Corbyn and Abbott voted against laws aimed to stop IRA supporters from holding office
JEREMY CORBYN and Diane Abbott tried to block laws aimed at stopping IRA supporters from holding elected office, it has emerged.
Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott voted against the Elected Authorities Act 1989
The pair voted against laws requiring Sinn Fein and other political candidates to renounce terrorist violence if they wanted to run for election in Northern Ireland.
The Elected Authorities Act 1989 required candidates to sign a declaration that they would not express support or approval for proscribed organisations or acts of terrorism and violence for Northern Ireland.
But Corbyn and the woman he wants to be the next Home Secretary opposed the measures, along with hardleft colleagues including Ken Livingstone, George Galloway and Militant group big hitters Dave Nellist and Terry Fields.
Their opposition would have allowed IRA cheerleaders to run councils and the assembly in Northern Ireland and came just months before the IRA killed 11 Royal Marines bandsmen in the Deal barracks bombing in Kent.
The law required candidates to renounce terrorist violence if they wanted to run for election
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It is just the latest revelation of Corbyn’s support for Sinn Fein at a time when the IRA was carrying out terrorist atrocities.
This is just another reason why Jeremy Corbyn and his team cannot be trusted
The most notorious example saw the Labour leader invite Gerry Adams and other Sinn Fein members to the House of Commons just weeks after the Brighton bombing in 1984.
It is also being cited as another reason why Abbott is unfit to be Home Secretary after she could not explain Labour’s flagship policy on police numbers and has previously sparked outrage by opposing a ban on 21 terror groups, including AlQaeda.
Andrew Bridgen said the revelation was another reason why Jeremy Corbyn ‘can’t be trusted'
Last night Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen said: “This is just another reason why Jeremy Corbyn and his team cannot be trusted. I cannot understand how anyone could vote for a man who appears to despise this country and supports everyone who seeks to attack us as his voting record has made clear.
“He is a clear and present danger to this country and yet the real fear is he could be Prime Minister in less than four weeks’ time.”