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Reactions in Britain were
furious, with senior politicians from all parties calling for immediate
action against the perpetrators and the IRA in general. The British
media were equally condemnatory; according to The Guardian, it was
"the worst IRA outrage on the British mainland" at that
time, whilst the BBC has described it as "one of the IRA's worst
mainland terror attacks". The Irish Sunday Business Post has
described it as the "worst" of the "awful atrocities
perpetrated by the IRA" during this period.
The attack's most lasting consequence was the adoption of much stricter anti-terrorism laws in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, There was a memorial to those who were killed, situated in the entrance hall of the westbound section of the Hartshead Moor service area, which was used as a first aid station for those wounded in the blast. There is now a larger memorial, set away from the foyer of the Hartshead Moor service area, following a campaign by relatives of the dead. A memorial plaque engraved with the names of the casualties was also unveiled in Oldham in 2010. The Roll of Remembrance The Act of Remembrance
The Last Post Two minutes silence is kept
The Laying of Wreaths by the families,
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