Unfortunately Archive.ph search did not yield the article for me, so headline only. But Blair is one of Starmer’s current advisors and will be part of the team should Labour be the next party in power in WM. Given Starmer’s ‘I’m a Unionist’ and this duplicituous action from Blair, it does not bode well for Northern Ireland, for the GFA, and for a Border Poll. #Think32 #NIPolitics #Labour https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair-worked-behind-scenes-to-thwart-pat-finucane-public-inquiry-after-discussion-with-mi5-boss/a1324106581.html
Tony Blair worked behind scenes to thwart Pat Finucane public inquiry after discussion with MI5 boss
Tony Blair worked behind the scenes to avoid a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane after a conversation with the head of MI5 made a significant impression on the Prime Minister, a Government file has revealed.Sam McBride (BelfastTelegraph.co.uk)
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*#TonyBlair worked behind scenes to thwart #PatFinucane public inquiry after discussion with #MI5 boss*
#PrimeMinister’s view of case was discussed with his inner circle and recorded in document discovered by #BelfastTelegraph at The #NationalArchives in #Kew
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...👉Mr #Finucane was slaughtered in front of his young children👈,...
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...and his wife Geraldine was injured, when #UDA gunmen burst into their north #Belfast home in 1989.
#GeraldineFinucane, who was shot in the leg as her husband Pat was murdered, pictured at his funeral. Photo: Pacemaker
In 2012, 👉Prime Minister #DavidCameron apologised for “shocking levels of collusion” between the state and the #UDA in his murder...👈
In 2012, human rights lawyer Sir #DesmondDeSilva investigated...
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...Mr #Finucane’s murder...he was “👉in no doubt that agents of the state were involved in carrying out serious violations of human rights up to and including murder...👈
A message from the #Dublin Embassy in 2005 said that #Taoiseach #BertieAhern and almost every other Irish government official had raised the case with #US envoy #MitchellReiss...
“Reiss noted his...
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...concern that the 👉#Finucane case will become an irritant in #Irish relations with the #UK and get in the way of a deal...”👈
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