John McDonnell

Sobre John McDonnell

Family

Angus McDonnell of Keppoch, 20th Chieffather Christina MacNabmother

Notable quotes

“It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the armed struggle. It was the bombs and bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby Sands that brought Britain to the negotiating table. The peace we have now is due to the action of the IRA.”
— Comments at a commemoration of the IRA hunger striker, cited in "MP's 'brave IRA' comments spark outrage" The Guardian (30 May 2003).
“[he would be glad to] go back to the 1980s and assassinate Thatcher.”
— Said at a husting gathering at the GMB union's annual conference during the [[w:2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK) cited in "John McDonnell says he would like to 'assassinate' Margaret Thatcher" The Telegraph (7 June 2010)
“I was up in Liverpool a fortnight ago where Alec McFadden, one of our organisers, launched the Sack Esther McVey Day, on her birthday. There was a whole group in the audience that completely kicked off quite critical of the whole concept, because they were arguing "Why are we sacking her? Why aren’t we lynching the bastard?"”
— Comments at a London comedy night (9 November 2014), as cited in "Labour refuses to sack MP for lynching joke" The Times (14 November 2014)
“If Jeremy got hit by the No 57 bus, or whatever it is, there's the next generation coming through. And the reality is the next leader should be a woman. It's high time to have a woman.”
— "John McDonnell interview: 'If Jeremy Corbyn is hit by a bus, the next Labour leader should be a woman'" (by Francis Elliott and Henry Zeffman), The Times (21 September 2019)

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