Roy Garland
Roy Garland | |
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| Born | Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Occupation | Newspaper columnist |
Roy Garland is a newspaper columnist for the
Career
In the 1960s, Garland became convinced that the
Some years later, Garland had grave doubts about the direction in which the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) were going and he left both organisations. According to Garland, "...there was a lot of twisting of the rules, and also I heard stories about people within our organisation attacking Catholics and I felt that this wasn't right, this was not the war, you know, to protect ourselves - this was actually an aggressive war."[2]
Garland subsequently returned to the UUP, aiming to support a non-sectarian unionism.[2] However he is a vocal opponent of closer links between the UUP and the Conservative Party, and was in October 2009 described as one of "four older men who no longer play an active role in the party."[5]
He inherited his family's cleaning-products business, and is now a journalist and writer for the
References
- ^ Moriarty, Gerry (31 May 2016). "Inquiry told of British state 'collusion' in sex abuse at Belfast boys' home". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b c d BBC NI - Eyewitness
- ^ Review of Garland's 'Seeking a Political Accommodation - The Ulster Volunteer Force: Negotiating History'
- ^ Chris Ryder, The RUC: A Force Under Fire
- ^ "Four write in opposition to Tory link-up". Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 2009.
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