I suspect a lot of people here, who never served in Northern Ireland, fail to understand the resentment felt by veterans who saw murderers in the IRA given a free pass whilst British troops - serving their country in a small war in their own country - were accused of atrocities left, right and centre to try to appease the same mobs who supported those murderers.
Well done Johnny Mercer for sticking two fingers up to Boris' lies.
Well said. As a veteran of two tours there and with family still in the Province the sh@t we have taken over the years for doing our jobs at the government’s behest beggars belief. Whilst we stand back and watch wholesale pardons for some of the worst atrocities.
BoJo has bottled this. And kudos to Johnny M for having the balls to stand for his principles.