"Balaclava Street" is a leading blog dedicated to exploring the history of the loyalist paramilitaries in Northern, particularly the UVF. Over the years Iain has gained unprecedented access to ex-UVF members for the book that he is in the process of writing about the loyalist paramilitary's history.

We spoke about the various loyalist paramilitary groups and the differences between them, who was most active, how the UVF men regarded the IRA & INLA and how the groups armed themselves during the violent period in Ireland's history.

Iain gave his take on accusations of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and British security forces, theories surrounding the infamous Robin Jackson, the Miami Showband Massacre, Dublin/Monaghan b*mbings and Robert Nairic, the English solider who met his end after singing rebel songs on the table of a pub in South Armagh.

We spoke about how UVF members reacted to one of their members, prolific murderer Mark Haddock, being an RUC agent and also about the feuds that have taken place amongst the loyalists since the Good Friday Agreement.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
7:20 UVF, UDA, UFF 
14:20 Who was more active ? UVF or UDA
19:30 Joining UVF or UDA 
24:15 How did loyalist paramilitaries view the IRA & INLA ?
30:15 Where did loyalist paras source their guns & explosives ?  
41:13 COLLUSION w/ British security forces 
46:30 ROBIN JACKSON  
1:04:30 John Weir 
1:09:15 Capt. Robert Nairic & Miami Showband Massacre  
1:21:03 Agents within the UVF/UDA (Mark Haddock, Brian Nelson, Ken Barrett) 
1:24:00 Loyalist groups involved with dr*gs
1:35:43 Post-Good Friday Agreement feuds within loyalist groups 

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