The Government must act on legal aid madness and make sure justice is done over the Hyde Park bombing – The Sun

It IS in the public interest for Downey to be prosecuted over the four soldiers massacred in 1982

IT is hard to stomach when evil murderers get public money to defend themselves but justice would not be served otherwise.

Nor will it be if the prime suspect in the IRA Hyde Park atrocity never faces trial because this same Legal Aid fund will not foot the bill.

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Justice will not be done if John Downey, already freed after a blunder, dodges a private prosecution too.

It was deemed in the public interest to give 380,000 to men so wicked they ultimately got whole life terms.

So, too, to give Downey 50,000 to defend himself before his criminal trial collapsed.

Now it is squarely in the publics interest for him to be prosecuted over the four soldiers massacred in 1982.

Despite big donations from Sun readers, it can only happen with Legal Aid.

The Government must act.

YOU can back the Hyde Park Justice Campaign in several ways.

Credit or debit card donations can be given athttp://www.crowdjustice.org/case/hyde-park-justice.

You can donate online using these bank details: Sort code 18-00-02, and account number 04507118.

You could also go to your own bank with the details.

Donors can also send cash or cheques to: Hyde Park Justice Campaign, Fourth Floor, 158 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TR.

Any money left over will be donated to other legal actions for serving members of the Armed Forces or victims of terrorism and their families.

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JEREMY Corbyn is mute as Venezuela burns.

So his allies speak for him and their defence is both laughable and appalling.

They say this once oil-rich countrys collapse is not the fault of socialism but of America for bankrolling unrest.

And Corbyns young fans say Venezuela is irrelevant and cannot discredit him.

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It wasnt irrelevant when he cited it as the shining example of socialisms better way.

Nor when he and guru Seumas Milne delightedly congratulated President Maduro now its virtual dictator, rigging elections and crushing dissent.

It IS relevant to Britain.

Because this is their lifelong belief system being tested right now, in real time and destroying a nation through the poverty, starvation and oppression that are its natural consequences.

It is hard proof of the hideous damage Corbyn would do to the many, not the few.

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WHEN will the Government get its priorities straight on roads?

One hare-brained new scheme is to build giant tents over the most polluted ones to keep fumes away from homes.

How can we find millions for that when our pock-marked roads are worse than those in Namibia and Ecuador?

Fix them first. Tents later.

WHITEHALLS fetish for keeping harmless historic documents secret must end.

What damage can be done by making public a paper relating to a foreign jaunt Charles and Diana went on in 1986?

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The independent body overseeing the release of national records says civil servants cover-up culture is getting worse and often has no justification.

We should have an automatic right to see all 30-year-old Government documents and be given a damn good reason if not.

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The Government must act on legal aid madness and make sure justice is done over the Hyde Park bombing - The Sun