https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...pport-IRA.html
Couldn't happen to a more condescending bunch!
'Vile duplicitous scum': Outrage as Guardian columnist and ex-newspaper editor Roy Greenslade reveals his long-held support for the IRA and says 'the killing of civilians' was 'justifiable'
- Mr Greenslade worked at Fleet Street titles including editorship of Daily Mirror
- He said his sympathies with the republican cause developed in the 1970s
- Deciding to 'come out of hiding', he said: 'I supported the use of physical force'
- Critics have blasted Mr Greenslade, calling him a 'contemptible hypocrite'
- One journalist wrote: 'Roy Greenslade taught me ''journalism ethics''... I thought the whole ''don't murder people'' was a pretty basic part of ethics'
- Former newspaper editor Roy Greenslade has revealed his secret support for Irish republicanism and the extreme violence used by paramilitary forces - prompting a harsh backlash from media peers.
Mr Greenslade, who held various positions on Fleet Street titles, including the editorship of the Daily Mirror, also confirmed he is a member of Sinn Fein.
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