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Anything Goes with James English

UDA Leader Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 3.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 24 February 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

James English, The Anything Goes Show. Ep 37.

James talks to Johnny about his time as a UDA & UFF commander back when the troubles were at their fiercest in the 80's & the '90s. He talks about the war with the IRA and his passion for the unionist movement in Ulster.

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0:00.0

Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

0:06.0

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent.

0:11.1

Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:13.1

All right.

0:13.9

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:16.8

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:19.4

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.6

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you

0:27.1

travel with us. P and Dau Ferries, there is another way. The And we're on. Today's the guest. We've got Johnny Mad Dog idea. First of all,

0:50.3

I just want to thank you for coming on and show me. No problem. James, a pleasure and nice meeting you. Likewise and I had a lot of messages for you try to get on the show so I'm glad I eventually got you. No problem. I don't sit with any questions Johnny so I always like to go right

1:04.4

back to start where it all started and how it became the life you got involved in.

1:08.1

So where did you grow up, mate? Well I was born in Belfast in 1963. Born into the Troubles in 1969. The Troubles is the conflict

1:19.7

with the happened in Northern Ireland between the IRA and Northern as power

1:24.0

militaries and I went on for 30-odd years and I was I was born until it I grew up and

1:31.2

it and I became the person it was because of the troubles. I became a leader of

1:36.8

the Ulster Freedom Fighters and the Ulster Defence Association which is a loyalist

1:40.8

power military group who was defending the loyalist people against the

1:44.8

professional IRA and Republican elements.

1:47.6

What age were you joining?

1:48.8

Well, I didn't join the organization until I was 1819 but prior to that I was engaged in sectarian

1:57.2

troubles right through most of my life that's the way Belfast was there it was a

2:01.9

war so and it was a sectarian war between Catholics and Protestants.

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