Des Warren
{{person |WP=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Warren |image=Des Warren.jpg |constitutes=construction worker |birth_date=10 October 1937 |death_date=24 April 2004 |description=Together with [[Ricky Tomlinson], Des Warren received the stiffest sentences of the Shrewsbury 24. }} Des Warren, together with Ricky Tomlinson, received the longest sentences of the Shrewsbury 24. Together they were known as the "Shrewsbury Two".
Blacklisting
He was sentenced for "conspiracy to intimidate" whilst picketing in Shropshire in 1972, imprisoned and blacklisted.
Publication
His autobiography, The Key To My Cell put forward his version of events, and what he considered "the real conspiracy" — that the arrests were part of a plan to intimidate the trade union movement.
Campaign
Ricky Tomlinson and others continue to campaign for the UK government to release documents on the event and to posthumously clear the name of Des Warren.
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Government conspiracy against 1972 UK builders’ strike exposed | Article | 15 December 2015 | Barry Mason | On 3 February 2021, the surviving Shrewsbury 24 pickets fought to clear their name in a two-day hearing at the Court of Appeal after they were criminalised for going out on strike in 1972. |
