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Fast and loose with facts?

“We challenged the British Government to fully implement the outstanding aspects of the Good Friday and subsequent agreements.

“The Good Friday and subsequent agreements changed the relationship between our two islands. It is a beacon of success for conflict resolution throughout the globe.”

- Gerry Adams accuses Theresa May of ‘playing fast and loose with Good Friday Agreement in bid to cling to power’, DerryNow.com, June 16, 2017.

3. Jeremy Corbyn has called on the US president, Donald Trump, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to “wind down the war of rhetoric”.

The world leaders have been engaged in a war of words, with Trump threatening to rain “fire and fury” on the communist state after Pyongyang said it was “carefully examining” a plan to hit Guam with missiles.

Corbyn has urged the prime minister, Theresa May, not to commit any of Britain’s armed forces to military action in the Korea crisis.

Writing in the Sunday Mirror, the Labour leader said: “Trump and Kim must immediately wind down the war of rhetoric, as the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has demanded.

“The risks of an unintended escalation into full-blown conflict are too great for the whole world. We cannot play fast and loose with nuclear weapons and nuclear threats. Our government must press for measured responses to bring the temperature down.