GETTY Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott voted against the Elected Authorities Act 1989

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The pair voted against laws requiring Sinn Fein and other political candidates to renounce terrorist violence if they wanted to run for election in Northern Ireland. The Elected Authorities Act 1989 required candidates to sign a declaration that they would not express support or approval for proscribed organisations or acts of terrorism and violence for Northern Ireland.

But Corbyn and the woman he wants to be the next Home Secretary opposed the measures, along with hardleft colleagues including Ken Livingstone, George Galloway and Militant group big hitters Dave Nellist and Terry Fields. Their opposition would have allowed IRA cheerleaders to run councils and the assembly in Northern Ireland and came just months before the IRA killed 11 Royal Marines bandsmen in the Deal barracks bombing in Kent.

GETTY The law required candidates to renounce terrorist violence if they wanted to run for election

It is just the latest revelation of Corbyn’s support for Sinn Fein at a time when the IRA was carrying out terrorist atrocities.

This is just another reason why Jeremy Corbyn and his team cannot be trusted Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen

The most notorious example saw the Labour leader invite Gerry Adams and other Sinn Fein members to the House of Commons just weeks after the Brighton bombing in 1984. It is also being cited as another reason why Abbott is unfit to be Home Secretary after she could not explain Labour’s flagship policy on police numbers and has previously sparked outrage by opposing a ban on 21 terror groups, including AlQaeda.

GETTY Andrew Bridgen said the revelation was another reason why Jeremy Corbyn ‘can’t be trusted'