Burned

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Sam McBride. Burned

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‘A monumental work of solid reportage, measured, elegant and thorough. This is a story of political ineptitude and waste. That Stormont sought to use a scheme for saving the environment as an opportunity for the lavish squandering of money and energy speaks of ignorance and cynicism. Sam McBride, throughout this story, has been one of the journalists who stayed with it and explained it best through his articles and broadcasts. Now that work coalesces into an exemplary work of journalism. If politicians had maintained their standards with a similar responsibility, this book would not have needed to be written.’

Malachi O’Doherty, journalist and author

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With the politician’s spiritual adviser having prepared the path, the MLA then turned to more pressing temporal matters. Bell, who was prone to exaggerated earnestness, even if answering Assembly questions on mundane matters, did not undersell the significance of his mission. He told McCormick that he was determined to make public the truth of what had happened even if it cost him his career. He assured McCormick that he would strongly protect the interests of officials and not allow them to be blamed for the failures of others.

McCormick, one of Stormont’s most experienced senior civil servants and someone who was respected across the political spectrum for his integrity, handed over a file of documents to Bell and left the room for him to study it.

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