It may seem a trivial matter: after all, an inquest won’t bring back those dea, nor are there any legal issues like inheritances of pensions at stake.
Widows of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are calling on the Government to clear the vast backlog of inquests.
Despite promises from ministers to speed up the hearings, more than 100
families still do not know how their loved ones were killed.
Some widows and girlfriends have been waiting almost four years for an inquest.
However, it does speak to the most basic competences of the State: it’s defense and the administration of the justice system. What we’re seeing is that, despite £500 billion and rising of our money, they’re simply not competent. Cut what the State tries to do and perhaps they’ll have the time and attention to do these basics correctly?
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