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Scowl picked up the paper. 'Says here you ca' yoursel' an
investigative reporter.'
'That's right. I was tryin' to find out-'
'Naw, naw, listen son. Listen tae me an' you might learn
somethin'. Noo, I'll gie you the benefit oТ the doubt. That's
me aw the way - I'm a fair-minded man.'
Oh Christ. Scowl was warming up a sermon. Time to
strap in.
'But I think you've been used, son. They're aw oot tae get
us Catholics, mark my words - an' you've just got caught up
in it. If you're lookin' for stories oТ injustice an' corruption,
then you've got it the wrang way roon. You should be
investigatin' the way we get treated in Scotland.'
'It wasn't Catholics I was-'
'Naw, just you haud your wheesht. I'm tryin' tae tell
you somethin' here. For example, did you know there's
a prejudice against Irish doctors in this country? Eh? Did
you know that? They'll no' gie them jobs. The NHS is cryin'
oot for doctors, cryin' oot for them so it is. But they'll no'
gie them tae the Irish, 'cause they're Catholics, an' 'cause
they'll no sign a contract that forces them tae cairry oot
abortions.'
Scowl nodded, his minlmalist equivalent of a flourish to
indicate that he felt he had made an unanswerable point.
He paused too, presumably long enough for Parlabane to
realise that the sheer irrefutability of Scowl's arguinent had
rendered him speechiess, upon which Scowl would resume.
Parlabane, over-burdened with reasons not to answer back,
decided wisely against a counter-point, even though he
knew his cell-mate to be talking utter mince. However,
the journalist in him was intrigued by one thing.
'Where did you find this out?'
'It's a well-known fact, son.'
Parlabane swallowed back a sigh. Aye, but I mean, where
specifically did you hear it?'
A pamphlet fae the chapel hall. It had aw the details, aw
the facts. So why's your newspapers no' reportin' it? Tell
me that. Because there's a bloody cover-up, that's why.
Newspapers are aw written by Orangemen, and don't think
we don't know it.'
'Where did the pamphlet come from? The local parish,
or was it-'
Ach, I don't know. But I'll tell you another thing the
newspapers suspiciously never picked up on. That whole
Scottish election was fixed. The vote-countin' was totally
rigged, so it was. They never counted votes for the Pro-Life
pairty. Didnae want them gettin' any oТ thae top-up seats.'
'In the second vote, you mean? I don't remember seeing
that name on the ballot paper.'
Aye, that's the point. They werenae even on aw the