commemoration

Asked about the banner, O'Neill said it was "difficult" to hear criticism about her decision to attend the commemoration but she was "committed to being a first minister for all".

Asked about the poster, O'Neill said it was "difficult" to hear criticism about her decision to attend the commemoration but she had a role to play.

However, she declined to be drawn on why she did not attend the wider Somme commemoration event at the same venue that year.

He did not attend the main ceremony that year, refusing to take part in what he called a "military commemoration" of the World War One battle.

Westminster’s SNP leader Stephen Flynn appeared alongside the other leaders of the UK parties and every living former prime minister at London’s Cenotaph commemoration.