", the denial of treatment that could've saved his life and the countless cover-ups of both afterwards. So now, she must start again, going back to appeal to those who've denied her her say before. What a fucking joke - sorry - and it's impossible to conceive of what she's been through and a punch in the gut this must've been after it seeming like she might finally get what she'd been fighting for all these years.

YNWA, Anne - and as hollow a sentiment that sounds on a stupid blog, it is nonetheless heartfelt. JUSTICE.