In the debate in the House of Commons on the atrocities by the Ulster Volunteers (UV), the Leader of the Conservative Opposition, Stafford Northcote, said that he condemned and deplored the attacks on the previous Saturday by the UV. However the war in Northern Ireland would end only if the British government met the just demands of the UV for Northern Ireland to be free from the jurisdiction of the Irish government and parliament. Also the ban on the UV must be lifted. Only a Conservative government would bring peace to Ireland.
In the noisy debate which followed, John Corry, who was in effect the shadow Irish Secretary, accused cabinet ministers of being responsible for the deaths and injuries of Commonwealth government ministers, and of party workers, because of their intransigence in refusing to negotiate with the brave men and heroes of the UV. In effect cabinet ministers killed those men and women two days previously. At once Commonwealth MPs stood up and asked the Speaker, Sir John Mowbray, if Corry was in order to accuse cabinet ministers of murder. He said he was not and asked Corry to withdraw his accusation, which he did.
In the noisy debate which followed, John Corry, who was in effect the shadow Irish Secretary, accused cabinet ministers of being responsible for the deaths and injuries of Commonwealth government ministers, and of party workers, because of their intransigence in refusing to negotiate with the brave men and heroes of the UV. In effect cabinet ministers killed those men and women two days previously. At once Commonwealth MPs stood up and asked the Speaker, Sir John Mowbray, if Corry was in order to accuse cabinet ministers of murder. He said he was not and asked Corry to withdraw his accusation, which he did.
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