This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Rescind Bernard Ingham's knighthood.
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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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