Conservative MP Boris Johnson criticised after defending 'brave' Bloody Sunday soldiers
Boris Johnson in the UK House of Commons Boris Johnson in the UK House of Commons BRITISH CONSERVATIVE MP Boris Johnson has been criticised after suggesting that soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday could be charged with murder for political reasons.
“They did not get up in the morning with the intention of killing and maiming innocent civilians,” he wrote. Alliance MLA Stephen Farry agreed that politics should not be allowed to trump justice, as Johnson tweeted, but said that the Conservative MP was suggesting the opposite. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard added that a trial would uphold international law by ensuring that armed forces were not able to act without impunity.
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