Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
BBC News - John Hume: Nobel Peace Prize winner dies aged 83
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44753271
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
An impressive and, it would appear, good man who it always struck me was largely able to bridge the Northern Ireland's religious divide.
RIP
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
A truly amazing man. Fiercely intelligent and hugely driven. IRA wanted him dead, loyalists hated him too. But he was willing to speak to the vermin in order to achieve peace
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
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Originally Posted by
chrisp_1927
A truly amazing man. Fiercely intelligent and hugely driven. IRA wanted him dead, loyalists hated him too. But he was willing to speak to the vermin in order to achieve peace
Spot on
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
Thank God we had him. RIP.
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
Over the last few years it's been fashionable to bash Corbyn for trying to negotiate with Sinn Fein, yet when an Ulsterman does the same, he's a political hero and a peace prize winner
Re: Political Giant , John Hume , RIP
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Eric the Half a Bee
Over the last few years it's been fashionable to bash Corbyn for trying to negotiate with Sinn Fein, yet when an Ulsterman does the same, he's a political hero and a peace prize winner
hume openly criticised the IRA and had death threats for it , corbyn thought they had a legitimate struggle .......and a lot of people agreed ......but the press got a sniff and that was that