DUP demands apology after RUC branded a paramilitary force

There's a row in the North after the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Ian Blair, referred to the old RUC as a paramilitary force.

There's a row in the North after the London Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Ian Blair, referred to the old RUC as a paramilitary force.

The DUP has demanded an apology and retraction, saying the commissioner has cast a slur on the gallant men who defeated terrorism.

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