I see McDonnell has finally put his hands up to the admission that supporting the IRA was not the best move and no doubt thousands of Op Banner veterans will be feeling nauseous seeing Corbyn parading at the Cenotaph tomorrow.

TBH I don’t think Labour could have 2 worse people in charge like them, they will be slaughtered by the red tops who in general more or less makes people’s minds up who they should vote for.

As an exiled Hartlepool lad I've been reading this forum for a couple of years without feeling the need to post but I can't let this rubbish just go by.
Firstly, I suggest you read a little about the history of Ireland and successive Tory governments deliberate policy of disenfranchisement, starvation and murder.
Secondly, Corbyn does not and never has supported violence in Ireland or anywhere else. The political aims of Catholic Ireland is an entirely different matter.
Finally, it's the last government that couldn't wait to leap into bed with apolitical party that openly supports violence and is opposed to real democracy in Ireland, simply in order to remain in their unelected positions of privilege.
Personally I'm sickened watching any politician or royal for that matter laying wreaths and bowing their heads when it is they who send naive young servicemen to die in the cause of economic power.
You are of course entitled to your view and to vote for whoever you like but you should be aware that your post will be offensive to the majority of Irish people as well as anyone else in the UK prepared to take their blinkers off and look at things intelligently, rather than spouting Daily Mail lies, half truths and propaganda.

Brilliant first post.

If you think my comments are offensive to the Irish then I suggest you have a look at the Belfast Times who say pretty much the same thing.

As for the history of Ireland, I’m pretty well versed in the subject all the way back to Oliver Cromwell. I have no time for the likes of the Black and Tans and the treatment of the Irish in those days. That however has nothing to do with Corbyn cosying up to murderers of Irish women and children in Northern Ireland. The IRA were nothing but gangsters. They were cowardly and pure scum.

Corbyn of course likes nothing better than a terrorist friend. Mates for example with Adams who personally ordered the murder of Jean McConville a mother of ten for nothing more than giving a cup of tea to a British soldier.

So nothing to do with the Daily Mail. My views are built on learning family history and personal experience of Northern Ireland.

What would this board do without the Daily Mail as a point of reference. Always screams lack of originality to me.
My great uncle jimmy used to say ‘Ireland’s problem was if you put an Irishman on a spit you could always find another Irishman to turn the handle, and that’s their problem’.
Turned out he was quoting George Bernard Shaw.

Cosying up to terrorism or kick starting the peace process? Ken Livingstone, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell + other MP's openly invited "terrorist leaders" to Houses Of Parliament to discuss ending of atrocities in NI.
Mrs Thatcher's public line was no discussions with murders/ terrorists but in reality she had Bernard Ingham secretly trying to make contact with the same terrorists!
Is it true that IRA leaders were MI5/6 agents? What a murky murderous world it was.

Corbyn and McDonnell did not invite them to parliament to look for solutions, they public ally supported the IRA. The usual defence is that you have to talk to your enemies to bring about peace. In that case can anyone show me evidence of a meeting between Corbyn and the UVF/UDA?

You won’t find any because McDonnell was too busy advocating kneecapping and Corbyn was fully employed making statements of support for the ‘armed struggle’

Make no mistake; the IRA didn’t get involved in the peace process because they wanted peace, they did it because they were a spent force. They were riddled with informants and no longer capable of carrying out operations without being compromised.

Whilst on the subject of the communist traitor, there is no single event of Corbyn not taking sides with countries or organisations opposed to the UK. God help us if this bloke ever gets elected. Fortunately we only have a few weeks before he is ousted as Labour leader after a comprehensive shoeing at the election.

But despite all of that I would rather all of the above than vote for Eton tory boy. As he really leaves the north east doesn't he?

Whereas the Labour party have always done Hartlepool proud?

I haven't posted on here for ages, but will do because you're deluded. The fallback position of most of Corbyn's army of apologists is to accuse his detractors of reading the Daily Mail, or MSM, or the BBC. They never once counter criticisms with facts or hard evidence, whereas there's plenty to reinforce the view that Corbyn, McDonnell and Abbott were cheerleaders for a bunch of cowards and murderers out of some twisted perversion of anti-imperialism. Fuck Corbyn, thank fuck he'll never lead this country.

