Should Gerry Adams Be Compensated?

Khandro | 07:45 Wed 15th Jan 2025 | News

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PM to pay damages to Gerry Adams

Outcry from peers and IRA bomb victims as PM’s decision to repeal Troubles legislation means former Sinn Fein leader is in line for payout

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“If he's entitled to compensation under the law then he should receive it.”But he’s not entitled to it. The government is considering changing the law. The reason for that is our old friend, the European Convention on Human Rights. Northern Ireland’s High Court ruled that the current legislation, which prevents Mr Adams from receiving compensation, is...

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douglas9401

If ever there was a time for plain speaking, along the lines of '*** off mate', this is it.

Khandro

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My message to the British electorate on Keir Starmer is:

ne puero gladium

(do not give a sword to a boy) 🙂

Hymie

Khandro – as a resident of Germany, are you advocating on social media platforms within Germany that they leave the ECHR, or is this just something you are encouraging gullible UK residents to support?

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I think the ECHR is not fit for purpose - for anybody.

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"....or is this just something you are encouraging gullible UK residents to support?"

There is nothing gullible about seeking to leave the ECHR - as this thread demonstrates.

It was drawn up over seventy years ago to address a problem that wasn't likely to arise even then and is far less likely now. It was scarcely required then and is even less relevant now.

Mr Adams and his colleagues wreaked enormous damage, suffering, misery and inconvenience across the UK. Something had to be done to curtail that.

As I said earlier, the government of the day could not be bound by normal rules as those causing the havoc had no intention of complying with them. The notion that the government (and particularly the taxpayers) of today should somehow remedy what was a necessary measure to combat an unprecedented situation because they are hidebound by a seventy year old Convention that never was fit for purpose and certainly isn't now, is preposterous.

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If anyone wants confirmation of the above by NJ, read this:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n01/perry-anderson/ever-closer-union