Britain's Secret War: Tartan Terrorism and the Anglo-American State

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Sheriff Thomas Millar told him he must serve the four months once he has finished the six-year term. After stealing a tin of burberry-patterned scarves during a trip to Glasgow to watch Rangers the Shankill Young Team soon became known as the Shankill Young Tartan. Being the heartland of urban Ulster loyalism the craze that emerged on the Shankill soon spread to other parts of Belfast and its outlying estates through friendships between young men in the shipyard and other industries. McIntosh was later arrested again, this time on firearms charges, and was found hanged in his cell in 2004. But that could be about to change. With talk of a potential second Scottish referendum following Brexit,another opportunity for legitimate sectarian debate could force those on the further fringes of the rightinto more aggressive action this time around. Just look around you to see a world obsessed with the supernatural and the occult. Sales of weird paraphernalia like tarot cards and ouija boards are booming. Our culture is saturated in the “art of fear”. One of the most popular TV hits currently is The Haunting franchise on Netflix, first The Haunting Of Hill House and now The Haunting Of Bly Manor.

It was formed by a former soldier with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders called Adam Busby and engaged in low-level violence against English "settlers" in the 1970s and early 1980s. But why is Hallowe’en so important? Why do we want to confront fear? What is it about the supernatural that obsesses us so much?

Tartan terror: Why Scotland is so obsessed with the supernatural

The No campaign's win in2014 didn't triggerany wave of bombings, and far-right activity remained a sideshow.

Mr Rumbles, a former major in the Army, was told by the News of the World about the potential danger and immediately rang his assistant. He added: "We were also to place a mortar launcher across the M8 motorway pointing towards Glasgow Airport. At this stage the only indication is an initial used on the letter so we can't at this stage - in any shape or form - identify who is responsible for that, or whether indeed there is any allegiance to such a group. A Scottish Labour spokesman said: “It beggars belief that the SNP think this is a suitable candidate for a council election. Petrol Busby, of Morar Drive, Paisley, also gave "no comment" answers to questions about the warning calls.

It’s a slippery idea but what it really boils down to is this: human beings are obsessed with ghosts because they’re a symbol of the past – and we’re obsessed with the past because the present is such a mess and a better future seems impossible.