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BAGGOTT LOST IT BY BOWING DOWN TO LOYALIST VIOLENCE

Posted By: January 25, 2014

Newt Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, January 25, 2014. Chief Constable Matt Baggott, who has announced he will be leaving in “months”, was appointed by the Policing Board in 2009 on the basis of his “community policing” philosophy. This was an honourable leap of faith towards a more normal society but it is now […]

The former leader’s savage attack on his successor, Peter Robinson, is a reminder that his party could see that he had outlived his usefulness.

Posted By: January 25, 2014

    The ruthless DUP knows it was right to ditch Paisley The former leader’s savage attack on his successor, Peter Robinson, is a reminder that his party could see that he had outlived his usefulness. By Kevin Meagher . The New Statesman. Thursday,  January 24,  2014 . The former leader’s savage attack on his successor, Peter Robinson, is a reminder that […]

Paisley’s story is one of chances lost and rare opportunities missed

Posted By: January 25, 2014

GERARD O’REGAN. Irish Independent ( Dublin). Friday , January 25, 2014 WHAT thoughts now rummage deep in the canyons of his mind? Inexorably the old man moves from the autumn to his winter years. His 87th birthday has come and gone. Now the future is inevitably enwrapped with the past. Ian Paisley looked down all […]

Former street preacher and agitator now full of years and of self-satisfac

Posted By: January 25, 2014

“He topped the poll in every European election, which meant that more than half of unionist voters chose him to speak for them abroad. In the 1984 election, he took nearly 60 per cent of the unionist vote. His European triumphs alone entitled him to call himself the voice of Protestant Ulster… ”   EDITOR’S NOTE : It is a misunderstanding to think […]

Revealed: Secret files on Ian Paisley’s ousting sent to Washington

Posted By: January 23, 2014

 EXCLUSIVE: US briefing note claims Robinson organised move   /> Ian Paisley with Martin McGuinness ADRIAN RUTHERFORD .Belfast Telegraph.JANUARY 22,  2014 The US government was briefed in 2008 that Peter Robinson had orchestrated Ian Paisley’s departure from frontline politics, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal. The allegation is made in a confidential document, reporting on developments in the Northern Ireland […]

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