Robert Saulters

[Orior]

This could be in the "Things that make you go F*** thread"

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/orange-order-chief-brands-dissident-terrorists-as-lsquoroman-catholic-irarsquo-14967350.html

Orange Order head Robert Saulters has claimed dissident republican groupings are just "fancy names" for the "Roman Catholic IRA".

Mr Saulters also alleged that "dirty dealing" is leading to Northern Ireland Electricity being "taken over by the Southern Government's counterpart".

And in a further attack, the Orange Grand Master stated that the initials of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) should stand for the "Protestant Prosecution Service".

Mr Saulters made his outspoken comments in a column for this month's edition of The Orange Standard newspaper.

He hit out at "do-gooders" putting "their two-pence halfpenny worth into parading", adding: "Surely we have learned something from the Claudy bombing, the Omagh bombing and all the other atrocities, these fancy names of dissident, real, eirigi, they are all the Roman Catholic IRA and let us not forget that."

His column also referred to the war in Afghanistan, making an apparent link to the power-sharing executive at Stormont.

"No doubt it will be in the minds of the American and British governments to bring the terrorists in from the cold and offer them monetary payments as politicians to rule their country!" he stated.

On the subject of "illegal republican parades", Mr Saulters wrote about "faceless people deciding who should be prosecuted and who should not".

He further said: "we all know what PPS stands for — Protestant Prosecution Service — they are never behind the door in handing out prosecutions to the Protestant people."

A PPS spokesperson said: "Decisions for prosecution are on the basis of the Test for Prosecution and issues as to the religious background of a potential defendant do not form any part of the decision making process."

The Grand Master's article also lambasted the planned sale of Northern Ireland Electricity by its Bahrain bank owners to ESB, the Republic's state-owned power company.

Ah he is such a lovable rogue, bless him.

[BennyHarp]

I think it's just best to ignore some people!

[GalwayBayBoy]

This could be in the "Things that make you go F*** thread"

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/orange-order-chief-brands-dissident-terrorists-as-lsquoroman-catholic-irarsquo-14967350.html

Orange Order head Robert Saulters has claimed dissident republican groupings are just "fancy names" for the "Roman Catholic IRA".

Mr Saulters also alleged that "dirty dealing" is leading to Northern Ireland Electricity being "taken over by the Southern Government's counterpart".

And in a further attack, the Orange Grand Master stated that the initials of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) should stand for the "Protestant Prosecution Service".

Mr Saulters made his outspoken comments in a column for this month's edition of The Orange Standard newspaper.

He hit out at "do-gooders" putting "their two-pence halfpenny worth into parading", adding: "Surely we have learned something from the Claudy bombing, the Omagh bombing and all the other atrocities, these fancy names of dissident, real, eirigi, they are all the Roman Catholic IRA and let us not forget that."

His column also referred to the war in Afghanistan, making an apparent link to the power-sharing executive at Stormont.

"No doubt it will be in the minds of the American and British governments to bring the terrorists in from the cold and offer them monetary payments as politicians to rule their country!" he stated.

On the subject of "illegal republican parades", Mr Saulters wrote about "faceless people deciding who should be prosecuted and who should not".

He further said: "we all know what PPS stands for — Protestant Prosecution Service — they are never behind the door in handing out prosecutions to the Protestant people."

A PPS spokesperson said: "Decisions for prosecution are on the basis of the Test for Prosecution and issues as to the religious background of a potential defendant do not form any part of the decision making process."

The Grand Master's article also lambasted the planned sale of Northern Ireland Electricity by its Bahrain bank owners to ESB, the Republic's state-owned power company.

Ah he is such a lovable rogue, bless him.

Seems like a well balanced individual of sound mind.

[JUst retired]

Playing the orange card again. Nothing ever changes up here.

[saffron sam2]

Are there any figures available to back up his assertions about the PPS?

Suerly he has some solid evidence to back up his claim.

[deiseach]

Suerly he has some solid evidence to back up his claim.

A rhetorical question if ever there was one

[Banana Man]

Thanks for posting that Orior, the paperboy didn't deliver my edition of the orange standard this month and i was really looking forward to that interview 

[lynchbhoy]

Are there any figures available to back up his assertions about the PPS?

Suerly he has some solid evidence to back up his claim.

think its the opposite if you look at
www.courtsni.gov.uk

however in recent times the 'religion' tag has been taken off each case

From what I have been told , in brief- that by population density up to 4 times more catholics were prosecuted for similar offences compared with prodestant counterparts, and some 20 times more prodestant cases where dropped/withdrawn before going to trial than catholics, 1 comment from the NILaw centre suggested that prodestants where able to employ better lawyers to deal with their cases which seems a bizarre comment in the first case, when the results show that some 60% of catholic cases the lawyers got legal aid.

Finally and probably most importantly the results show that some 80% of catholics sentenced for the same crimes as their prod counterparts got longer prison sentences or greater fines.

and also the results in relation to who or which judge by religion who did the sentencing was withheld in the overall report. Not that this would make a difference !!!!

[Tony Baloney]

Are there any figures available to back up his assertions about the PPS?

Suerly he has some solid evidence to back up his claim.

think its the opposite if you look at
www.courtsni.gov.uk

however in recent times the 'religion' tag has been taken off each case

From what I have been told , in brief- that by population density up to 4 times more catholics were prosecuted for similar offences compared with prodestant counterparts, and some 20 times more prodestant cases where dropped/withdrawn before going to trial than catholics, 1 comment from the NILaw centre suggested that prodestants where able to employ better lawyers to deal with their cases which seems a bizarre comment in the first case, when the results show that some 60% of catholic cases the lawyers got legal aid.

Finally and probably most importantly the results show that some 80% of catholics sentenced for the same crimes as their prod counterparts got longer prison sentences or greater fines.

and also the results in relation to who or which judge by religion who did the sentencing was withheld in the overall report. Not that this would make a difference !!!!

Are there any figures available to back up his assertions about the PPS?

Suerly he has some solid evidence to back up his claim.

Same rules apply...