If you lived in a community where, over the years , people said “Joe Bloggs does all the burglaries about here”; you might expect that Joe would have a few convictions. If he had none you might wonder why. Ponder also when several of the local newspapers say; “Joe Bloggs is a burglar” and Joe does not sue for libel.

As with Joe, so with Martin. Soon , I will list all those who have accused him of membership of PIRA, of being on the army council [though it was never an “army” because they bleated like sheep when the SAS dealt with them], and of being head of northern command. Volunteer McGuinness has never sued. You can work that one out.