Andree Murphy: These loyalists left the Good Friday deal behind decades ago
So, the Loyalist Communities Council has stated in writing to the British Prime Minister that the groups it represents have withdrawn their support for the Belfast Agreement and its institutions. The letter begins with defining the group as "representative of the main Loyalist Groups" that supported the agreement in 1998. It fails to mention that the groups writing letters now are barely recognisable to the loyalism of post-ceasefire political negotiation. In 1998 loyalism was distinct from the Ulster Unionist Party and the anti-agreement DUP. The fresh and distinct voices of David Ervine, B...
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk