Shadow chancellor uses Question Time to talk approximately his 2003 speech hailing IRA’s ‘bombs and bullets and sacrifice’ John McDonnell,the shadow chancellor, has apologised “from the bottom of my heart” for suggesting in 2003 that the IRA should be honoured for the bombings which brought the British government “to the negotiating table” during the Northern Ireland peace process.
Speaking after David Cameron said he should be ashamed of his remarks, and McDonnell said he rejected all political violence,adding that he had been trying to encourage republican hardliners to support the peace process at a delicate time.
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Source: theguardian.com