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Kemi Badenoch apologises after Bloody Sunday footage used in video

www.bbc.com·BBC News·about 1 month ago
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PA Media The Conservative leader, pictured in April, said she did not sign off on the video Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has apologised after a video opposing reforms to the Legacy Act that featured footage of soldiers on Bloody Sunday was posted to her social media account. Thirteen people were shot dead when the Army opened fire on civil rights demonstrators. Last year a former Paratrooper was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder that day. 'Video went out in error' Speaking to PA News on Saturday, Badenoch said it had gone out "in error". Asked about the clip when she was in south-east London, Badenoch said: "I have apologised. I did not sign off the video. "It was about a vote in parliament where Labour are putting in legislation that is hounding the very elderly veterans for things that happened decades ago, often under the instruction of political leaders who are no longer around.…

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