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"A former IRA terrorist said Jeremy Corbyn's support for the group gave its members "great encouragement" and claimed the Labour leader and shadow chancellor John McDonnell have "blood on their own hands".



Sean O'Callaghan said the support of the Labour leader and Mr McDonnell had "made it easier" for the republican terror group to carry out atrocities.

A spokesman for the Labour dismissed the "false and contemptible claims" and stressed Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell's commitment to the peace process.

IRA terrorist-turned-informer O'Callaghan, a convicted double killer, said he witnessed the impact of the support from the Labour figures during the 1980s.

Writing in The Sun he said: "IRA men and women, many young and hopelessly politically naive, derived great encouragement from the solidarity openly displayed by Corbyn, McDonnell and their associates.

"I know. I was there. I witnessed the effect. They might not have pulled a trigger or planted a bomb but they certainly made it easier for those who did."

Put this guy in Number 10...put him at the end of a rope, he's a treasonous rat.