Four of the North’s six largest political parties have written a joint letter to the British government demanding a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane. Mr Lewis has previously indicated that a decision on whether to order a public inquiry will be made by the end of November. Labour interventionLast month, Britain’s Labour Party urged British prime minister Boris Johnson to “act without delay” and order a public inquiry. Meanwhile, Mr Finucane’s son John, a Sinn Féin MP for Belfast North, has written to all Westminster MPs asking for their support for such an inquiry. Only a public inquiry can “assist in ascertaining the true extent and scope of British state collusion in the killing of my father”, he wrote.

Source: The Irish Times November 22, 2020 18:00 UTC