Inside job
Evidence of past collusion is unlikely to undermine the new police force
THE publication on January 22nd of a report detailing how some in the old Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) protected a band of loyalist paramilitary killers could hardly have come at a more sensitive moment. Republicanism's own paramilitaries-turned-politicians are preparing to commit themselves at an ardfheis (special conference) on January 28th to supporting law and order in the province, thus paving the way for devolved administration to be restored to Belfast.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Inside job”
From the January 27th 2007 edition
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