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According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref> | According to journalist [[Henry McDonald]], Campbell has been an associate of the late [[John McKeague]] and of [[Clifford Peebles]].<ref>Henry McDonald, [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jun/12/northernireland.religion In defence of bigotry], ''Observer'', 12 June 2005.</ref> | ||
| + | In August 1996, Campbell was chaplain of the Seawright Branch of the Apprentice Boys, named after [[George Seawright]], which traveled from Sandy Row in Belfast to Derry but was not able to march the City's walls., ''The Observer'' reported: | ||
| + | " 'When the loyalist declared their ceasefire, I felt let down and betrayed,' Mr Campbell admitted. 'Had all those men died in vain?' He described the IRA ceasefire as a Trojan horse. 'They give people a little bit of peace to enjoy and then threaten to take it away. It's a very clever form of intimidation. In a war only one side can win. We are the majority. We have to win.'"<ref>Mary Holland and Jonathan Steele, LONE TRIUMPH ON THE LONG MARCH, ''The Observer'', 11 August 1996.</ref> | ||
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| + | Campbell was one of a group of loyalists protesting outside [[Ulster Unionist Party]] Headquarters during a meeting on Stormont talks in April 1998.<ref>Suzanne Breen, Rapture, ecstasy, excitement - but not for Trimble, ''Irish Times'', 10 April 1998.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the days after the Good Friday Agreement, addressed an Apprentice Boys Rally in London, the ''Belfast Newsletter'' reported: | ||
| + | ::He urged the crowd to use what influence they had to campaign for a no vote in the referendum, saying loyalists should never accept power sharing or cross -border organisations. | ||
| + | ::"I have news for Mr Trimble and the other leaders. He can get as many standing ovations as he likes today, but we will bring it (the agreement) down," he said. | ||
| + | ::He continued: "You can't depend on Trimble. He is to Ulster what De Klerk was to South Africa. He is the traitor of all traitors."<ref>James Lyons, BOYS VOW TO FIGHT FOR 'NO' VOTE; MARCHERS FROM ACROSS BRITAIN 'SADDENED' BY UUP ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT, Belfast Newsletter, 20 April 1998.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:13, 6 January 2014
Alan Campbell is a Northern Ireland-based preacher, a former member of Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church, he later set up his own religious grouping which believes that the people of Ulster are descended from a lost tribe of Israel. He is the author of a number of anti-Catholic pamphlets.[1]
According to journalist Henry McDonald, Campbell has been an associate of the late John McKeague and of Clifford Peebles.[2]
In August 1996, Campbell was chaplain of the Seawright Branch of the Apprentice Boys, named after George Seawright, which traveled from Sandy Row in Belfast to Derry but was not able to march the City's walls., The Observer reported: " 'When the loyalist declared their ceasefire, I felt let down and betrayed,' Mr Campbell admitted. 'Had all those men died in vain?' He described the IRA ceasefire as a Trojan horse. 'They give people a little bit of peace to enjoy and then threaten to take it away. It's a very clever form of intimidation. In a war only one side can win. We are the majority. We have to win.'"[3]
Campbell was one of a group of loyalists protesting outside Ulster Unionist Party Headquarters during a meeting on Stormont talks in April 1998.[4]
In the days after the Good Friday Agreement, addressed an Apprentice Boys Rally in London, the Belfast Newsletter reported:
- He urged the crowd to use what influence they had to campaign for a no vote in the referendum, saying loyalists should never accept power sharing or cross -border organisations.
- "I have news for Mr Trimble and the other leaders. He can get as many standing ovations as he likes today, but we will bring it (the agreement) down," he said.
- He continued: "You can't depend on Trimble. He is to Ulster what De Klerk was to South Africa. He is the traitor of all traitors."[5]
Notes
- ↑ Henry McDonald, The poison at the heart of the Orange Order, Guardian, 9 July 2000.
- ↑ Henry McDonald, In defence of bigotry, Observer, 12 June 2005.
- ↑ Mary Holland and Jonathan Steele, LONE TRIUMPH ON THE LONG MARCH, The Observer, 11 August 1996.
- ↑ Suzanne Breen, Rapture, ecstasy, excitement - but not for Trimble, Irish Times, 10 April 1998.
- ↑ James Lyons, BOYS VOW TO FIGHT FOR 'NO' VOTE; MARCHERS FROM ACROSS BRITAIN 'SADDENED' BY UUP ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT, Belfast Newsletter, 20 April 1998.
