Campaigners are urging political parties to put an end to the “criminal abuse of power” by enacting a law to help victims of major scandals.
The 52-year-old avid Liverpool football fan said he believes a new law “could make a massive change”, citing the long-running fights for justice victims have endured including those of the Manchester Arena bombings, and the Infected Blood and Post Office Horizon scandals. It has signed up to a Hillsborough Charter, pledging to place the public interest above its own reputation.Mr Parkin, originally from Durham but now based in Leeds, said the law could help protect anyone caught up in a disaster through which they were at no fault.
“And it means buildings become safer, going to events becomes safer, the machine that is bringing up the wrong numbers gets out of the Post Office years and years earlier, rather than going through the decades of anguish.” For those who cannot give money, Mr Parkin has asked that people drop items to their local British Heart Foundation charity shop – with the aim of meeting a target of 2,270 bags of donations.
They added: “Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to make this law a reality if the Labour Party comes to power, we hope other parties will follow suit and stop this criminal abuse of power.”
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