Labour's big beasts have given Britain's nuclear test heroes the party's full-throated support, bringing hope of an end to their 70 years of injustice.
Shadow ministers, metro mayors and backbenchers joined with the Mirror to insist that the next Labour government finally deliver them recognition in all its forms.
Around 22,000 servicemen took part in hundreds of Cold War radiation experiments between 1952 and 1991, and are now proven to have increased risks of cancer, death and suicide. Their wives suffered miscarriages and their children have 10 times the normal rate of birth defects, but they have been repeatedly denied war pensions, their own health records, and even a medal.
