'Time to reveal the source'
HFSG chair Margaret Aspinall and Labour MP Andy Burnham today called on Kelvin MacKenzie to finally come clean about the fabricated headlines the Sun published in the immediate aftermath of the 1989 disaster.
The notorious front page that demonised Liverpool fans, printed just four days after the tragedy, was found to be without any foundation by the official enquiry into the disaster.
Despite this the article succeeded in deflecting attention away from the failings of the police at Hillsborough, creating a false impression of that day that has hampered the quest for justice ever since.
In a passionate House of Commons, MPs called on the Sun and its disgraced former editor to issue a full and immediate apology but Mrs Aspinall, whose 18 year-old son James died at Hillsborough, says the families want more than that.
"It's not an apology we're after," she told Liverpoolfc.tv. "We want MacKenzie to reveal his source. This is a time for honesty. He should be hanging his head in shame for what he did to those families. We suffered for 22 years because of his actions."
Andy Burnham, who spoke so passionately during the debate, echoed the views of the Hillsborough Family Support Group in calling for The Sun's source to be revealed.
"The call has gone out from Margaret Aspinall," Burnham told Liverpoolfc.tv. "I supported today that they (News International) should co-operate fully with the panel and indeed make available any material or indeed track down the names that they were given who were briefing the press at that time.
"This was a massive tragedy yet within hours, public authorities in this country started denigrating the names of those who had died, their families, their friends, their fellow supporters. This is just beyond any comprehension and really The Sun newspaper finally does need to come clean and it needs to help us establish who gave those briefings and what authority did they have to give them."