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Yes boss

Wed 17 March 2010, 12:27am

When I last looked at Matt Baggott’s comments on armed republicanism it prompted Slugger regular Malcolm to have a few words (I appreciate anyone going to the trouble of adding colours in a response).

Despite this I’ll risk revisiting the issue.

Matt Baggott stated:

“I think to some degree it’s different but it is the same as, for example dealing with street gangs in Brixton”

However the gang soundbite was raised much earlier by none less than Deputy McGuinness:

2.45 pm
As my colleague Martina Anderson said in the House earlier, those people describe themselves as an army. It is not an army that we are dealing with but a gang

Of course I’m not suggesting they compare notes………

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  1. FitzjamesHorse (profile) says:

    Mr McGregor,
    and the answer is…..?

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  2. old school (profile) says:

    Bad spelling, lack of commas,lack of capital letters etc is often deliberate and used by trolls to appear non-descript and common.
    The Brits are still on the street, M.H.
    They are just covert these days.

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  3. West Sider (profile) says:

    Bad spelling, lack of commas,lack of capital letters etc is often deliberate and used by trolls to appear non-descript and common.
    The Brits are still on the street, M.H.
    They are just covert these days.

    And here we have impeccable copy – you must work for one of the big London firms.

    Space. Give yourself space.

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  4. West Sider (profile) says:

    ADDS: and “common” – oh dear, old school, we are most frightfully common.

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  5. Michaelhenry (profile) says:

    they are just covert these days,thats a good one old school,next youll be saying that you are afraid of ghosts

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  6. West Sider (profile) says:

    oldschool is on late because there’s noschool tomorrow.

    That’s my benign take.

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  7. old school (profile) says:

    Whats benign about that?

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  8. Alias (profile) says:

    Next he’ll tell you that MI5′s new HQ on the outskirts of Hollywood is just there to monitor Muslims and that it has nothing whatsoever to doing with protecting its selfish, economic and strategic interest in Ireland.

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  9. West Sider (profile) says:

    @oldschool

    Not too smart, are you? Have you not homework to be getting on with?

    And, tut tut, you most common troll – there should be an apostrophe in there, and you should know that if you want to pass your English Language exam.

    You silly boy.

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  10. Michaelhenry (profile) says:

    alias is to used to watching spooks,come on you are giving the brits a brain

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