Shadow domestic secretary says Labour could oppose unusual spying powers unless government releases documents approximately 1970s ‘show trial’ of union activistsLabour’s Andy Burnham has threatened to oppose the government’s draft investigatory powers bill on spying by the police and security services unless ministers release all available papers on what he called “a politically motivated show trial” from the 1970s.
The Shrewsbury 24 – including the Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson – were a group of activists campaigning for better pay and conditions during a 1972 builders’ strike; they were convicted of public order offences and sent to prison. The group have always protested their innocence and believe the trial was politically motivated.
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Source: theguardian.com