Originally Posted By: British
Originally Posted By: TheKillingJoke
The most well known South London firms were/are the Arif, Brindle and the Daley family. The Arifs are Turkish Cypriots, the Brindles and the Daleys are both part-Irish (Brindles on their mother's side, Daleys on their father's side). Most, if not all, white working class families in East and South London will have some Irish blood, but few are fully Irish. The Adams of North London are an exception (Islington has long been a settlement for more recent Irish immigrants), but families in the east and south will commonly have one Irish parent or at least an Irish grandparent.
It's true, a lot of the London-based crime firms are in business with the Real IRA. Even the Canning Town families such as the Hunts, who as far as I know are not of Irish descent, frequently did business with some criminal minded cells in the IRA concerning the drug and weapon trade.


They also worked with loyalist organisations, it was just business for them.

People involved in that life in London don't care about the background of those they do business with.

As London is so ethnically diverse the real cockneys all moved out to Essex and Kent...


There was no real Loyalist representation in London. The IRA dominated London as was told in the classic flick 'The Long Good Friday'.

British intelligence simply didn't put Loyalist paramilitaries in the same category as the IRA. They were just considered a bunch of racist skinheads and bums.

This is your typical Loyalist rolleyes

'As a result, while still in his teens, Adair was threatened with knee-capping by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) after assaulting an old age pensioner but was given the option of joining the UDA's young wing, the Ulster Young Militants, instead.[4] He joined the Ulster Young Militants, and later the UDA – a legal loyalist paramilitary organisation which used the cover name "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF) when it carried out killings'.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Adair

That says it all, one of the leading Loyalists recruited after beating up a frail old man. The IRA would never have recruited scum like that.

Last edited by SEAN_SOUTH; 03/23/14 05:23 PM.
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