PETER HITCHENS: Boris Johnson is shoving retired British soldiers back into the firing line for crimes allegedly committed during the Troubles

This is Peter Hitchenss Mail on Sunday column

Lets see if Al Johnson can get out of this one. The Tories have said many times that they will put a stop to the pursuit of long-retired British soldiers through the courts, for crimes allegedly committed during the Northern Irish Troubles.

But they have also just agreed to do exactly the opposite. A key part of the resurrection of power-sharing in Northern Ireland is a pledge to revive a rather nasty deal called the Stormont House Agreement,...