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Originally Posted by steeljack

Thats the problem, all facts and figures get hidden away under 'security laws' for 25 or 50 years , the truth only starts to come out after the buggers are dead and buried

No, it has more to do with the passions of the moment having died away. Unpopular decisions made by a political leader in one era may well prove to have been correct some decades down the road when the results are evident and evaluated.