Loyalist leader Jackie McDonald has come up with a novel suggestion in relation to the hundreds of young people convicted of offences linked to the flag protests of more than three years ago. Writing in this month's Loyalist Magazine, Mr McDonald called for the criminal records of these offenders to be struck out. He said that through the Loyalist Communities Council, an initiative endorsed by former Labour adviser Jonathan Powell, he has raised the possibility of convictions being overturned in some cases. ``I believe there were many mitigating circumstances in many cases during the flag p[...]