A
call to honour the "bravery and sacrifice" of the IRA by Labour MP John
McDonnell sparked controversy last night, with Conservatives and unionists
uniting to denounce the leftwinger and [even] the Labour party distancing itself
from his remarks.
At
a gathering to commemorate the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, Mr McDonnell
said: "It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the armed
struggle. It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby
Sands that brought Britain to the negotiating table. The peace we have now is
due to the action of the IRA." Guardian.
