Attend IRA funerals when they were murdering the innocent British public.
Tony so you agree with him meeting an organisation that has killed hundreds of this countries innocent victims. You call that refreshing and bollocks and bollocks again if you think he had any hand in the good friday agreement.
I don't disagree with you here. I don't trust the Tories. Never have. Just like I don't trust Corbyn.
Does that make Corbyn innocent of his past?
Bit that doesn't make him innocent of everything else. How many innocent British citizens got murdered by the IRA? How many of those funerals did Corbyn attend?
How do you know he had nothing to do with the good Friday agreement? Maybe not directly but your premise is that he had no influence on Sinn Féin. Do you know what the basis of his meeting with them was? It may surprise you but it wasn’t to sell them Semtex it was to encourage them to talk and negotiate with the British government. What do you think that the good Friday agreement was? It was talking and negotiating with the British government and other political parties and influences from the region (most of which regardless of faith had/have connections to terrorism and terrorist, including the one that the current government has an alliance with in Westminster to be able to hold onto power). Thatcher talked to the same people but under a different doctrine from advisors and security services, John Major talked to them and bravely and rightly ignored the advice of his advisors and security services taking a stance much closer to Corbyns than Thatchers and from that piece was obtained in Northern Ireland in many decades. This isn’t a problem of the the last 30 years. My own great grandfather was kidnapped in the 20’s by the IRA and the only reason he was released was because a childhood friend of his was a member of the IRA and pleaded for his life. My great grandfathers crime, he was A Protestant and B had been a serving member of British army. The home my grandparents lived in and I stayed in as a child was burned to the ground by the IRA after it was set on fire by the IRA and a coded warning was given that there was explosives set in the road meaning that the fire brigade couldn’t attend until the bomb squad had attended. There was no bomb but it had the desired effect of burning the house to the ground. The reason that it was targeted was that after my grandparents had passed it fell into ownership of my Aunt who was a serving RUC officer. I have more stories like that involving my family and extended family including one murder. So forgive me if I don’t except a lecture on the pitfalls and rights and wrongs of talking to Sinn Féin and the from you and astute. Come back to me and tell me something about it when you understand what it was like to see your family live in Northern Ireland in the troubles and spent time in Northern Ireland growing up in the troubles witnessing it first hand as I did and understand how that compares to Northern Ireland now. There was no pitfalls in talking to Sinn Féin and the IRA unless you include piece as a pitfall in which case you’re a moron and you’re opinion should be dismissed out of hand on that basis alone and I make no apologies for that comment and given my connections to that Provence and period of history nor should I.
Talking to the IRA and going to funerals of their terrorists who killed innocent people including women and children are two totally different things.
As an aside, anybody able to get your Great Grandfather's memories down before he died? In a general sense it might be worth getting down what you can while you can?
Tony you the one who said he has saved countless lives bringing peace to the province, not me. I have nothing to prove, that's why I asked you to prove your statement . Don't turn the question round just because you can't prove what you said.
Yes. As well as paying IRA double agents.
Morons because we think different to you.
And some morons try to make out that he only spoke to them when it is beyond doubt that he was much more invilved than that.
Does one side make the other side correct?
What are you seriously waffling on about now?
No, everybody is entitled to their opinion. Morons who think that continuing deaths innocent or otherwise is a price worth paying.
You don’t even realise that the details of the article is an advert for the need to deal with parties on all sides in seek of peace, as John Major was brave enough to do. I don’t need to be told about the atrocities of the troubles, I was there for lots of it and my family was there for all of it.
Where have I said he saved countless lives? He was talking to the IRA and Sinn Féin about perusing piece a long time before anyone else would and did it against the establishment. As did John Major. An action that led to the good Friday agreement. Not sure what you’re not getting about that.
Grow up. Why do you even think I was talking about you? Chip on your shoulder?
