Terence O' Neill the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland left the debating chamber at Stormont in a state of turmoil. For the past 2 hours he had been heckled and chastised by his MP's over the strife affecting the province. In the past 6 weeks power cuts, bomb damage and most recently the felling of trees in the Bogside had led to uproar among the unionist majority. He'd been called weak, useless and a traitor because he refused to order the authorities to arrest suspects.
But there were no suspects. Both branches of the RUC, uniform and Special had cleared explained that "the usual mob" had nothing to do with what had happened.
As a Captain, O'Neill was used to dealing with immense pressure, at least he thought he was. Callaghan on one hand and Paisley on the other were pressurising him to act.
"If I find out who's behind this..." he muttered darkly as he entered his office...