Pete Baker on August 19, 2004, 12:00 am | Readers 3
In today’s Belfast Telegraph, Anthony McIntyre of The Blanket pulls no punches in his criticism of the “party apparatchiks” who remain determined that a ‘strategy’ “based on an utter falsehood” will not be questioned. Meanwhile Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin, in a manner reminiscent of Monty Python’s Spanish Inquisition, revisits Gerry Adams’ comments to the Irish Times, Success of talks rests on transfer of policing, says Adams to set out the now 4 key areas on which ‘success’ will hinge. (Irish News article courtesy of Newshound)
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