SAMMY WILSON LABELLED A LUNDY AND BOOED OFF STAGE AT THE LATEST PROTOCOL PROTEST IN THE PREDOMINTELY LOYALIST TOWN OF MARKETHILL

DUP MP Sammy Wilson was booed and called a "Lundy" as he addressed an anti-Protocol (disaster) rally with TUV leader Jim Allister on Friday night. 

The DUP veteran called on the people shouting to listen, saying the "division which some are starting to display here tonight" only "gives succor to our enemies" in reference to other political parties such as Sinn Féin, SDLP and the Alliance Party. But the shouts of "traitor" and "Lundy" could be heard shouted loudly from the crowd and "withdraw your candidates" as well as "get off the stage". The DUP veteran was constantly interrupted as he tried to deliver a speech at the event at the predominantly loyalist town of Markethill in Co Armagh. At his address in the town, Sammy (the mouthpiece) compared the EU's handling of Brexit in the 'North of Ireland' to Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea in Ukraine. However, his comments were drowned out as angry crowd members accused his party of botching the Brexit shambles. 

It was claimed on some newslets that thousands were attendance at the anti-Protocol protest the word on the streets and posted on Social network platforms told a much different story. It was more in the region of around 200 but the bands spread out made it look like there was many more than there really was! 

Russia annexed Crimea in Southern Ukraine in 2014 and amassed tens of thousands of troops on the Ukrainian border within the last few weeks amid international concerns that Mr Putin is poised to launch a full-scale military invasion. 

"The Irish Sea border imposes the will of nationalists on unionists," Sammy said. 

"It trashes the principle of cross-community consent, undermines the Acts of Union and breaches the constitutional settlement in the North of Ireland. 

" Through the *orthern Protocol, the EU in effect is annexing *orthern Ireland just as much as President Putin has already annexed part of Ukraine and is seeking to undermine the country's independence further." 

At one point in Sammy's (the mouthpiece) speech, the TUV leader Jim Allister had to personally intervene and appealed to the crowd to hear him out and let him speak. He then urged those in attendance to listen to the speakers. He then added: "I do appeal for you to listen to the speechs. You'll get your opportunity at the polls to express yourselves, but tonight it's important that we listen to all unionist voices. 

The Protocol has created new economic barriers on trade between the North of Ireland and the rest of the UK. Agreed by the UK and EU to ensuring no hard border in Ireland post-Brexit, it has instead moved regulatory and customs checks in the Irish Sea, with the North of Ireland remaining in the EU single market for goods as is the rest of Ireland. The region also applies the EU customs code at its ports as it must do as Ireland as a whole is one country and also is an Island. Unionists and loyalists claim the arrangements have undermined the sovereignty of the UK, but a majority of Assembly members at Stormont support the Protocol, as does the majority of the electorate here in the north, who voted to Remain part of the European Union and against Brexit. 

The majority in the Stormont Assembly believe it offers the North of Ireland a degree of protection from the negative economic consequences of the Brexit disaster. The EU and the UK are continuing to renegotiate parts of the Protocol in a bid to agree a different way forward to try and reduce some of the bureaucracy associated with it and make the Protocol more acceptable to unionists and loyalists. But the Protocol itself cannot be scrapped (as unionists are calling for) it can only be altered.

How it all started 

How it all ended. 

There has been increased focus on whether any deal would retain the element of the Protocol that allows traders in the north to sell freely within the UK internal market and the EU single market - the so-called "best of both worlds" dual market access. 

Sammy (the mouthpiece) said: "Boris Johnson has rightly led the campaign to stop Putin undermining the democratic wishes of the people of Ukraine, and he has even greater responsibility as the PM of the UK to prevent the annexation of the North of Ireland by Brussels by revoking the NI Protocol. 

THE PROTOCOL PROTEST WAS SEEN AS AN ELECTION OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH STORMONT PARTIES BUT SADLY FOR THEM IT MASSIVELY BACKFIRED!

        SAMMY WILSON HITS BACK AT TUV                      AND EUROPEAN UNION

End of story. 

LOYALIST ASSASSINATIONS WERE TRAINED IN WEAPONS USE BY THE BRITISH ARMY!

A TRIO of Terrorist Protestant  paramilitaries - linked to some of the worst atrocities of the Troubles - were taught to fire deadly machine-guns by the British Army.

The shocking revelation comes days after the release of a Police Ombudsman report into dozens of loyalist murders which concluded collusive security force behaviour was rife. And the Sunday World can today (Sunday 13th February 2022) reveal that all the three men were given weapons training in the same Army Cadet hall in the heart of east Belfast. 

They are:                                         ◼️'Person U' identified this week as the lead gunman in the recently              

published Police Ombudsman’s Report into the murders at Sean Graham's Bookies Shop in 1992, when five people massacred; 

◼️Michael Stone, jailed for the infamous gun and bomb attack during an IRA funeral at Milltown Cemetery in 1988 when three people were murdered;

◼️And Gorman McMullan, who was named in the film 'No Stone Unturned' as a suspect in the Louginisland Massacre, when six innocent Catholic men were murdered as they watched the World Cup finals on TV in 1994. As they entered the bar that night with murder on their minds the gunmen shouted the infamous three words "Trick or Treat" before spraying the bar with machine-gun fire. All three later joined the ruthless Red Hand Commando loyalist terror group. But their initial arms training supplied courtesy of the British Army Cadet Corps. 

'Person U', Stone and McMullan were teenagers when they joined up and learned how to handle deadly rifles and machine-guns.

