BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10603@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250515T190000 DTSTAMP:20250503T144957Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/quaker-meeting-house-decades-of- denial-paddy-hillyard-john-finucane/ SUMMARY:Quakers Meeting House: Quaker Meeting House: Decades of Denial: Pad dy Hillyard & John Finucane DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nIn 1984\, John Stalker\, Deputy Chief Constable of Greate r Manchester Police\, was appointed to investigate a series of killings  in Northern Ireland by the Royal Ulster Constabulary\, where it was alleg ed that a secret shoot-to-kill policy was in operation. Shortly after ma king demands for intelligence files belonging to the RUC and MI5\, he was removed from post. In his subsequent memoir published in 1987\, Stalker we nt on to expose a conspiracy behind his sacking that would see additiona l mystery surround the events that he had set out to investigate.\n\nTwo y ears later\, another killing raised further allegations of the British sta te’s involvement in murder. On 12 February 1989\, the paramilitary Ulste r Defence Association shot dead the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane in front of his family\, including his young son John. Subsequent inquiries b y John Stevens\, Chief Constable of Northumbria Police\, got close to the truth\, despite shadowy forces attempting to burn down his incident room. In 2012\, Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to apologise to both Pat rick Finucane’s family and Parliament for the ‘shocking levels of coll usion’ where state agents played key roles in the solicitor’s murder. More recently\, the Labour government has announced that they will\, final ly\, set up a Public Inquiry into the case.\n\nThis event sees John Finuc ane MP\, in conversation with Prof Paddy Hillyard of Queens University\, Belfast to discuss the impact of MI5’s secret intelligence-led counter -insurgency strategy in the context of both the Stalker investigation a nd the killing of John’s father Patrick.\n\nPaddy Hillyard is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queens University\, Belfast and author of Decad es of Deceit: The Stalker Affair and its Legacy.\n\nJohn Finucane is a so licitor\, a former Lord Mayor and since 2017\, the MP for Belfast North. J ohn is a long-term campaigner for a public inquiry into the killing of his father.\n\nWe encourage people to use public transport to travel to event s where possible.\n\nPublic Transport:\n\nThe following transport lines ha ve routes that pass near Quaker Meeting House.\n\nBus: 15\, 21\, 471\, 54 A\, 7\n\nNearest bus stop(s): College Lane (Stop HA) (Approx. 3 min walk) \, School Lane (Stop HB) (Approx. 3 min walk)\, Gradwell Street (Approx. 4 min walk) Nearest train station(s): Liverpool Central (Approx. 3 min wa lk)\, Liverpool Lime Street (Approx. 8 min walk)\n\n \;\n\n*These are difficult times. We know some people may struggle to afford full price tic kets. If you would like to attend this event but can’t afford to\, pleas e contact info@writingonthewall.org.uk. All queries will be treated in con fidence.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOKING &\; INFO\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/05/WOWFEST-25-WebHead.jpeg CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:Quakers Meeting House\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BT\, Liverpo ol\, United Kingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BT\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Quakers Meet ing House:geo:53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR