Time for Hain to call it a day.. on the UVF.

While Tory MP David Liddington passes on the PR message, that he was told, to the media, there has been another attempted murder linked to the UVF in Belfast. I’ve noted this point before.. but what will it take for NI Secretary of State, Peter Hain, to take the necessary decision? Or.. perhaps.. he also prefers mediation between the individuals concerned?

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