The rise and fall of Johnny Adair

Tuesday October 01, 2002 22:08

by andre

Johnny's rise through the ranks of the UDA from neonazi shankill skinz to UFF 'C' company commander and social outcast. Simply the most two faced, conniving back stabbing government agent ever.

Those who knew Johnny Adair in the late 70's knew about Johnny's fierce ultra capitalist competitive streak, Johnny would be top dog at all costs, Johnny would say anything, and do anything to get what he wanted, he'd say one thing to someone and the total opposite to somebody else,'i use the best, i use the rest, i use the enemy, i use anarchy' Johnny use to repeat this mantra, its had served him well, as he clawed his way to the top of C company. 'there are sinister forces at work' Johnny claims now, yes its the same sinister forces, that Johnny jumped into bed with, who promised him the world, that he would be top dog, king of the UDA empire, and that they would back Johnny at all costs, but even the brit government could see, they'd backed the wrong horse. Ordinary working class loyalists have realised that wherever Johnny goes, he leaves behind him a trail of death and devastation. First Johnny spearheaded the bloody UFF/LVF feud against the UVF/PUP, Johnny under the direction of the dying old boy snob unionist etsablishment, felt that the UVF/PUP posed a serious threat to their capitalist establishment and the Ulster old boy political network. Johnny was guaranteed the protection and patronage of the british security forces, if he could destroy the UVF and their progressive socialist dreams for the loyalist working class. But the feud served two purposes, not only did it target key PUP/UVF figures, it also targeted Johnny Adair's close UDA/UFF rivals in west belfast, eliminating UFF shankill commander Jackie Mahood etc, which paved the way for Johnny Adair to gain supreme control of the shankilll UFF/UDA. The british establishment have said in the past that they wanted to appoint an overall supreme commander of the UDA/UFF, whom they could do buisness with, i wonder who they had in mind? Johnny Adair perhaps?, they know they can do buisness with him, becos they've done buisness with him in the past.Johnny's release, heralded the subsequent Cluan place LVF political assault on the UDA stronghold of east belfast, the Cluan place interface violence, instigated by LVF associates of Adair, was designed to be a PR stunt, to push Adairs associates into the limelight, and gain, popular public support from the wider UDA east belfast contingent. Stephen Warnock, LVF drug dealer assasinated in newtonards, Stephen Warnock, was a hunted man, involved in the murder of Ballygomartin protestant Margaret Bell, who was mistaken for a catholic at the bad bet inn, Stephen warnock was a marked man and a cohort of Adair's. Johnny inspired by his brit government handlers saw himself, the supreme head of the UDA encompassing his LVF cohorts, whom he sought to embrace fully. Johnny thinks that with the backing of the brit government he can take over east belfast, that's why Johnny Adair and his political sidekick John 'snowy' white have been kicked out of the UDA, for seeking to destablise UDA and for bringing loyalism into disrepute and dragging it throught the muck of drumcree, cluan place etc, Is it any wonder loyalists are losing face, with Johnny Adair on our side we can only lose, cos in Johnny's books there can be only one winner, not loyalism only Johnny Adair.