For once you can blame us for something. Turns out much to the wank delight of the local Tory vicar in St Cuthberts and the Tory candidate, the Blonde Russian pin up has Darlo roots. Never ever have I been so disgusted for what this town has done

Commiserations fatty eats roadkill; has he been spaffing in dimly lit town centre back alleys with the Darlo babes? Lol

The Tories should love Corbyn a bit, literally anyone else in charge of the Labour Party and they’d be facing an absolute landslide defeat in December.

How many felt nauseous when they found out Thatcher was talking to them behind the backs of the electorate. While lying and saying "we don't talk to terrorists".

I wondered how long this old chestnut would take to appear.

Maggie never once spoke to them. Of course underlings in the security services did but to explore ways to end the violence. That is a very long way from Corbyn and his cronies standing on platforms giving support to the creatures.

It must have been difficult for supporters of The Iron Lady to accept but she played them like an old fiddle !

Thatcher personally took part in 1981 hunger strike talks - straight from the National Archives old chestnut!

Michael Gove's pathetic response to the film the wind that shakes the barley tells you all you need to know about how Tories view Ireland.

Show me evidence that she met the IRA during the slimmer of the year contest. Undoubtedly she will of seen documents but she never met them.

This

Anything involving Ken Loach deserves contempt. He makes Corbyn look like a moderate.

Mr I, c'mon- Kes what a classic fillum, northern working class humour at its best.

Brilliant Brian Glover aka Bobby Charlton, Colin Welland & Lynn Perrie legendary performances!

I should have said anything political.

Did JC get an invite to the Royal Albert Hall? Didn't spot him on the tv.

I saw both Emily Thornberry and Prince Andrew in audience

A film that very accurately depicted british brutality. A brilliant film too. One apparently gove had not seen prior to hammering it.

Didn't we already have this thread when Martin McGuinness died?

Were you in Dublin in the 1700’s? I only ask to establish how you conclude that that it’s authentic.

Whilst I don’t disagree that Ken Loach is more left wing than Corbyn and co, I Daniel Blake and the
new one Sorry I Missed You very accurately illustrate what actually goes on in the U.K. re the gig economy and zero hours contracts for me should be banned.

No missed it by 10 years.

But I have studied Irish history and it's pretty well established what happened and accepted by most.

And let's face it british history is littered with tales of brutality.

Mr I don't be so dismissive of Ken Loach's films; the political party you claim to support are actively creating these monsters!

The problem with the majority of Tory voters is they don’t think anything will happen to them

And not to be macabre, but nobody is immune to life events, mental illness, physical illness. It's horrendously naive to think you'll never need, in some way, a safety net. But there are people out there with the vote who would not only get rid of the benefits system but also the NHS. It's unconscionable.

They also think getting benefits is easy, well it’s fucking not, for every half arsed story in some of these fucking murdoch owned rags about dole millionaires, there are thousands struggling on less then seventy quid a week, or less if you fall foul of the punitive sanctions system

And yes, I’ve been at the sharp end of this, luckily for me it was ten years ago, so the NHS was fine, however the treatment I received from the benefits people and I saw it happen to others around me was fucking horrendous

Comment by my old mate on this mornings whitehall parade.

That’s horrifically disrespectful wether one likes him or not

To be fair to Mr I. The tweet is probably bullshit !!

Either bullshit or utterly pathetic.

Not bullshit, I know Dave well. I’m not surprised given his history. Had I have been there I probably wouldn’t have booed but I certainly would have ignored the traitorous arsehole.

Meanwhile, the Tories have an actual ex-IRA member, Maria Gatland, as a councillor. You couldn't make it up...

excellent 19856th post

How do you feel about draft dodging Americans? , you know the ones you like, who couldn’t fight because of ‘bone spurs’, yet took the piss out of people who actual turned up and went to fight for their country?

Bloodthirsty warmongers in booing man who advocates peace on earth SHOCKER !

Can you back up your statement , that he is traitorous with some evidence please.

"Corbyn of course likes nothing better than a terrorist friend. Mates for example with Adams who personally ordered the murder of Jean McConville a mother of ten for nothing more than giving a cup of tea to a British soldier."

A very simplistic version of what probably happened as I'm sure you know Mr I.