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The scandal of blacklisting is far from over
A public inquiry is needed so that justice can finally be served, writes CHRIS STEPHENS
An anti-blacklisting protest on College Green in central London, November 2013

HAVING reported on these pages in the past about the bizarre and surreal nature of Westminster, six weeks ago I found myself rising in the chamber at Prime Minister’s Questions to ask a question that is usually dismissed by the Establishment and liable to have me labelled a conspiracy theorist. 

It is one of the defining characteristics of the pantomime that is the House of Commons that MPs have to deploy the tactic of asking questions that they can predict the answer to in order to make a point. 

I asked for a public inquiry into blacklisting. Ten years on since the discovery of the documents that revealed the true nature of the Consulting Association, the seriousness and widespread depth of the blacklisting conspiracy is coming to light. 

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