But on Saturday 12th Feb, Louginisland massacre suspect McMullan (68), was tight-lipped when quizzed about his days as a boy soldier in the army Cadet Corps. McMullan told this reporter: "Listen Jordan, away and f***k yourself!" Originally from Clarawood off the Knock dual carriageway, McMullan and 'Person U' were childhood friends with Michael Stone, who lived in the nearby Braniel estate. In a small army drill hall at the end of Slate Lane, Orangefield the future loyalist terrorists learned how to drill and handle guns. But it was on trips to Ballykinlar Army Camp in Co Down and another on the Isle of Man that they really developed the deadly skills which prepared them for their future roles as loyalist gunmen. At the outbreak of the Troubles, 'Person U', Stone and McMullan all quit the Cadet Corps to join the Red Hand Commando, based in the Braniel estate. As the Troubles developed, 

'Person U' - the future bookies mass murderer - was arrested over the intimidation of seven Catholic families living in Braniel. But he escaped prosecution and walked free from the police station as a mystified Catholic man who had reported him looked on. A former Catholic resident now believe this may have been the moment 'Person U' was signed up as a police informant. "My father identified 'Person U' as the thug who forced our family out. He made a statement to the police and 'Person U' was arrested, but he was released almost immediately," one man told us. He later quit the RHC to join the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), the military section of the UDA (Ulster Defence Association). And it was as a member of the UFF that his murder career began. 

Gorman McMullan was one of six loyalists convicted of the sectarian bombing of the Catholic-owned Hillfoot Bar (follow the link below to see the story) on the edge of the Braniel estate in September 1972. He was jailed for eight years. Earlier last week, Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson roundly condemned what she called the 'collusive behaviour' of RUC officers investigating a string of UFF murders in South Belfast. Twenty-seven Catholics lost their lives in the UFF attacks - and dozens more were injured - when murder gangs from the Ulster Freedom Fighters sprung a series of terror attacks in south Belfast. 

                          SLAUGHTER 

Despite being jailed for his part in an unrelated loyalist murder bid, 'Person U' has never spent a single day behind bars in connection with the bookies shop slaughter.

Former leading loyalist paramilitaries last week told the Sunday World how they are now convinced 'Person U' was working for a state security agency when he pulled the trigger in Sean Graham's bookies massacre. "We didn't know at the time - because we were too close to it all - but it's so obvious now, 'Person U' was working as a state informant. 'Person U' is also believed to have been the loyalist gunman in the savage assassination (execution) of Catholic taxi driver Harry Conlon. Mr Conlon, a 54-year-old father of four, was shot dead (execution style) four months before the Sean Graham attack. Person U' is believed to be alive and well and living in mainland Europe. After two lengthy stints in prison, loyalist mass murderer Michael Stone (pictured above) now lives in Co Down *orthern Ireland. 

With many thanks to: Hugh Jordan for the EXCLUSIVE Sunday World story original story. 

Follow these links to find out more on this story: Ex-Red Hand Commando ran online hate campaign against kids' Irish Language lessons

A Tribute to the late volunteer Ken Owens

LAST STAND OF LOYALIST BRIGADIERS

                         EXCLUSIVE 

Modern-day UDA is made up of scattered group of drugs gangs 

TERROR groups are calling time on the last generation of paramilitary chiefs. 

The era of the brigadiers and commanders is set to be consigned to history as organisations continue to fracture into criminal gangs. 

Command structures in the two main loyalist paramilitary organisations have disintegrated in recent years as various districts break away from the central command. 

The UDA was controlled by the ruling Inner Council which comprised the organisation's six brigadiers - but the Committee has not met for years as the organisation has split and fractured. 

At its height, the UDA commanded an estimated 40,000 members, nowadays it is nearer 5,000, but they almost exclusively owe their allegiance to local leaders and not an over-arching ruling body. 

Loyalist sources say both the UDA and UVF are paramilitary groups in name only and bear little or no resemblance to the forces they once were. 

Once-prominent figures such as Billy 'The Mexican' McFarland, who was brigadier in north Antrim, have either been forced out or stepped down. 

Once strictly controlled by the Inner Council, brigadiers and commanders have not been replaced as they've left the stage. 

Other high-profile figures such as Jackie McDonald in south Belfast have all but retired. There is no discussion as to who might succeed him as leader but he is known to be one of the older paramilitary chiefs who has been working towards standing the UDA down. 

"There are no brigadiers any more," said our source. "They are a relic of the past. The conflict is over, the UDA as we knew it doesn't exist any more, the modern day UDA is a scattering of organised drug gangs." 

None of the existing UDA groups is answerable to a central structure. West Belfast, believed to be under the leadership of Matt Kincaid, is a stand-alone criminal gang deeply involved in the drugs trade. 

                     INDEPENDENT 

         LEADERSHIP: Matt Kincaid  

Similarly, South East Antrim UDA which broke away from the Inner Council in 2007, is wholly independent of any other UDA faction. 

Gary Fisher became brigadier following the murder in 2003 of his predecessor John 'Grug' Gregg, but he is known to be looking for a way out of the organisation. Sources in Carrickfergus say that while he retains the title he is no longer regarded as a brigadier, with the crime gang now controlled by a three-man 'committee.' 

Similarly, the UVF's command structure, while still in place, no longer commands control. 

Veteran Chief of Staff John 'Bunter' Graham is in poor health and is known to be one of those trying to move the organisation from criminality. 

It is understood the disappearance of the old ranking regime and central leadership structure is being viewed as another small step towards disbandment of the UDA and UVF. 

"It's just out of date, it's almost comical, the few that still hold those titles are in the last line," said our source. 

With many thanks to the: Sunday World and Richard Sullivan for the EXCLUSIVE story: richard.sullivan@sundayworld.com