Irish ‘witchhunt’

Northern Irish terrorists and suspects were pardoned in the 1998 Good Friday peace deal while others were given “let- ters of comfort” by then Prime Minister Tony Blair guaranteeing they would never be prosecuted. The fact is, civil wars are ghastly, and at some stage both sides have to draw a curtain over the past.

Sadly, British soldiers caught up in the nightmare 40 years ago are again in the firing-line. Theresa May, desperate to keep Sinn Fein politicians sweet as the Brexit fiasco staggers on, has thrown our geriatric veterans under the bus. A new “legal” witchhunt will now review every death attributed to our squaddies. (REV DR) JOHN CAMERON

Howard Place, St Andrews