#ShinnersList: “…old hatreds have not been buried. The old injustices have been replaced by new ones.”
Charles Moore in the Telegraph reprises Peter Preston’s 2007 theme of poisonous foundations: On one thing, Jonathan Powell is quite correct. The indignation of Unionist politicians in Northern Ireland, notably the First Minister, Peter Robinson, is utterly synthetic. Mr Robinson says he was not informed – and that may, strictly speaking, be the case. But he could have found out about these comfort letters in 10 minutes if he had tried. It was much more convenient for him not to …