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Why should I be ashamed? 25 years after Brighton bomb, Labour lets Martin McGuinness into the Grand Hotel

Labour caused outrage yesterday by inviting Martin McGuinness to its annual conference in Brighton - the scene of the IRA's murderous attack on Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.

The former IRA commander made clear that he had no remorse for the Grand Hotel bombing.

His visit came less than two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Tory conference in Brighton.

Five died and 34 were injured in what was one of the worst Provisional IRA outrages on mainland Britain.
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)