I mean regardless of your opinion on the man politically… they did intern him and hundreds of others!
CuAnnan on
Sass being Sass.
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody.
Britterminator2023 on
Starmer is noting only a Tory masquerading as a socialist , they took his liberty away so must pay 🤑🤑🤑
Ok_Magazine_3383 on
On the one hand, you would have to be an idiot not to understand and empathise with anyone who has an issue with a former IRA Chief of Staff receiving six figure payouts.
On the other hand, if you don’t want to have to compensate people for unlawfully detaining them then don’t unlawfully detain them. Because the law applies to people you don’t like just as much as those you do.
AllezLesPrimrose on
Keir is Tony Blair without the charisma to distract you from how empty his neoliberal policies actually are.
ghostofgralton on
Starmer keeping the Tory press (though increasingly it’s a Reform press) off of his back at a time when he’s under significant pressure on a few fronts. Not that I agree with him
CampaignSpirited2819 on
You fucking love to see it! G’wan the Gerry!!
bingybong22 on
No normal person thinks that bastard should get compensation. Anyone involved in terrorism got out of jail, that’s their prize. Now they should fuck off and die quietly.
This money is for their victims, the people who sacrificed seeing the people who murdered or maimed their loved ones locked up, just to stop the violence.
Icy-Lab-2016 on
Adams deserves to get paid. A far bigger butcher Tony Blair is enjoying his pension and freedom. So the Brits can fuck right off with this.
geedeeie on
Because Adams was a poor misunderstood young fella who was never in the IRA….yeah. And I’m the Easter Bunny
The law should apply equally to all, if Gerry Adams is legally entitled to compensation, he should have the right to claim it, only giving justice to those that are in the government’s favour makes the UK look like some tinpot dictatorship
GaeilgeGaeilge on
Either internment without trial is wrong or it isn’t. There’s no “but this one guy deserved it.”
I find it very ironic that the British government is complaining about paying figures like Gerry Adams for internment when internment is what created figures like Gerry Adams. Every part of this is their mess. Internment made martyrs and heroes of the people they sought to silence and only catapulted them to fame.
pippers87 on
Not a fan of any paramilitary organisation or any other scumbag who claimed innocent lives during the troubles and would have no time for Adams either. He and many others were locked up without trial due to political beliefs and are absolutely entitled to be compensated for this..
Own-Pirate-8001 on
Internment without trial is morally wrong and politically stupid.
It disproportionally targeted nationalists, the majority did nothing wrong.
It swelled the ranks of the IRA and proved to many that the Unionist government in Stormont had the full backing of London to sustain their sectarian society by any means.
Gerry Adams is fully entitled to compensation.
outhouse_steakhouse on
Keir Starmer has less backbone that a boiled head of lettuce. The people who are freaking out about compensation for Gerry Adams are perfectly happy for almost the entire UDA and UVF to be paid salaries as “community organizers” on top of the money they make dealing drugs.
15 commenti
I mean regardless of your opinion on the man politically… they did intern him and hundreds of others!
Sass being Sass.
This should come as a surprise to absolutely nobody.
Starmer is noting only a Tory masquerading as a socialist , they took his liberty away so must pay 🤑🤑🤑
On the one hand, you would have to be an idiot not to understand and empathise with anyone who has an issue with a former IRA Chief of Staff receiving six figure payouts.
On the other hand, if you don’t want to have to compensate people for unlawfully detaining them then don’t unlawfully detain them. Because the law applies to people you don’t like just as much as those you do.
Keir is Tony Blair without the charisma to distract you from how empty his neoliberal policies actually are.
Starmer keeping the Tory press (though increasingly it’s a Reform press) off of his back at a time when he’s under significant pressure on a few fronts. Not that I agree with him
You fucking love to see it! G’wan the Gerry!!
No normal person thinks that bastard should get compensation. Anyone involved in terrorism got out of jail, that’s their prize. Now they should fuck off and die quietly.
This money is for their victims, the people who sacrificed seeing the people who murdered or maimed their loved ones locked up, just to stop the violence.
Adams deserves to get paid. A far bigger butcher Tony Blair is enjoying his pension and freedom. So the Brits can fuck right off with this.
Because Adams was a poor misunderstood young fella who was never in the IRA….yeah. And I’m the Easter Bunny
https://arethebritsatitagain.org/
The law should apply equally to all, if Gerry Adams is legally entitled to compensation, he should have the right to claim it, only giving justice to those that are in the government’s favour makes the UK look like some tinpot dictatorship
Either internment without trial is wrong or it isn’t. There’s no “but this one guy deserved it.”
I find it very ironic that the British government is complaining about paying figures like Gerry Adams for internment when internment is what created figures like Gerry Adams. Every part of this is their mess. Internment made martyrs and heroes of the people they sought to silence and only catapulted them to fame.
Not a fan of any paramilitary organisation or any other scumbag who claimed innocent lives during the troubles and would have no time for Adams either. He and many others were locked up without trial due to political beliefs and are absolutely entitled to be compensated for this..
Internment without trial is morally wrong and politically stupid.
It disproportionally targeted nationalists, the majority did nothing wrong.
It swelled the ranks of the IRA and proved to many that the Unionist government in Stormont had the full backing of London to sustain their sectarian society by any means.
Gerry Adams is fully entitled to compensation.
Keir Starmer has less backbone that a boiled head of lettuce. The people who are freaking out about compensation for Gerry Adams are perfectly happy for almost the entire UDA and UVF to be paid salaries as “community organizers” on top of the money they make dealing drugs.