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TIME WAS when one of the few unionists to see positive benefits in the peace process was ludicrous Lord Laird, who milked the Irish and British taxpayer for millions in the noughties for the Ulster-Scots Agency, which he chaired and which championed the DIY language Ulster Scots. Laird resigned in 2004 following probes by the… Read more »
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