Well after all these years, the odious Jim McDonnell suddenly decides he's sincerely sorry for remarks he made about the IRA and Margaret Thatcher.
Quote:
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has apologised for saying in 2003 that IRA members should be "honoured".
The MP, appointed by new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said the comments had clearly caused offence and apologised "from the bottom of my heart".
He said he had been urging both sides of the conflict to "lay down arms".
Speaking on BBC Question Time, he also said he was sorry for an "appalling joke" about former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In 2010, he said that if he could go back in time he would "assassinate Thatcher".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34285308
I don't suppose he'd be too ready to accept a similarly offered apology given by an evil Tory MP in the same circumstances but there we are.
Anyway I'm sure his sudden change of opinion really does come from the bottom of his heart and has nothing whatsoever to do with his recent change of employment...