It was with disbelief and disgust that I read in the columns of the Irish News the contents of an interview given by Ian Paisley Snr. in which he said (quote)
'I see that David Ervine wants the security forces to wipe out the LVF and leave the IRA alone'.
This is an utter fabrication and at no time did I utter such words. I am unqualified in my abhorrence of, and revulsion by, violence from whatever source. Furthermore, the security forces, without any advice from David Ervine, will take whatever actions they deem necessary to counter this recent orgy of violence which, incidentally, is designed solely to wreck whatever chance we have of reaching a peaceful settlement in this Country.
Paisley is well practised in the distortion of truth and has had thirty years experience in that particular and nefarious art. For Paisley to further state in the interview
'But now he (Ervine) says the security forces should move to deal with the LVF. So it is interesting to see how the so-called loyalist paramilitaries and the IRA are coming together on this and are against those who oppose the present sell-out of our country'.
This is so preposterous and so dangerous that I cannot let it pass without the strongest protest.