Judge tells MP to ‘chose which side he is on’ after he refuses to name ‘sources’ who made claims against the SAS

Veterans minister Johnny Mercer was told by a judge to ‘chose which side you are on’ when he refused to name individuals who claimed unarmed Afghans were shot by the SAS. Mercer, 42, said he is not prepared to name sources who made the ‘serious allegations’ that British soldiers were carrying out summary executions in war-torn Afghanistan. The Tory MP for Plymouth Moor View joined the army in 2002 and was deployed to Afghanistan three times, in 2006, 2008 and…