According to McFadden , he was sacked when , responding to a Stop the War article on the Paris bombings , he condemned " the view that sees terrorist acts as always being a response or a reaction to what we in the west do " . The Labour leadership said that he had been sacked for " disloyalty " , with John McDonnell saying that McFadden 's remarks on terrorism were an example of him undermining the leader 's view . Jonathan Reynolds and Stephen Doughty expressed support for McFadden in their resignation letters the following day
Paris bombings
November 2015 Paris attacks
Pat McFadden