The 1996 death toll was twenty-two, an increase on the 1995 figure of nine. The IRA killed eight people, the INLA six and loyalists five. In private meanwhile Hume presented Major with a document known as ‘Hume–Adams Mark 2’ which was said to be a formula for a renewed ceasefire. There was little surprise when Major rebuffed the initiative. In doing so he described the 1994–96 ceasefire as fake and said he did not want another phoney cessation.
