‘Republican voters take note: can you imagine if Michael Stone stood for election?’

I wonder what Nationalists/Republicans – and indeed Irish Americans – would feel if convicted terrorist Michael Stone was now selected by a Unionist Party to stand for election; or worse, co-opted as a councillor or MLA.
By Tom Nash
Published 28th Jan 2021, 07:09 BST
Michael Stone pictured during his last day's at the Maze Prison before his release on 25-07-2000Michael Stone pictured during his last day's at the Maze Prison before his release on 25-07-2000
Michael Stone pictured during his last day's at the Maze Prison before his release on 25-07-2000

What would they feel if Protestants voted in their droves for him?

Quite rightly people would be outraged, re-traumatised and insulted by his election.

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However, the stark reality is that terrorist Stone is no worse than some Republican MLAs and councillors whom Catholics vote en masse for. Indeed, Stone’s terrorist/criminal CV is mediocre when compared to the terrorist/criminal biography of Martin McGuiness published in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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The reality is that no Unionist party would allow Stone in its ranks, and no Protestant would vote for him.

So, the next time so-called God-fearing Catholics cast their vote for the unreformed terrorists who litter our political institutions, they might bear that in mind.

Tom Nash, Derriaghy

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