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The Paddy McGuffin column

There are certain universal truisms in life, ineluctable facts that brook no dispute, chief among which is that the Establishment will always look after its own.

Thus, as 2015 draws to a close with further exhortations to mass slaughter and carnage, the Brits are still trying to cover up their crimes from 40 years ago.

This week the High Court in London ruled that seven former members of the Parachute Regiment — the original thugs in uniform — would not have to go to Northern Ireland to be interviewed by police over their role in the murderous events of Bloody Sunday.

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