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John McDonnell Is Trolled With Fictitious Facts On #McDonnellFacts Hashtag

The #McDonnellFacts Hashtag Is Trolling The Shadow Chancellor Big Time
Sophie Brown
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Jeremy Corbyn's new Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnel, has become the target of an unfortunate Twitter hashtag following his appearance on BBC1's Question Time.

The now trending hashtag, #McDonnellFacts, is believed to be started by General Bowles, a paradoxical Twitter account satirising politics.

Louise Mench was among the right-wing Twitter army bombarding the hashtag with fictitious facts about McDonnell...

McDonnell issued a double apology on Question Time for praising the IRA and for joking about wanting to 'assassinate' Margaret Thatcher.

He said that his comments had obviously caused offence and he now apologised "from the bottom of my heart".

Jeremy Corbyn’s right hand man came under fire from David Cameron this week when it emerged he had praised the IRA’s ‘bravery’.

He told a 2003 memorial event for hunger striker Bobby Sands that "bombs and bullets" and forced Britain to undertake the Northern Ireland peace process.

“It’s about time we started honouring those people involved in the armed struggle," he said at the time.

Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet
Shadow chancellor - John McDonnell(01 of25)
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Shadow home secretary - Andy Burnham(02 of25)
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Shadow foreign secretary - Hilary Benn(03 of25)
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Shadow business secretary & first secretary of state - Angela Eagle(04 of25)
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Labour deputy leader - Tom Watson(05 of25)
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Shadow health secretary - Heidi Alexander(06 of25)
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Shadow justice secretary - Lord Falconer(07 of25)
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Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury - Seema Malhotra(08 of25)
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Shadow defence secretary - Maria Eagle(09 of25)
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Shadow secretary of state for Scotland - Ian Murray(10 of25)
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Shadow Northern Ireland secretary - Vernon Coaker(11 of25)
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Shadow Wales secretary - Nia Griffith(12 of25)
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Shadow work and pensions secretary - Owen Smith(13 of25)
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Shadow transport secretary - Lillian Greenwood(14 of25)
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Shadow secretary of state for communities and local government, shadow minister for the constitutional convention - Jon Trickett(15 of25)
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Chief whip - Rosie Winterton(16 of25)
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Shadow education secretary - Lucy Powell(17 of25)
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Shadow international development secretary - Diane Abbott(18 of25)
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Shadow environment secretary - Kerry McCarthy(19 of25)
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Shadow energy secretary - Lisa Nandy(20 of25)
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Shadow minister for women and equalities - Kate Green (21 of25)
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Shadow minister for young people and voter registration - Gloria De Piero MP(22 of25)
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Shadow minister for mental health - Luciana Berger(23 of25)
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Shadow Attorney General - Catherine McKinnell (24 of25)
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Shadow minister for housing and planning - John Healey(25 of25)
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