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Imagine if Alexander Litvinenko’s death was ignored like our nuclear veterans, Mirror, 28 Jan 15 After eight years Crown Prosecution Service has finally led to a public inquiry into the Russian’s death – Britain’s nuclear test veterans have waited 63 years so far.

When Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a radioactive cup of tea, it provoked an outcry. Within six weeks of his death the Metropolitan Police announced the name of their main suspect, a Russian. Within six months the Crown Prosecution Service issued charges and the Foreign Office made a formal extradition request to the Russian authorities.

After eight years it has finally led to a public inquiry ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron and has already heard the killing was ordered by the Kremlin itself.

Can you imagine what it would be like if no-one had investigated, no charges brought and no inquiry held?

Imagine – a government responsible for the death by radiation poisoning of a man, and never held to account.

It would be a stain upon our nation if we allowed it, and a denial of the rule of law.

Now imagine a government potentially responsible for the death by radiation poisoning of thousands of men.Imagine that government could also be responsible for the grief of thousands of mothers who miscarried fetuses warped beyond recognition by that radiation.

Imagine that government’s actions may have created thousands more living children, disabled by chronic pain, rare genetic conditions and unusual deformities.

Would you expect a public inquiry into that? Would you hope for a criminal investigation, scientific explanation, or at the very least a ‘sorry’?Then you would hope in vain, just as Britain’s nuclear test veterans and families have hoped for 63 years so far……… And it is a stain upon our nation that it continues.

Litvinenko was a man in the employ of our security services, working on our behalf to expose the criminality of Vladimir Putin.He was killed by a high dose of Polonium-210, a rare radioactive metal added to his tea.

It cannot pass through skin, but drink a cup of the stuff and it causes chaos, made worse by the fact that it cannot get out again.It’s called ingested radiation, and was used to kill him while presenting very little risk to those wielding it………://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/imagine-alexander-litvinenkos-death-ignored-5059060