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Fireside Chat

Mr Matthew Johnson

"No Ordinary Day: Espionage, betrayal, terrorism and corruption - the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher"

On 17 April 1984, as police and anti-Gaddafi demonstrators gathered in the street outside the Libyan People’s Bureau in London, they had no way of knowing they were about to become part of one of the greatest tragedies in British policing history.

At 10.18 a.m. automatic gunfire rained down and WPC Yvonne Fletcher fell, mortally wounded. Twelve demonstrators were wounded. The gunmen were Libyans, both concealed behind a first-floor window of the Bureau.

Two weeks later, all those present inside the Bureau, including everyone suspected of involvement in the attack, were deported from the UK. Men guilty of terrorism and murder were neither arrested nor prosecuted.

As his friend lay dying, PC John Murray made her a promise that he would seek justice.

37 years would pass before he was able to fulfil that promise.
Whilst writing John Murray’s story, Matt Johnson identified UK government duplicity, secret service deals and how a plan to finally defeat the all-powerful National Union of Mineworkers would place the government in an invidious position when pro- and anti-Gaddafi elements brought their fight to the streets of the UK. He discovered the real reason Yvonne’s killers were allowed to go free and how events led to 30 years of growing political control of policing, resulting in the disarray increasingly evident today.

The story behind what happened outside the Libyan People’s Bureau is complex, shocking and revealing. Our Guest Speaker Matt Johnson’s compelling account pulls together a series of seemingly unconnected threads into a coherent whole, incorporating all the inter-related elements of politics, business, secret service missions and chance.

Price - Gratis for Members/Guests
Dress Code - Club Dress/Suits
Time - 18:30

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Tue 25/03/2025

at 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

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