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UK LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised after wrongly stating in the House of Commons that the police officer in the Northern Irish shooting had died from his injuries.
Corbyn, addressing the UK parliament, said he wished ”to join the prime minister in expressing condolences to the family of the police officer who lost his life over the weekend in Northern Ireland.”
Theresa May had said no such thing.
Corbyn felt the ire of members of the DUP as well as members of the Conservative Party in the Commons.
But it was Police Federation for Northern Ireland chairman Mark Lindsay who was strongest in his criticism of the Labour leader.
“I’m appalled that the leader of her majesty’s opposition should get this so badly wrong on the floor of the House of Commons. It was a jaw-dropping gaffe. Mr Corbyn was either poorly briefed by his staff or he’s that much out of touch with what is happening,” he said.
Last Sunday, a PSNI officer was shot a number of times at a petrol station on the Crumlin road in north Belfast.
He is now in a stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery.
PSNI chief constable George Hamilton said the officer was exiting the station when “a series of gunshots were sprayed” at him. A number of other people were at the station when the attack occurred.
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He’s not wrong. Mind you, if I vote for his party, do I get Renua?
@jamesdecay: no you get sinn fein from 40 years ago
@jamesdecay:
If the last decade has thought us anything it’s that you can’t trust Fine Gael politicians. So many lies and countless calamities since Endas initial campaign election pledge and promise to “to end the scandal of patients on trolleys”
They’re habitual liars with absolutely zero vision for this nation other than to sell off the bits they don’t know how to fix, which is a lot.
@Milk The Drones: FG are ideologically incapable of fixing most of our problems, many of which they created. FF are the other cheek of the same arse.
@jamesdecay: vote renua and we might have a few td’s actually representing the two million workers here. Currently we have zero representation in government!
@Shane Murphy: Renua are a backwards pro-life, xenophobic party like a throwback to the 1950′s. Their candidates can’t even spell, have a browse at any of their Twitter feeds.
@jamesdecay: things could be worse, the shinners could be in power
@jamesdecay: you get the laws of Alabama
@jamesdecay: no,you get Sinn Fein
If you vote Aontú you get Archbishop John McQuaid’s
@Orla Smith: *Ireland.
@Orla Smith: who’s he ? I’m free of all shackles including feminism Catholicism religiosity male chauvinism and especially snowflakes. This country is now full people with zero spines – stand by your principles is a one way street you have to be in the free society brigade to be allowed to even breed
@Martin Brennan: who’s he?
He’s religious pro life peoples idea of a wet dream.
Control over the government by the church.
@Orla Smith: Leo’s mouthpiece have you an original though in that brain of yours. The art of conversation is missing from your vocabulary
@Becky Lynch: *Thought. I see in your profile you are an extreme pro-lifer who is also a Catholic, and you accuse me of lacking original thought, LOL!
@Barry Somers: what a bigoted statement.
@Orla Smith: what’s your point if somebody is a Catholic do you have a problem with that. it’s always Catholic this Catholic that from you ….bit of christophobia come mine from you and its very obvious .
Regressive social policies. Similar to DUP.
@Peter McKevitt: that’s just bollockz
@Aidan Haughey: that’s just the truth
@Peter McKevitt: Not killing babies = “regression” lol
Not a fan of him or his party but it’s true…
Not many people actually believe that FFG are not one. Pat stating the obvious…
Two cheeks
FF the left cheek and FG the right one cos let’s face it Martin and Varadkar are two of the biggest arses in politics. The rest of the parties circle the hole in the middle. Being in close proximity they spout more sh*te than the main two. The Healy-Raes are right in the centre.
@Bhiniáimin Ó Beith: To believe any politician is in the game, for the greater good need to be admitted to an asylum. Party or individual it’s selfish indulgence and the taxpayer Pays for the privilege of watching them Rob us blind.
Oh great another clown party, dont vote for him or his sister absolutely entitled opinion forcing loopers. Do as I say not as I do
@JustOneScoop: wrong he didnt do what sf told him to do
Have to agree they have become one big TORY PARTY
Does this mean that FF and FG still hold their secret meetings in leinster house, the meetings where they collude to keep themselves in power, that nobodys supposed to know about! Peadar should know.
You vote any of the main parties you get the same crap different names, simple
Fianna Fáil opposed repealing the 8th though?
And vice versa
True
He’s right but no way in hell would I vote for his backwards party either!
I believe in Peadar and Aontú. I feel I must trust someone, and he is worthy of it, to me. Most of his critics never heard him speak – his sincerity is palpable. When Aontú starts making gains, then you will have other politicians clamouring to join – that’s what worries me! How worthy will they be?
Just what Ireland needs. Another right wing party!
@Niall Sheridan: Ireland doesn’t have a big right wing party. FFG aren’t right wing. Both pro abortion, both pro gay marriage, both pro immigration – Not right wing.
Is it true that the single elected Aontu councilor in Derry is a former doctor, a feminist, a republican and left of centre? If this is true – then this would seem to be a very strange description for a so called ‘Right Wing Party’!
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