More than 100 victims of IRA terrorism today demanded a showdown with Jeremy Corbyn over his 'support for violent republicanism'. Mr Corbyn is a long-term supporter of Irish unity who has hosted Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness - a former IRA commander - in Parliament. In 1986, Mr Corbyn was arrested as he took part in a protest outside the Old Bailey trial of the Brighton bomber Patrick Magee. The letter to Mr Corbyn in full Dear Mr Corbyn On October 13th we wrote to you asking for you to unequivocally condemn IRA terrorists and to apologise for your support for violent republicanism. Ex-Labour MP Ian Austin, the Mainstream chairman, said: 'Jeremy Corbyn was asked to apologise and failed to do so.

Source: Daily Mail December 11, 2019 12:23 UTC