Where will the ‘home’ battalions end up?

THE decision of the British government to stand down what are referred to as ‘home’ battalions as part of a normalisation process in the Six Counties will only serve to swell the ranks of the loyalist paramilitaries.

This latest political move is only part of a grotesque dance between the shamed Provos and the British government as they both adjusted to the IRA decision to call off their campaign and surrender.

People seem to forget that the ‘home’ battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment are in fact the disgraced Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) which was merged with the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992.