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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

The problem is, there are so many blog writers like Anthony Breach and Steve Moore, (the later who writes on a personal emotional level) in breach of the real facts.

Sinn Fein is the second largest political party in NI. They are a party who have always fought for a ‘United Ireland.’ Corbyn has always been a staunch supporter for a ‘United Ireland’ and why not? Southern Ireland, who became independant in 1920 have peacefully co-exhisted (Catholics and Protestants). If Britain had, had the foresight to hand back the whole colony to the Irish people back in 1920, like they did with all the other colonies, then Britain and Ireland would of been friendly neighbors and none of this bloodshed would of happened.

What Corbyn didn’t support was the blood shed. Before his peace talks with Sinn Fein and Gerry Adams, he had, on numerous occasions condemned the bombings. Neither did he support the blood shed on Bloody Sunday and openly condemned the shooting of protestors.
The Anglo Irish Agreement was a huge stepping stone in bringing about the Good Friday Agreement and so what Corbyn’s political views regarding a ‘United’ or ‘Dis-United’ Northern Ireland are mute.

It was John Hume who started a public inquiry (something John Major had halted) into the deaths of protestors and passers by in the BS massacre and Corbyn, along with others, under the direct instructions from John Hume and Mo Mowlam were the men and women who instigated talks with Sinn Fein and Gerry Adams (not Ian Paisley and David Irvine because this was not a party political thing). Without all of these things, instigated by both the Tories and the Labour party, there would of been no agreement.

I don't really see the relevance of most of this to my post. I read neither of those blogs you speak of, I don't really need the very basic history lesson and I know that both Labour and the Tories played an important role in peace talks at different times. Mind you I would like a source for these statements about Mo Mowlam asking Corbyn on behalf of the government to contact Sinn Fein. Googling it I find it mentioned only in a couple of blog comments by the same commenter.

All I was saying was that Corbyn very clearly did sympathise with the militant Republican movement - even if he did not support violence himself - he was close to Gerry Adams and co throughout the Troubles and he was not a neutral party reluctantly engaging with those he 'profoundly disagreed' with for the sake of peace.