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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
Thatcher and her government had reached a stale mate in secret talks with the IRA before Corbyn and other Labour MPs were encouraged to go to Northern Ireland and befriend Sinn Feinn. Thatcher and Blair were aware that Corbyn along other Labour MPs were all for “unity by consent” and therefore the right men for the job. Corbyn has made no secret of supporting a united Ireland and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. People are either in favor of Irish unity or they’re not. That doesn’t make him a terrorist sympathizer, it just makes him a man who understood how to implicate an alternative route… through a right and fair political process.
Whilst Blair was comended for bringing about the peace process in Northern Ireland, Corbyn and a number of Labour MPs went unrecognized. In fact the good that Corbyn did towards this peace process was one day going to come back and bite him.
The bottom line is and this is regardless of this sitting outside most people’s comfort zone, Corbyn’s and for that matter Nelson Mandela’s association with Sinn Feinn served a very useful purpose.
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Yes you could say he helped the peace process. So did Gerry Adams, David Ervine, and a host of others who supported and enabled terrorism on either side throughout the Troubles. Blair is commended for bringing about the peace process because he played the biggest part and also because he did it without being chummy with either side as Corbyn and his pals were. If you are going to praise Corbyn for his part in the peace process you have at least to admit that his role was an entirely partisan one. And the fact he was able to assist in it just shows how close he was to Sinn Fein (and by extension the IRA) throughout all the conflict.