On 5 January 2018 , McElduff tweeted a video of himself in a shop with a loaf of Kingsmill bread on his head , asking where the shop kept its bread . As it coincided with the 42nd anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre — where republicans murdered ten Protestant civilians — unionists accused him of mocking the massacre and the video was widely criticised , including by nationalists . Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said " mocking is depraved " and called the video " inhuman " . McElduff deleted it and apologised , saying he was not alluding to the massacre and offering to meet the victims ' families . On 8 January , Sinn Féin apologised for McElduff 's actions , condemned the video , and suspended him from Sinn Féin for three months . McElduff announced on 15 January that he was resigning his seat . On 16 January the Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed Barry McElduff as the Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern , an office of profit under the Crown which causes the holder 's parliamentary seat to be vacated
Kingsmill massacre
Kingsmill massacre
Barry McElduff