History Is A Product Of Multiple Causes: Differing Views

It is a cliche to say that history is written by the victors, but sometimes those who appear to have 'won' (at least for the time being) disagree on how and why they did so.

Malcolm Mummery, who was an early activist when he started the Dadour Group, argues that it's all due to the politicians, while others, including myself, say that most politicians, including the Opposition, only became interested when the extent of the community outrage became apparent.

There is some truth in both points of view - this is a classic case of an outcome being achieved as a result of multiple inputs, none of which can be described as the sole or determining cause. Indeed, remove any one of the inputs, including some of the unbelievably stupid things that Barnett and Simpson did, and the outcome might well have been very different.