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New Plastic Bullets Launched As Sinn Fein Piss In
Sinn Fein today continued their "Outside the tent pissing in" policy to policing as spokesman Gerry Kelly used the launch of a new, supposedly safer, plastic bullet as an opportunity to have a dig at the SDLP under the headline "SDLP policing failures exposed as new Plastic Bullet is introduced"
Kelly has one of his trademark whinges, starting with "Plastic bullets kill that is the bottom line."
Whereas all those live rounds fired by the IRA were harmless toys? Or the petrol bombs lobbed by Sinn Fein's "beleagured nationalists of north Belfast" on Friday night? Plastic Bullets (PBRs) are a lot less lethal than live ammunition - that's the whole point!
He goes on to say "The SDLP in public have consistently claimed to be opposed to the use of plastic bullets."
They do. They go to meetings and argue the case against their use. Sinn Fein bitch and moan from outside.
"They told us that through membership pf the Policing Board they would ensure the removal of Plastic Bullets. Yet on the Policing Board they have presided over the introduction of another new plastic bullet."
Sinn Fein are as guilty as, if not moreso than, the SDLP of allowing plastic bullets to continue to be used. Rather than go into the policing board and vote against them, they'd rather use them as an excuse to attack the SDLP and score cheap political points. So which party is actually opposing them?
"The SDLP made noise but were ultimately powerless to prevent this and will without doubt go along with the decision of the Board."
The SDLP would have had more votes if Sinn Fein had taken their seats. As for going along with it - what should they do? Threaten the decision makers with their own private army? Oh wait...