Monthly Archives: December 2018

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Should we care what the UDA, UVF and the Red Hand Commando think about the Brexit backstop?

Talking to the spokesmen for paramilitaries gives them a status they don’t deserve, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards.

I see loyalist ex-paramilitaries are unhappy with Mrs May’s deal. We are told by the chairman of the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC), which is supported by the Red Hand Commando, the UDA and the UVF, that recently they met the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office to explain their objections. Read more »

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