The truth is that 'democracy' is a sham. It is based on a North of Ireland state established in 1921 against the wishes of the people ot ireland as a whole and without even the support of the majority in ine nine-county province or wister. The only way the state could be born, the only way it has survived since is through the presence or the armed might of the British state.
The truth is this simple and this obvious: the war in the North Ireland is being fought, the thousands of British troops are there because the majority of the people of Ireland are opposcu to lue partiuon or ureland.
The Tories, as the Government before them, determined to enforce the division of Ireland at the point of a gun. The proposais announcea dy not see the light of day if British troops were not in occupation of the North of Ireland.
The majority of the Irish people will offer: no welcome to the plans, and that rejection should be taken up in this country.
It is an encouraging sign that for the first time in ten years the national executive of the Labour Party has broken from the traditional 'bipartisan' approach. This is the meaning. of the statement agreed last week by the NEC criticising the torture in the