Infected Blood scandal: How UK failed on a global scale 

Maybe the penny will finally drop that these people don’t care about normal people.

Why do the British have such a problem with taking responsibility? Hillsborough, Post Office, Blood Scandal. There's so many. Why?

Kenneth Clarke displayed such a callous attitude towards the victims

Decades for accountability and justice, this has happened too many times in the UK, it needs to stop.

Australia still doesn’t acknowledge that this ever happened. A disgrace !

jail the ministers

We know exactly why they covered it up, because the Americans told them to, and like good little dogs they followed their commands.

NHS is saddled with the expense, while American companies profited at the victims cost.

Even Portugal had a scandal like this solved in 1996.

Kenneth Clarke shown his true colours

This is NOT a day of shame for the British State, most of us have been consistently ignored for decades. It's a day of shame for Parliament and the Civil Service. Ideally we need a clean sweep of all Parties, MPs, and the First Division of the Civil Service. Add in the Home Office, Health, Treasury and associated business structures.

Why is noone talking about the perpetrators at the source: the US! What responsibility do they bear for exporting infected blood?

Maybe everyone will quit Bashing people who refused blood transfusions all these years. They were the smart ones

What about the suppliers of the blood - the USA where is their accountability?

MAKE MINISTERS FULLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS!

Institutions at the highest level covering for each other, just like Hillsborough taking decades, but this is so many more deaths, so many more families. My heart breaks for them. The Government, the Police, Whitehall ministers, the media, recently the post office, the inland revenue with carers and now the NHS all covering their backsides. I used to be proud of this country, the last thing I thought was great was the NHS.

4 YEARS FOR MURDER

Fun fact. I'm Canadian. I lived in the UK in the late 90s. When I went home, I was no longer allowed to give blood for 18yrs. Not good in military theater, right? Just my experience. But, apparently, nothing to see here...Hmmmmmmm

Shameful

Shameful! In the UK when people die due to deliberate government policy, no one is prosecuted. Many of those people who are responsible for this tragedy, become member of House of Lords. The government never accepts resposibility, and gives paltry amount as compensation, and platitudes. In other countries those reponsible for such a tragedy, go to prison, like in France, unlike in the UK, those respinsible go acot free.

Nothing happens to these corrupt politicians .. we elect them to serve us and they serve the multinationals and themselves .. but we are good at branding other governments as dictators

What all these scandals highlight for me is the utter contempt - the Govt , MPs , the Judiciary , the Civil Service , the Police The Post Office The Water Companies - have for ordinary people. Am i making myself clear -

No blood transfusion for me. Thanks.

Gross and negligent

Events are showing the appalling calibre of those in the health sector

They all protected one another and not the public they were supposed to represent. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.

Enough with BS, u want to avoid any such horrific scandals in the future, then send to jail those responsible! This is the only real deterrent!

This is why you don't let government bureaucrats run your health care system - or almost anything for that matter.

Feels much more personal to me, the contempt of those who should've help me but didn't is unforgivable!

What about commonwealth countries in Africa, people, please pay attention to the maps, countries in Africa with the highest HIV and AIDs cases, were colonized by the UK.

Does the nightmare of the Thatcher years ever stop haunting us?!

Oh please.... this has been ongoing for 40 years !!!!!

‘ Duty of candour ‘. Choice legal words from the chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry .

World in action did a 2 part documentary in 1975. It was the best on tbe subject. Dr David Owen was the health minister at the time was interviewed. Kenneth Clarke has always been an arrogant, rude and unpleasant man. All governments from 1975 till now knew. All the problems with hepatitis are show on this programme in 1975 its a disgrace. I hope David Owen is interviewed.

Errr yes... I remember this time in France! The scapegoat went to jail time while Laurent Fabius, the culprit behind this appalling, deliberate financial decision, is still laughing, has since been promoted many times and is still in government today.

unacceptable . Just like the post masters issue. People should be held accountable & families compensated for gross negligence . Condolences to the families who have lost loved ones.

Lies lies lies, that’s all we hear on the news these days

So, officials and doctors have known this for 30-40 years and still prescribe blood. And what is worse, there are substitutes, such as EPO. Several people need to go to prison. And any present doctor or nurse who administer or prescribe transfusion of blood need to go to jail immediately and get charged with assault. And, if the assault results in disease, the charge should be attempted murder.

It’s what happens where the same establishment has been running this,nation for hundreds of years

John major and ken Clarke should both be held liable, left bankrupt and serve time for this treason. But they won't.

Indeed, Japan did deal with this situation although the compensation paid out in Japan is often more symbolic and often amounts to pittance. Nevertheless, the tainted blood products scandal are not the only health scandal that Japan has dealt with and just this month, the Minamata Disease caused by severe mercury poisoning scandal reared its ugly head once more with bureaucrats cutting the microphone of speakers of victims at a hearing. The politicians get the lion's share of the blame, but it is the bureaucrats that are often the most to blame and since they are not accountable to the public, they often get away with it. The doctors that knowingly and willingly used these products when they had a safe batch on hand should be struck off of the medical registry and face prosecution. Those doctors who had no other supply and had no choice but to use the product in a life saving emergency situation should be dealt with more leniently. Every democracy clearly needs to have an overhaul of its civil service. They are rotten to the core and only have their own self-interest at heart. Those politicians that clearly for political reasons refused to out the cover up of the bureaucrats should also face prosecution. At least Naoto Kan had the guts to reveal this despicable cover up, although it is a shame that he made a mess of dealing with the Fukushima incident years later when he was Prime Minister. He is nevertheless, not a bad person. Just a bit incompetent.

