Category: UVF
... and the bad
by beano on 13 Jul 2006 at 10:41. Categories: Northern Ireland, Orange Order / Other Marches, Loyalists, UVF, UDA
I mentioned in my 12th July post yesterday the braindead teeny-bopper with the UFF flag wrapped around her while I was watching the Orange parade head towards the field. When I returned to watch the parade on its return leg, I'm sad to say the situation… more »
PUP Link Leaves Ulster Unionists 'Hostage to Fortune'
As I've been trying to keep a (relatively) open mind on the link between the UUP and PUP in the non-assembly up to now, I found this piece from Alex Kane in the Belfast Telegraph quite interesting (hat-tip to Pete Baker). Kane is one of many members obvi… more »
Sickening Attack on Victim's Family
This is one for the fans of loyalist paramilitaries out there. On Saturday, the Mount Vernon UVF sent an 8-man gang into Rathcoole to torture Robert McCord for information he didn't have - ie the location of his estranged cousin, Raymond.
Paramilitari… more »
UUP Councillor Defects Over "UVF Link"
by beano on 11 Jun 2006 at 10:48. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Local Government, UVF
Another twist in the shacking up of the UUP and PUP in Stormont has seen 25 year old Ulster Unionist party officer and Down councillor Peter Bowles is defecting to the Conservatives in protest over the party's new links to the UVF. As well as becoming th… more »
Have the Ulster Unionists Sold Their Soul?
by beano on 14 May 2006 at 19:37. Categories: News, Northern Ireland, Loyalists, Local Government, UVF
I've been watching a couple of threads over at the Young Unionists blog with interest recently, following David Ervine's decision to join the UUP grouping in Stormont, allowing the Ulster Unionists to claim an extra seat in any potential executive.
I… more »
Police Warning on Loyalist Criminality
Sinn Fein/IRA/Republican criminality has been under the spotlight for some time now with the leadership of the DUP blaming such activity, along with the lack of support for policing, for the lack faith they have in the prospect of sharing power with Sinn… more »