Unionist double standards over Army killers

DUP MP Gregory Campbell was accused of breathtaking hypocrisy on Monday, after he spoke out against the promotion of a British soldier who had killed another soldier.

Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly pointed out that no unionist politician has come out and supported the family of Peter McBride in their campaign to remove their son's murderers from the British Army. Nor had they spoken out when Lee Clegg was retained by the British Army and promoted.

This attitude, said Kelly, had led to the assumption that Campbell and his ilk consider acceptable the retention and promotion of individuals who kill unarmed Catholic teenagers.