What about the infected blood now from the clot shots? Why isn’t C4 reporting on the Scottish covid enquiry current news?

British history is this. One cover up after another. We Brits have always been in denial.

This is WORSE THAN BLOODLETTING

The loss of trust……this is key to a healthy society. Alas, it has been almost entirely eroded

This is something to be expected from poor or corrupt third world countries, not the first world. To me as a South African, it looks like the cruelty of the colonizer continued after the end of colonization and, in this case towards its own subjects. The doctor who, in passing, told the parents of the 6-year old who contracted HIV had a total disregard of human life, a total disregard of his oath. The NHS should be dismantled and replaced by a proper first world system

Ireland started payments in 1997 I think

When i had my operation,part of the paper work i was to sign said ( not responsible for any disease caused by blood transfusion) i refuse to sign. The nurse was shocked! I go my operation with out blood. Read the fine print!

John Major saying its just bad luck just shows the absolute lack of compassion toward the people infected

What do you expect from a Tory government.

Thankyou for a great job Sir Brian . Now it’s up to the Australian Government to step up and do the right thing. . Although that seems extremely hard , do what is right and good . Victims and their families deserve the truth in Australia.

Ken Clarke, 173 Melton Road, Nottingham NG2 6JL

Kenneth Clark and s shameful then and now May God have mercy on his wretched soul

This has parallels today in the Covid vaccine and Post Office scandals.

My concern is, however; having got rid of the HCV is; how can I recover?

Once Lord,Sir is added before the name Peasents should always remember that nothing will happen to responsible,culprit,criminal

Why does this YT article studiously avoid listing the US source of the tainted blood?

i am confused, much of this blood was from the US surely they have as duty of care first and foremost? they sold a tainted product?

Who in this country decided to buy this blood not knowing if it was safe to use, was it a back pocket deal by some top official

When will the prosecutions begin? How to bring this before the ICC?

Let’s get real nothing will ever change.

Australia still ignores its victims of this disaster. This is a National Disgrace. When will the Australian Government acknowledge these victims and their families ???

God, imagine if this were to happen now? But on a scale a million times greater. God just imagine the cover up.

The Conservative Party is beyond shameful. It needs to go away for a very long time.

Politicians, officials and corporate executives never seem to learn that the cover up is always worse than the original scandal.

This is legitemly is one of the most evil things I have ever seen. Rest In Peace those affected by this scandal. I hope justice is bought to those affected.

Failed on the global stage? Nothing new then.

Old people like him are called Jokyu Kokumin in Japan <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="154">2:34</a> Another ”Abe” who was in charge was beaten in court by one young man. The young one went to prison, the old one died in his own beds. Injustice in human society remains the same no matter where you go on earth.

A cover-up so very British and contemptible! of its own people. The kind of thing you would find in Putin's Russia.

Are you getting ready to also talk about a more recent medical scandal now, Ch4?

I have no doubt that the USA did the same exact thing. I wonder when or if they will ever own up to it!?

As a Japanese it feels odd that our government has done something better than the UK government.

Happened in Australia - still being covered up - Corporate Manslaughter

I’m urging the Australian Government to address this issue now instead of being forced !!!!

UK really lack the technology other countries has, how come other countries who also bought blood never has such news?

Scotland settled ages ago

Clarke is shocking. His peerage should have been taken away and he should be in jail.

So the treatment came with

It all makes perfect sense

If it had been there families would it of been BAD LUCK !

Too expensive to throw away tinted blood!

This is really Sick. Unbelievable.

Shocking the tories must never be allowed to ever be in government again. And stop funding the failure that is the NHS. We need good private health care!

If I ever need a blood transfusion, I'm gonna be questioning where that blood came from, researching it, making them test it for all the blood-borne infections... What a fucking joke.

Crazy pissed! These poor people! 😠

When you have a centralised service (NHS), issues quickly become disasters and public doesn't know better or want to investigate further until it becomes too late.

Unacceptable

Sadly it’s still happening in 2024 related to the “elephant in the room” we can’t mention on RU-vid without being deleted or shadow banned.

They have a " lm allright jack" attitude. Kenneth clark has a shamefull attitude. No wonder uk is in a mess with other mps like him. He should be ashamed of himself

If someone had gone to Channel 4 in the beginning they would have covered it up like the government and big pharma. Don't forget your boosters 👍

Not even close to the experimental jab level of harm

Government’s never learn

Canada too.

what ?

My goodness - I thought freedom of speech and rule of law would have prevented exact tragedy like this.

King of uk shuld be jailed

The Royals should be held to account for this.

Great Britain, nothing great from what I’m hearing with all these scandals, in fact crimes. They are not fit to interfere with other world affairs. Get this country in harmony first and foremost, especially in dealing with the state of overcrowded HMPs and serving proper justice for all. Peace

What about south Africa..... deadly government

Probably played the conspiracy theorist play book ,,,still going on to this day ,,covid enquiry next ,,blood scandal just the start