Allister answers Lord Morrow
09 August 2008
What unfortunate choice of assailant the DUP Press Office has made in choosing to issue this statement in Lord Morrow's name. Lord Morrow should be the last man to raise his head on this subject. It was he who correctly told the Assembly "everyone knows the IRA murdered Paul Quinn" and then went on to keep tellingly silent, in deeds and words, once the IMC whitewashed what he knew to be the truth. So Lord Morrow's credibility on the subject of the IRA's actions and existence is rather shot to pieces.
He might also like to remember that he is the Chairman of a Party which talked about the necessity for the Army Council to disband before the DUP even considered any power-sharing with Sinn Fein, yet meekly accepted IRA/Sinn Fein in government without a squeak about the Army Council, making the DUP's current stance on the Army Council meaningless posturing.
My own position is consistently clear. IRA/Sinn Fein is utterly unfit for government, any government post be it education or policing & justice. Lord Morrow used to believe the same, sadly, now, he is one of those propping up McGuinness and company in the government of a state they do not even believe in.
Of course, I want to see the IRA Army Council go, transparently and for good, but I'm not prepared to be conned by a stage-managed bit of choreography by a Government-compliant IMC. Sadly, on his past performance over the Quinn murder, I fear, Lord Morrow will dutifully bury principle for the sake of Party expediency.
