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Hillsborough Families Urge Starmer to Dismiss Dinsmore

7/30/2025

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Hillsborough survivors and families are calling on Keir Starmer to rethink David Dinsmore's role as permanent secretary for communications. They believe Dinsmore's connections to the Sun, which spread damaging falsehoods about the tragedy, render him unfit for the position. Additionally, his previous legal troubles and the Sun's failure to take responsibility raise further alarm.

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Hillsborough survivors and families are calling on Keir Starmer to rethink David Dinsmore's role as permanent secretary for communications. They believe Dinsmore's connections to the Sun, which spread damaging falsehoods about the tragedy, render him unfit for the position. Additionally, his previous legal troubles and the Sun's failure to take responsibility raise further alarm.