The handgun is “authorised by MI5” and “approved on behalf of her majesty’s government”.
Quote from Gusty Spence: “[There was] An element of the UVF [reconstituted in 1935 and some] were covertly enlisted by the Ulster Government at a fee of ten shillings a day to promote a sectarian war …”. (Balaclava Street)
The report of the Stevens Inquiry was published in 2003 and the Cory reports in 2004; both concluded that there had likely been collusion between the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries and called for public inquiries into specific cases.
Whiterock Road, west Belfast. Here is another ‘collusion is not an illusion’ mural, in Ardoyne.
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Copyright © 2004 Cathal Woods
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The quote is from Roy Garland’s biography of Spence and refers to the ‘old UVF’ of 1916.
The quote is from Roy Garland’s biography of Spence and refers to the ‘old UVF’ of the 1913-16 era