Labour Leadership 2016

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Chalfie

The IRA was revived by the Parachute Regiment, not by sympathy from the left.

Wellllll. That's a little over the top. But yes, it wasn't leftist sympathisers.

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Peter_Carter in reply to @Chalfie

The IRA, the official wing, was known as the rusty guns. They had given up or got too old for the armed struggle .

Bloody Sunday and the UK government's handling of Ulster in the 70s, eg Internment, created the provisional IRA etc ...

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Chalfie in reply to @Peter_Carter

Yes. I think I'm aware of that.

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