Hilary Benn is the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. He is very busy, scrambling to protect state killers.
Appalling vistas have come to the surface.
Three major scandals will not go away, public pressure is building up. The Sean Brown case is extraordinary – Hillary Benn is covering up the involvement of 25 people connected to British intelligence in a case that dates back to 1997. Let that sink in.

Campaigners for Sean Brown are very clear on what they want. We are well used to British government cover-ups in Ireland, and are even more used to Dublin governments bowing, scraping, and capitulating to Westminster diktats.

So, it is notable that Simon Harris – Dublin government Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) has grasped this cover-up must end.