General Election 8th June

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The government of John Major told the IRA via the back channels that no formal, open dialogue was possible until a ceasefire.

Informal talks in other words.  They had accepted that their policy over the last decade had failed. 

I have no problem with those who met with IRA-Sinn Fein after the first ceasefire of the early 90s

Really?  So what about the meetings that took place before then behind closed doors. 
I think you are splitting hairs here. 
What is clear is that Corbyn is a man who condemns violence and promotes diplomatic and political solutions to military action.  Which is indeed the policy that was eventually taken with respect to Northern Ireland.

Blairs solution to getting his name down for getting the peace solution resolved was, amongst other things, giving 95 ira suspects responsible for at least 300 murders anonymity, and freedom from prosecution. It was a surrender, nothing less. To ordinary people like myself, this contrast with the way the Labour Party betrayed us and protected terrorists compared  to the way the liberal left still want to demonise and prosecute soldiers who served in conflicts from the troubles in NI to the Iraq war is repellant.

I hear what you are saying Ogri48.  But what is most disturbing of all is that nobody has been brought to task for our illegal war in Iraq.  And let us not forget David Cameron involved us in a bloody and failed conflict in Libya. 



But in the meantime, there is a general election.  Feel free to vote for a hard Brexit and more austerity, feel free to vote for the privatisation and destruction of the NHS, feel free to vote for a hire and fire culture and an end to workers’ rights and protection.  Feel free to vote for a “bloody difficult woman” who would not think twice about killing millions in a pre-emptive strike.


Feel free to buy into the lies of the right-wing press and elect May’s vile right wing government.