Sam McBride(@SJAMcBride):Was Jeffrey Donaldson protected by powerful unseen forces? There’s a sense among a section of unionism that the story doesn’t quite add up, breeding deep suspicion. There are odd elements to the timeline — yet they don’t prove what some are claiming.

Sam McBride

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Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views mine alone.

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Sam McBride@SJAMcBride

2026.06.24 07:13

Was Jeffrey Donaldson protected by powerful unseen forces? There’s a sense among a section of unionism that the story doesn’t quite add up, breeding deep suspicion. There are odd elements to the timeline — yet they don’t prove what some are claiming.