It's funny because British intelligence used Neo-Nazis as catspaws, knowing that the Neo-Nazis would randomly attack and murder civilians. The British Media could then point to the random nature of the Nazi attacks to say that the IRA-UK conflict was just a bunch of random terrorist massacres instead of an armed political struggle. British Intelligence, in typical British Intelligence fashion, viewed unchecked civilian deaths as a desirable tool for propaganda.
It's funny because British intelligence used Neo-Nazis as catspaws, knowing that the Neo-Nazis would randomly attack and murder civilians. The British Media could then point to the random nature of the Nazi attacks to say that the IRA-UK conflict was just a bunch of random terrorist massacres instead of an armed political struggle. British Intelligence, in typical British Intelligence fashion, viewed unchecked civilian deaths as a desirable tool for propaganda.