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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Dan Haygarth

Margaret Aspinall: Why I’m not afraid to tell Starmer how it is, and the women we should really be praising

Determined, demanding accountability and not afraid of saying it how it is, few people encapsulate the idea of “give to gain” more than Margaret Aspinall.

Ms Aspinall’s son James, aged 18, was among the 97 Liverpool fans unlawfully killed by the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. She has devoted the 37 years since to campaigning tirelessly – not only for the truth, but for a change in the law, so that nobody has to endure what she has.

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