Kemi Badenoch use of Bloody Sunday footage 'disgusting', says MP
The footage of soldiers on Bloody Sunday appeared in a Conservative Party video opposing reforms to the Legacy Act.
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Kemi Badenoch use of Bloody Sunday footage 'disgusting', says MP12 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDavid WilsonBBC News NIPA MediaThe video had been posted on Badenoch's X account but has since been removedConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has been criticised for posting a social media video featuring footage of soldiers on Bloody Sunday.The video, opposing reforms to the Legacy Act, was shared on Tuesday and shows soldiers entering the Bogside area of Londonderry on 30 January 1972.Thirteen people were shot dead when the Army opened fire on civil rights demonstrators and last year a former Paratrooper known as Soldier F was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder that day.The Conservative Party has apologised and said the video was removed "as soon as we were made…
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