Keir Starmer condemns Johnson for accusing him of IRA tolerance
almost 5 years in The guardian
PM tried to dodge question on government U-turns with personal attack on Labour leader
Labour has responded furiously after Boris Johnson accused Keir Starmer of complicity in tolerance for the IRA, pointing to the prime minister’s acceptance of the former Brexit party MEP Claire Fox as a peer despite her prior support for the IRA’s Warrington bomb.
The row erupted after a notably bad-tempered prime minister’s questions where Johnson criticised the Labour leader for his tenure as shadow Brexit secretary under Jeremy Corbyn, but was himself reprimanded by the Speaker for repeatedly dodging questions. Continue reading...
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