Araucaria one again removes my brain stem shakes it about whacks it off the floor a bit and then reinserts it backwards Why do I take this punishment to my mind??????????????
I got the 'polis' (for constabulary ) + 'h' for hard, and that the definition part of the clue sort of fitted the solution (french polishing; furniture polish) but how the heck did 'Royal Ulster' fit in - apart from the fact that RU is contained twice in furniture, albeit reversed?