SAS soldiers are not the ‘villains’ of the Northern Ireland conflict and should not be persecuted by those seeking to rewrite history, a former Armed Forces minister has insisted.
Labour’s Al Carns, a decorated ex-Special Forces officer himself, resigned from Sir Keir Starmer‘s government over defence spending and the party’s Troubles Bill.
The prospective legislation paves the way for troops to be subjected to legacy inquests and criminal investigation based on the Human Rights Act – written years after the Troubles.
Mr Carns, who championed the Troubles Bill before conducting a U-turn, has penned a foreword to The Special Air Service In Northern
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