Corbyn - "Don't mention The Troubles..."

[Information Analyst]

BBC News: General election 2017 - Corbyn pressed over IRA comments

"Jeremy Corbyn has refused to single out the IRA for condemnation when pressed over his past campaigning activities.

The Labour leader said "all bombing is wrong", as he was repeatedly asked to condemn the IRA alone for its role in the Troubles.

He said he had worked hard to help secure peace in Northern Ireland.

But Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster launched an attack on the Labour leader, saying he was "beyond the political pale"."

Clealry Corbyn has 99 problems at this moment in time, but I'm not sure this is one of them. The Good Friday Agreement was over 16 years ago, and since then there has been relative peace. I though we were supposed to be moving on, not using the past as a stick to beat any particualr individual?

And why ask him, "to condemn the IRA alone..." What about Loyalist paramilitaries, or members of the security services who colluded with them? Or other Republican paramilitary groups, for that matter?

It's also a bit rich getting a statement of condemnation (of Corbyn) from a DUP politician, given that party's opposition to the GFA. Well, duh...

 

[Archie Gemmill Goal]

I saw on Twitter last night that the Tories have an actual IRA member in their ranks. Assuming that's true it's odd that's not been publicised. And by odd i of course mean absolutely par for the course.

 

[Mid]

I saw on Twitter last night that the Tories have an actual IRA member in their ranks. Assuming that's true it's odd that's not been publicised. And by odd i of course mean absolutely par for the course.

There was an interesting article in the New Statesmen looking at how some of the usual suspects in the press react to essentially the same policies from the Tories and Labour:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politic...nst-jeremy-corbyn-just-look-how-theresa-may-s

The energy price cap one was particularly funny in my opinion

 

[Aber]

Clealry Corbyn has 99 problems at this moment in time, but I'm not sure this is one of them. The Good Friday Agreement was over 16 years ago, and since then there has been relative peace. I though we were supposed to be moving on, not using the past as a stick to beat any particualr individual?

Except Corbyn seems stuck in the past.

He is sticking to the principles he has held for a long time, which might be admirable, but unfortunately most of the British public don't agree with those principles.

 

[Noztradamus]

Except Corbyn seems stuck in the past.

He is sticking to the principles he has held for a long time, .

and if you don't like them... well, he has others

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/21/jerem...-the-ira-but-said-all-bombing-is-bad-6651837/

http://metro.co.uk/2017/05/22/jeremy-corbyn-has-finally-called-the-ira-terrorists-6653633/

The questi0n is: will he support his team?

 

[dudalb]

I am amazed Corbyn can stand up, given how often he has shot himself in the foot......

 

[Giz]

I am amazed Corbyn can stand up, given how often he has shot himself in the foot......

He never hits anything important because he always aims too far to the left.

 

[ddt]

BBC News: General election 2017 - Corbyn pressed over IRA comments

"Jeremy Corbyn has refused to single out the IRA for condemnation when pressed over his past campaigning activities.

The Labour leader said "all bombing is wrong", as he was repeatedly asked to condemn the IRA alone for its role in the Troubles.

He said he had worked hard to help secure peace in Northern Ireland.

But Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster launched an attack on the Labour leader, saying he was "beyond the political pale"."

Clealry Corbyn has 99 problems at this moment in time, but I'm not sure this is one of them. The Good Friday Agreement was over 16 years ago, and since then there has been relative peace. I though we were supposed to be moving on, not using the past as a stick to beat any particualr individual?

And why ask him, "to condemn the IRA alone..." What about Loyalist paramilitaries, or members of the security services who colluded with them? Or other Republican paramilitary groups, for that matter?

It's also a bit rich getting a statement of condemnation (of Corbyn) from a DUP politician, given that party's opposition to the GFA. Well, duh...

And didn't the DUP also have ties to Loyalist paramilitaries terrorists? A bloody big rich, yes.

I don't feel like digging into what Corbyn has said at the time, but I think this bit is crucial:

He [...] added: "You have to talk to people with whom you don't agree and I did."

You can't bring about peace without talking with everyone involved, whether you consider them terrorists or not. A GFA without Sinn Fein / IRA on board had not been a peace.