SNEAKY Parades Commissioner and Portadown Orangeman Don Mackay (who used a false reference in his application form) has been copping flak from nationalists today for saying he will fight the cause of the loyal orders “from inside the fence”. Someone who might appreciate Mr Mackay’s ‘Agent Orange’ methods is former IRA member Robert McLoughlin, who was turned down for a job in the PSNI watchdog, the Police Ombudsman’s office. Like Mackay, McLoughlin is alleged to have lied on his application to get inside the ‘enemy camp’. Rumours that Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly has a reference from Paisley for his Policing Board application remain unsubstantiated.
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