This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Rescind Bernard Ingham's knighthood.

At the time of the Hillsborough disaster Ingham described the unlawfully-killed football fans as "tanked-up yobs". Following the inquiry verdict he has reported refused to apologise. HMQ doesn't need this sort of "knight".

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