Talk:Airey Neave

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1 More info please
2 Christopher Sykes?
3 Crackpot assassination theories
4 Searchlight regiment?

[edit] More info please

"supported covert "civil defence" actions against Harold Wilson's Labour government" What a tease! Rich Farmbrough 14:31, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

The Kevin Cahill (Irish investigative journalist) referred to in the text is not the Kevin Cahill who is referenced by the hyperlink.

[edit] Christopher Sykes?

The link does not seem to refer to any likely person. Is this a reference to Christopher Ewart-Biggs (UK ambassador to Ireland) or Richard Sykes (UK ambassador to Netherlands), both of whom were assassinated by the IRA? Widmerpool 08:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crackpot assassination theories

While everybody loves a good conspiracy theory, this page contains too much information on the allegations made by one or two people. There's no actual evidence Neave sought to clean up the intelligence services, and the claim that the INLA lacked the technology to build the mercury-triggered bomb was dismissed by the Irps, who claimed to have tested the device on a member of the UDR months before the assassination.--User:70.52.180.126 05:23, July 20, 2007

The conspiracy content does seem rather weak, and largely based on a second-hand account of Cahill's claims included in Routledge's recent biography of Neave. LeContexte 16:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I seem to recall an award-winning movie was based on one of these conspiracy theories, though I cannot remember the name of the movie. --Vvmodel (talk) 19:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think the information should be deleted. Although I do think Neave's wartime activities and his political career should be expanded.--Johnbull (talk) 14:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)