IRA victim's '˜simple question' for Jeremy Corbyn

Colin Parry, whose 12-year-old son Tim was one of those killed in the bombing, told the Sunday Times he was troubled by the Labour leader’s views on Irish republicanism and urged him to condemn the IRA.

Corbyn’s views on the IRA have come under scrutiny on previous occasions. Duriing the 2015 Labour leadership campaign he failed to issue a clear condemnation of the terror group. Last year Jayne Fisher, a former aide of Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein leader, joined his leadership team.

IRA victim Colin Parry said he would ask Jeremy Corbyn “a simple question”. He said: “Why did you hold the views you did back at the height of the armed struggle and how could you possibly justify that when they were attacking innocent civilians, children, grown-ups?”

The Sunday Times reported that when asked whether he would condemn IRA actions in Warrington, Mr Corbyn did not respond. He also failed to respond when asked if he would visit the Parry family, the Times said.