Veterans
Which side is Labour on – the troops who defended this nation in Northern Ireland, or those who tried to destroy it?
As published by the Daily Mail British troops went to Northern Ireland to save lives. Today, prosecutors pursue them for doing just that. To understand how we reached this appalling state of affairs, we must return to the beginning. In 1969 the British Army deployed to Northern Ireland not as an occupying force but as […]
A night raid on a police station using the IRA’s most deadly gun, an SAS team facing mortal danger – and 30 years on, a monstrous threat to haul them to court
As published by the Daily Mail For more than three hours, on a freezing February night, the 12 men from the Special Air Service had been lying behind a low, threadbare bit of hedge on the edge of a rural chapel car park near the Northern Irish village of Clonoe. According to intelligence reports, this […]
Troubles veterans in grave danger – Keir Starmer must not betray UK soldiers
As published by the Express Labour’s plans to repeal the Northern Ireland Legacy Act could see the floodgates opened to hundreds of criminal and civil cases against veterans of the campaign. As a petition calling on the Government to leave the act, designed to draw a line under the Troubles, alone, senior Conservative MP Sir […]
