Political Editor Liam Thorp reflects on more missed opportunities for justice for the Hillsborough families - who are now pushing to help others avoid their anguish
The Hillsborough families speaking at a press conference after the publication of a new IOPC report into police failings
The Hillsborough families speaking at a press conference after the publication of a new IOPC report into police failings
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For the families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster, Monday evening will have been another full of tension, anxiety and deep frustration.
As they sat sifting through the near 400-page report into the appalling police failings that led to the unlawful deaths of their sons, brothers, sisters and daughters - and the culture of defensiveness and downright dishonesty across two police forces that saw those same loved ones - and their friends and fellow supporters wrongly blamed for the tragedy, they must have had a familiar sinking feeling.
Because the next day, they would once again find themselves at the centre of a huge national story about how their loves ones were so badly failed - only to be reminded that no one has faced real proper punishment for their devastating loss.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct report is certainly a valuable document and yet another vital piece of evidence to condemn those senior figures at South Yorkshire Police who allowed the 1989 disaster to unfold before trying to shift the blame onto Reds' fans - but it lacks one real, crucial element - true accountability.
As Sue Roberts, whose brother Michael was unlawfully killed at Hillsborough said today, it is good that the report names and shames the 12 former senior officers - from both South Yorkshire Police and the West Midlands force that did such a poor job of investigating the disaster - and states clearly for all to see that they would have faced gross misconduct cases were they still serving officers today.
But the reality is that they are no longer serving officers. They were all allowed to retire without facing that misconduct panel that the IOPC says they deserved to face. Some of them are living comfortable lives with solid pensions and nice houses - and will see out their days in peace.
97 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989
97 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989
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As the families made clear today, they can't live in peace. Their entire lives have been dominated and devastated by what happened on that day - and by the enormous failures of those who were tasked with keeping their loves ones safe.
But despite the harrowing lack of justice afforded to them, they keep fighting - and they do that for others. It is to the eternal credit of the Hillsborough families that their passion and energy has turned to ensuring that no one else will ever go through the same ordeal as they did through the creation of an historic new Hillsborough Law.
Often, when you mention what comes with the Hillsborough Law - which is making its way through Parliament as we speak - people will say, 'I can't believe we need a law to make people in public office tell the truth," and in many ways you can understand their surprise.
But when you leaf your way through that IOPC report, past the reams and reams of evidence of senior police officers altering witness statements, creating false narratives and pushing the blame for this country's worse ever sporting disaster onto the people who were simply unlucky enough to be caught up in it - you see why this law is so utterly vital.
During today's press conference, in which the families spoke so powerfully, they were all united in their belief that making sure this new legislation makes its way onto the statute books is their remaining driving mission.
They will never get the justice they deserve. Many in their position would have given up a long time ago. But they will keep on fighting, for the legacy of their lost loves ones - and for the good of those who come next.