Jeremy Corbyn 'could renationalise public assets'

[Filcin]

Where are these silly rumours coming from. He can't do anything on his own, he would be the leader of a party and anything done would be by consent of parliament.

The things being said make his role seem dictatorial, he will be the sole ruler.

[Filcin]

Because they would then be a private company with shareholders and a profit making company. The government will have got a nice purse from the sale.

 

No one goes into business without the intention of making a profit and 10% if a very low profit margin.

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[Filcin]

But aren't all labour politicians the same ?

[Filcin]

The IRA are still alive and kicking and Gerry Adams is still their boss. If not, then how does he know "Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said the IRA was not involved in the murder of ex-IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr."

[Filcin]

What you are saying is the people want to change the country to communism with a dictator in charge. Silly talk.

Even if he should become leader, as said earlier, he can't do a single thing by himself, so it makes no odds who is the leader so why are you cheering like a One Direction fan.

[Filcin]

I think the tories love him, he is certain victory for them if he is in. lol

 

 

What is this about propaganda, these are the facts which you don't want to accept.

[Filcin]

Burnham 'would resign from Corbyn cabinet' over Nato and Trident stance

 

 

That's a bit presumptuous to think he is automatically going to be chosen to me in the cabinet, or should I say big headed.

[Filcin]

Cameron has said publically that he will be urging us to vote to stay in.

[Filcin]

Ah yes, maybe, but she is no longer with us but your duffers are. Your beloved Corbyn is today and trying to become prime minister. The jokes are here folks.

 

Nappies and Labour Politicians should be changed often, both for the same reason.

[Filcin]

You future Chancellor under Corbyn.

 

 

Outrage over MP's praise of IRA

 

John McDonnell was first elected to Parliament in 1997

A London Labour MP has sparked outrage by saying IRA terrorists should be "honoured" for taking part in their "armed struggle".

 

John McDonnell, member for Hayes and Harlington, made his remarks at a gathering in London to commemorate the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, according to the Sun.

The MP praised the "bravery" of the IRA, whose "bombs and bullets" had resulted, he said, in the peace process in Northern Ireland.

His remarks have been condemned by politicians and the family of one of the IRA's victims.

 

Mr McDonnell told the meeting: "It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the armed struggle.

I find them (the comments) incredible. On a personal level, they were grossly insulting and insensitive

 

Colin Parry, father of IRA bomb victim

"It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby Sands that brought Britain to the negotiating table."

Bobby Sands, 29, starved himself to death in prison more than 20 years ago.

 

Mr McDonnell told the Sun the deaths of innocent civilians was a "tragedy" but it was "as a result of British occupation in Ireland".

Following the reported comments Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said Mr McDonnell's remarks were worse than anything the suspended Labour MP George Galloway had said about Iraq.

"Mr McDonnell's remarks about the IRA, apart from being completely wrong, are crass, insensitive and an insult to the thousands of British people, police and servicemen who have been murdered, maimed or bereaved by the actions of these terrorists," he said.

 

The Upper Bann MP added: "He should be expelled from the Labour Party immediately."

'Grossly insulting'

Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds and Ulster Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson also condemned the MP's comments.

The father of one of the IRA's victims said his views were "grossly insulting".

 

Colin Parry's son Tim was killed at the age of 13 in the 1993 Warrington bomb which also killed a three-year-old boy.

"I find them (the comments) incredible. On a personal level, they were grossly insulting and insensitive", he told BBC Radio Merseyside.

"His political point is utter nonsense. The man is crass beyond belief.

 

'Praising murderers'

"For him to think my son's death was justified in political terms is about the greatest disservice he could do to my son and my family."

A Labour Party spokesman said Mr McDonnell's views did not represent the party's views.

"The Labour Party unreservedly condemns all atrocities perpetrated by the IRA and other paramilitaries."

Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Quentin Davies said: "It's almost unbelievable that an MP should heap praise on those who have murdered our fellow citizens."

Mr McDonnell's constituency includes Heathrow Airport, which was the target of IRA mortar attacks nine years ago.

He is also the chairman of the socialist Campaign Group of MPs and a member of the all-party Irish in Britain group in Parliament.